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August 24, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 82 Degrees. News: Josephina's, a stalwart on Broadway between 63rd and 64th Streets for the pre-and-post-theater crowd for more than 20 years, closed suddenly on Sunday, and rumors are already floating that it could be replaced by a branch of East Village ...

This week, get ready for a film festival on the lawn just north of Sheep Meadow in Central Park starting Tuesday and a birthday bash for Whole Foods on 100th Street on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, you can basically eat all three meals for free at Whole Foods while ...

Photo of a cello at Symphony Space by orchidgalore via flickr. August 12, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 85 Degrees. Notices: If you'd like your photographs considered for our morning bulletin, please send them to info at westsiderag dot com. And if you aren't already, please follow us on facebook ...

By Marjorie Cohen Imagine I.M Pei designing a homeless shelter. Or Frank Lloyd Wright drawing plans for a community center. Not likely. But in the 1880's, when the women who ran the Association for the Relief of Respectable and Indigent Females, needed an architect for the charity home they were ...

By Maria Gorshin Living in a boredom-free zone is one of the perks of city living that I’m especially grateful for when friends and relatives come to visit. In a quieter setting I have to rely on my iffy skills as a hostess and activity planner to keep my guests ...

July 19, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 92 Degrees. News: Malaysian "party boy" Taek Jho Low bought a condo at Time Warner Center previously rented by Jay-Z for $31 million. It's the most anyone has ever paid for a condo at 25 Columbus Circle, at more than $6,400 a ...

July 12, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 91 Degrees and Very Humid. Notices: Manhattanhenge, the phenomenon wherein the sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan's East-West street grid, is back today and tomorrow. Check out a nice picture from May's Manhattanhenge, and see our calendar for a great event about Manhattanhenge ...

After a week of uncertainty about when exactly H&H would close, city marshals seized the building on Wednesday, and the landlord slapped a sign on the front proclaiming "Store for Rent". Just like that, a neighborhood fixture since 1972 was gone. West Side Rag reader Gavan sent us photos of ...

June 27, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 83 Degrees. Notices: Midsummer Night Swing, Lincoln Center's summertime outdoor dance lesson/live music show, starts tonight in Damrosch Park with a free program featuring The Jonathan Stout Orchestra. The swinging continues through July 16. Check out more of this week's events on ...

By Maria Gorshin When was the last time you heard the words, "bridge and tunnel"? I’m guessing the term began fading into New York City history at least 10 or 20 years ago. But think back to the days before Manhattan moved to Brooklyn, long before Hoboken was cool, before ...

May 25, 2011 Weather: Sunny! High of 82 degrees. Notices: West Side Rag columnist and Upper West Side author Laura Weiss is hosting a dream dinner on June 6: five courses with ice cream, including such wild couplings as Beef Carpaccio with Goat Cheese Ice Cream. How very Iron Chef ...

By Maria Gorshin Did you know that New York is the birthplace of the bike path? Brooklyn was the first city in the country where citizens could enjoy a sliver of public road for the purpose and pleasure of getting around on two wheels. That was back in 1894. I ...

Weather: Rain showers (what else?), High of 70 degrees. Notices: The American Museum of Natural History wants your help in naming its massive Mamenchisaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs in the world. Submissions are due by May 25 andn the winner will be announced on June 7. News: A Community ...