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What the hell kind of barber is this?

by Nigel Chiwaya November 16, 2011

Who is he? He’s a character in All the Rats and Rags, a new musical loosely based off Oliver Twist. It’s set in a steampunk world (steampunk!) and follows the life and death of a Robot named Twitz. (Get it? It’s a pun.) The musical is showing at the 3LD Art & Technology Center from November 17-20. All shows are at 8 p.m. and it’s pay-what-you-can.

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The new movie Welcome to Harlem explains all those dancers we saw last winter

by Nigel Chiwaya November 7, 2011
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Question: late last winter did you ever notice a ton of people singing in the streets of Harlem for no apparent reason? Think back; it’s the type of thing you’d remember. Oh, you did? Well did you ask why they were singing? No? That’s okay, we’ve got the answer: it was for a new movie about, well, Harlem.

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Artist takes fight for manners to the street

by Nigel Chiwaya September 14, 2011

Last year we were all tickled pink when artist Jayshells used creative signs to remind people not to clip their nails on the subways. This year he’s taking the fight above ground, as he’s debuted street signs that tell New Yorkers not to check Facebook while walking, flick their cigarette butts on the ground and to stop wearing saggy pants (which really should be against the law).

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Mustache Man, enemy of subway ads everywhere, has been arrested

by Nigel Chiwaya June 27, 2011

When was the last time you’ve seen a subway ad that didn’t have a fancily-scrawled “mustache” written underneath some character’s nose? Has it been two years? Five years? Ten? Well it looks like that ad of Kim Kardashian can sleep safely because the infamous Mustache Man has been arrested.

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Aww man, here’s another gorgeous time-lapse video of New York

by Nigel Chiwaya June 6, 2011

Aww man, I’m a sucker for time-lapse videos of New York City. There’s something majestic about the city that gets me every time. Anyway, the video below, shot by Vimeo user Mindrelic, was shot from various hotel vantage points around the city over a period of a month-and-a-half from mid March to late April. The result is stunning. Check it out for yourself.

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Love is for sale

by Nigel Chiwaya May 10, 2011

Good news for those that never found romance on the L train: if you’ve got the money love can yours. Well, not actual love, but the famous LOVE statue by Robert Indiana. It’s up for auction at Christies; with the value of the statue estimated at 2-3 million dollars. But hey, you’ve got the money, don’t you?

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