http://westsideindependent.com News about the Upper West Side of New York Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:54:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en March 14, 2010 GreenFlea Market Flea market and farmer’s market. On Columbus Avenue between 77th and 79th Street. All Day. Joanie Leeds and The Nightlights CD Release Concert with The Nightlights. At the JCC, 76th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. 10-11 a.m. $14 in advance, $16 at the door for adults and children. Kate DiCamillo's ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/14/events-for-20-or-less-sunday-9/ We tip our caps tonight to the delivery men and women of the Upper West Side, who went way beyond the traditional call of duty on Saturday night. Please tip big, Upper West Siders, and check out some more pictures below. Also, in all seriousness, cops and firefighters sound like ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/13/a-heroic-night-for-delivery-guys/ Two Manhole covers exploded and fire shot into the air into the air today around 4 a.m., after an underground transformer blew, ABC News is reporting. No one was injured but multiple cars got hit by the manholes, ABC reported. It sounds like at least one of the manholes were ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/13/manhole-covers-explode-into-the-air-on-uws/ March 13, 2010 Uncle Rock NYC’s Legendary “Uncle Rock” Performs Live in a Concert to Benefit The Greenhouse Project at Manhattan School for Children - Music Lovers of all ages and from all schools welcome! Tickets available at the door. In the Manhattan School for Children auditorium, at 154 West 93rd Street. ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/13/events-for-20-or-less-saturday-9/ Editor's Note: Writer Katie Barry will write an occasional column on being young and single on the Upper West Side. By Katie Barry “You’re flexible for a fat girl,” my mom told me once, while I was standing on my hands against the kitchen wall while she cooked dinner. I called her ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/12/learning-to-be-flexible-a-hot-yoga-story/ March 12, 2010 One Step Beyond Party Launch your weekend with drinks and dancing at the most explosive party this side of the Milky Way. See and be seen under the stars as live bands, DJs, and VJs present the hottest music and project dynamic visuals at the Rose Center for Earth ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/12/events-for-20-or-less-friday-9/ Yes, this story is as insane as the headline. Yesterday an Upper West Side Apple store employee accused Richard Belzer of choking her while he was waiting in line at the store.  The Law and Order star, however, says he just put his hands on the employee's shoulders and she freaked out ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/11/richard-belzer-accused-of-choking-uws-apple-employee/ On Monday night, from 7 to 9 p.m., two local bloggers (OldSweetSong and From Me to You) have organized a meetup at Pudding Stones Wine Bar on 91st Street and Amsterdam Avenue. All Upper West Side bloggers, and blogger-wannabes, are invited to share tales of the horror of sitting at ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/11/upper-west-side-bloggers-unite/ March 11, 2010 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Artists of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center give an encore performance of Niels Gade's scintillating String Sextet. Although little known today, this composer, conductor, violinist, and organist was the most important Danish musician of his time, and took over the position ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/11/events-for-20-or-less-thursday-9/ The plaza in front of Martin Luther King, Jr. High School on Amsterdam Avenue and 66th Street is a pretty depressing and underutilized space right now, but students at the school have some ideas to make it better. A few students, in fact, had such good ideas that they're now ... http://westsideindependent.com/2010/03/11/students-propose-redesigned-mlk-high-school/