Archives for May 2014

Join Transportation Alternatives for Bike to Work Day and Win a Bike!

May 8, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

There are just eight days before America’s largest bicycling celebration kicks off — it’s almost Bike to Work Day, and your bicycle is certainly worth celebrating.

Your bicycle takes you from A to B. It’s efficient and affordable. It shows you corners of New York City you’d never spot from the subway. And at the end of a bad day, your bicycle can improve your mood with a turn of the pedals.

Celebrate Bike to Work Day by becoming a Transportation Alternatives member; if you join before 11:59 pm on Friday, you’ll be entered to win a Pure Fix Cycles bike, donated by Spinlister.

Momenta Art Annual Spring Benefit Raffle and Cocktail Party

May 6, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

phil buehler

It’s benefit season! Artist-run Momenta Art will be holding its annual benefit on May 7, from 7-9 pm.

The annual benefit is always a good party; Momenta’s raison d’être is to promote the work of emerging and under-represented artists, and they’ve been doing it since 1986. Come out and show your love for the art, and maybe you’ll be the one to discover the next big thing!

Philip Seymour Hoffman A Suicide? Maybe Not, Say Heroin Users

May 5, 2014 By Jon Reiss Leave a Comment

Illustration by Margarita Korol (urbanpopartist.com)

Most of the dust has settled surrounding the case of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death, but questions still remain. For instance, was Hoffman’s death an accidental overdose or an intentional one? Much criticism has surrounded the arrests that were made subsequent to Hoffman’s death, and still there’s the question of whether any of the people arrested were directly involved.

“Some people do it
to just get by… It’s
like breakfast, lunch,
and dinner— boom
12 bags a day.”

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NYC Dept of Sanitation SAFE Disposal Event

May 4, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

safe disposal event

The NYC Department of Sanitation is holding a SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, Flammable, Electronics) Disposal event in McCarren Park.

This is a great opportunity to dispose of harmful products like motor oil, mercury thermometers, ammonia, bleach, nail-polish remover, paint, turpentine and pesticides, as well medications and electronic devices. For more information visit www.nyc.gov/safedisposal.

And They’re Off! Where to watch the 140th Run for the Roses: the Kentucky Derby

May 3, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

derby mable's smokehouse Mable’s Smokehouse, Free, starts at 2pm:

Mable’s Smokehouse on Berry Street may be a three-year-old foal, but it leads the field when it comes to Southern food — one of the owners is even from Louisville. The party starts at 2 pm, and will include juleps and derby pie.

Pull on your best approximation of Derby duds, sport a chapeau like Johnny Weir, or not—but do get yourself to one of these joints to cheer on your favorite (we choose by our favorite name, natch) and fill your feedbag with mint juleps and derby pie. Post time is 6:24 pm, festivities start much earlier, ya’ll.