Calling for Accessible Education & an End to Shady Practices, New York City College Students Join Massive May Day Protests
[NEW YORK, NY] Hundreds of students from across the city will unite Wednesday to protest the out-of-control cost of college education that has resulted in unprecedented levels of debt. In honor of May Day, student groups from numerous major city-based colleges and universities also will stand in solidarity with workers from across the nation by […]
Culinary Activist Jay Astafa Stages Coup D’état on NYC Foodie Scene with Jay Kitchen Vegan Fine Dining Pop-Up
[New York, NY] Breakout chef Jay Astafa will be sharing a sneak peek of his latest vegan fine dining concept, jay kitchen, at a two-day pop-up on April 25th & 26th at 7pm at New York’s Old Bowery Station (168 Bowery, New York, NY 10012 MAP). Tickets to the jay kitchen pop-up are available through […]
NY1 Excludes Occupier Congressional Candidate George Martinez From Debate
[UPDATE] This morning, Michael Nitzky of NY1 announced the postponement of the debate due to the untimely passing of Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez’s mother. We send our deepest condolences to the Velazquez family. We hope that the postponement provides the time for the management of NY1 to reconsider its position and include Mr. Martinez as a […]
Crowd-Funded Pop-Up, Wildflower Serves 28 Courses of Vegan Gourmet at NYC’s LTO June 10th-12th
New York, NY — Wildflower is a one-of-a-kind crowd-funded pop-up restaurant that will be bringing 28 courses of the finest plant-based cuisine all with a summer grilling motif to discerning New Yorkers over June 10th-12th, 2011. Just like the short-lived beauty of blossoming annuals in the field, Wildflower is here today and gone tomorrow. Complementing the ever-growing trend of food trucks, pop-up […]
Will Potter at Bluestockings Books, 7pm Sunday, May 29th
Please join Will Potter at Bluestockings Books for a reading and discussion of his new book Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, which was just released by City Lights Books. “Part history, part action thriller and courtroom drama, part memoir, Green Is the New Red plunges us […]