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By Harriet Flehinger On Wednesdays this summer, sling a folding chair over your shoulder and head out of the house. Come to Richard Tucker Park (66th St and Broadway, across from Lincoln Center) for live world music from noon until 2 p.m. Performers range from the Metro Brass Quintet to ...

By Robin Koo Greg Hunt, who tried to open a wine bar at 25 Central Park West last year but was stymied by opposition from litigious building residents, has now set his sites on a new neighborhood space. Hunt now wants to open his wine bar on the corner of ...

July 6, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 91 Degrees. Notices: Beacon Paint & Hardware wants to hold a blood drive on Tuesday, July 26 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. But they need to sign up at least 25 more people to get nurses to come. The summer is ...

Project Nim, a documentary that won raves at Sundance and is coming out in New York theaters this Friday, tells the story of Columbia University graduate student Stephanie Lafarge, who tried to raise a chimpanzee as a child in her Upper West Side apartment as part of a professor's experiment. ...

The city marshals have been getting awfully familiar with the Upper West Side, as they recently shut down another shop around the same time they locked the doors at the famous H&H Bagels last week. Café St. Honore, the quaint little cafe next to Bomboloni at 189 Columbus Avenue between ...

If you're stuck in the city like me for this July 4, don't despair! There are tons of things to do, and the weather is supposed to be gorgeous all weekend (though there's a chance of rain Sunday). Also, the great Laura Koo Nicholas made us a special patriotic banner ...

July 1, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 83 Degrees. Notices: Release your inner beast! Planet of the Apes is showing tonight. Check out our calendar. News: Amsterdam Video, the last sex toy/adult video shop on the Upper West Side on Amsterdam Avenue between 73rd and 74th Streets, has closed ...

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 30, 2011 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 80 Degrees. Notices: There are free movies, concerts and plays tonight on the Upper West Side. Check them out on our weekly calendar! News: First H&H implodes, and now we could lose Jerry Seinfeld? The Post reports that the funnyman was seen ...

By Maria Gorshin What was it like yesterday at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, where a highly-anticipated public hearing was held for the West End Avenue historic district extension? It could have come down to a long day of Us vs. Them; corporate greed mongers vs. local sentimentalists; The Man in ...

H&H bagels is slated to shut its doors Tuesday, but one local resident isn't taking the news sitting down, with a hot cup of coffee and some lox and cream cheese. He is standing up to fight the transformation of our neighborhood into one giant waiting room for Duane Reade ...

July 22, 2011 Weather: Thunderstorms, High of 77 Degrees. Notices: The photo above was sent to us by Upper West Sider Paul Katcher of a woman playing piano on a pier off of Riverside Park as part of yesterday's Make Music NY Festival. News: An Upper West Side physics professor ...

The great Upper West Side photographer Glark, or "David" as his parents call him, has put together a hilarious photo essay about the misspellings at fruit stands throughout the Upper West Side. He's thankfully given us permission to post a few of them below. Check out the rest on his ...

June 20, 2011 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, High of 77 Degrees. Notices: This week is filled with great local events, including a ton of outdoor concerts, an evening with talk-show legend Dick Cavett, the Human Rights Watch film festival, and much much more. Check out our list of This Week's Events. ...

The New York City Department of Health is tackling the issue of unprotected post-menopausal sex head-on with an ad campaign that has now hit the Upper West Side. An illuminated bus stop poster with a comely picture of a nude woman tells baby boomers who think that being over 50 means ...

In honor of Father's Day today, Landmark West highlighted a few of the most famous Upper West Side dads in history. Babe Ruth: The Babe lived at the Ansonia Hotel and adopted two daughters. Duke Ellington: The great jazz musician (pictured with his son Mercer above) lived on West 106th ...

'Twas a very sad day when Niko's Mediterranean Grill & Bistro closed earlier this year. The Greek restaurant, which had held down its corner at Broadway and 76th Street for more than a decade, was forced to relinquish its lease in February. But now we can turn our collective grief ...

June 15, 2011 Weather: Mostly sunny, High of 82 Degrees. Notices: The city is working with Housing Works to recycle textiles. Someone will even pick up your items if you sign your building up here. News: Joshua Ruiz, substitute teacher who taught at two Upper West Side schools, PS 199 ...

An amateur opera singer is facing criminal charges for slapping a doctor whose family got between her and some frozen pad thai at Trader Joe's on 72nd Street and Broadway. Yes, what you just read is apparently true, courtesy of the New York Post. The Post came out with a ...

June 14, 2011 Weather: Showers (although it doesn't look like it this morning), High of 63 Degrees. Notices: It's Malaysian Restaurant Week, with Penang, Fatty Crab and potentially Malaysia Grill participating. Lunch and dinner deals for about $20. (My Upper West) News: Now Mayor Mike wants to put cameras on ...