Your Non-Weak Weekly Update
Knicks Rule! And Get Your Tudor City Fest Tickets, y'all.
BING BONG! KNICKS ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!
That was an absolutely killer post-season. I haven’t seen our city that joyously unified, maybe ever. Possibly the 2003 blackout? Whatevs, this was way better. The TC seems alight. Even the JP Morgan Death Star building bathed in Orange and Blue made me happy.
There is so much chaos in the world and I really don’t care if that has been one of the drivers that made us more in love with the Knicks and each other. It just feels nice to experience joy with all the other people who live here. Strangers being nice to one another. That’s my shit.
But all due praise to the Knickerbockers. There really isn’t another sports team that unifies New York quite like the Knicks. Orange and Blue bring the people together. Lotta smiles, lotta people giving each other props for just wearing the jersey.
And on those vibes, that unbridled sports joy, last week I wrote about how much I hate the World Cup this year because FIFA sucks and the price gouging is horrendous. Those things are still true, but me thinking I wouldn’t watch the World Cup was bullshit. And totally out the window.
The soccer has started and I am obsessed again. #USMNT haven’t looked better in my lifetime. The only real difference this year is that I’m watching the Telemundo broadcasts on Peacock. Alexi Lalas is an embarrassment to America.
Lastly! And I think I mentioned something about a mission statement. Meh, I’ll get to that next week. No rush, right? Too much celebrating to do.
CIVICALLYS
Knicks ticker-tape parade is on Thursday. This is a DO NOT MISS Event. Starts 10 a.m. on Broadway and goes north through the Canyon of Heroes. I’ll probably get getting lunch somewhere in Chinatown afterwards.
Tickets for the Tudor City Fest are HERE. It’s happening on the 24th and it’s gonna be a great evening. Come hang with your neighbors, eat some food, drink some wine, listen to some music. Me? I will be chillin’ on a bench, soaking it all in. Metaphorically. I don’t actually want to get soaked.
The Summer Book Talk Series is happening once a month this summer. The first is tomorrow, Tuesday, June 16th @ 6 p.m. in the North Park. The book is The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. You got one day to read it. I believe in you.
Do you have a Tudor City event coming up? Email tudorcityview@gmail.com to get it listed!
TO DO
The Pride Month radness continues this week. Although I am a Mets fan, the Yankees Pride night is Wednesday, 6/17. That should rule. I’ve always felt the pinstripes could use some color.
Dance Storytime with Dinita Clark is part of the Lincoln Center’s Summer For the City Events. It’s a free event for everyone to learn the fundamentals of House Dance. Looks like there are two sessions on Wednesday the 17th at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
World Cup Games are on, every day. It’s kind of bonkers. This is where to go to check your daily matches. Please note I am not sending you the FIFA website. I never thought I would miss Sepp Blatter. If you want the true experience, pick your country and find the corresponding neighborhood in NYC. Head up to Astoria for Greece, Central Harlem for Senegal, or Bay Ridge for Italy. OR NOT. Maybe ignore that last suggestion.
Smorgasburg is up and running all summer. It’s down near the World Trade in Manhattan on Thursdays and Fridays. That’s probably a bit less bonkers than the one in WIlliamsburg or in Prospect Parks.
San Pedro, California’s own Toys That Kill are playing at The Broadway on Thursday, 6/18. See you in the pit or wherever the old punks hang out when the band is on.
BAR OF THE WEEK
Strangelove!! OK, this is pretty far from The TC. It’s up on 53rd between 2nd and 3rd. Liberty-spiked residents will think to themselves “53rd & 3rd, eh? Sounds like a good place to have a punk rock bar”.
Right down the street from the inspiration corner for one of Dee Dee Ramones’ best songs, Strangelove is, in fact, a punk rock bar. I had initially thought it was a punk rock cosplay bar, because, what the hell is a bar with great music doing in Midtown? It’s legit. Friendly bartenders, cheap beer, and the music rips… lotsa punk and metal.
Sure, the crowd might not be what you’re gonna find in East Williamsburg, but at this rate, East Williamsburg is starting to look more like Midtown. So it makes sense that we’d get a good bar from some back flow. So, go there. Tip well, and tell ‘em Tudor City View sent you!
-TCV