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<news:publication_date>2026-04-07T18:14:52-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Sexy Oysters: No Myth, They Really Do Pack a Wallop</news:title>
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<image:caption>Scientific studies have found oysters really do contain ingredients that can impact your love life. </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/man-indicted-for-dui-pileup-in-harlem-that-killed-delivery-biker-XB5740044</loc>
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<news:title>Man Indicted For DUI Pileup in Harlem That Killed Delivery Biker </news:title>
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<image:caption>A Bronx resident has been indicted for vehicular homicide in connection with a DUI pileup on March 19 (pictured above), after he slammed into two bikers on W. 125th St., killing one delivery worker and seriously injuring another deliverista. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Zacarias Darly, a 28-year-old Bronx resident originally from the Dominican Republic, was killed when he was struck by the SUV in the bus lane on W. 125th St. (just outside the Apollo Theater). </image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T11:42:45-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>“Corned Beef” Play Orders Up Humor in Off-Broadway Debut</news:title>
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<image:caption>“Corned Beef (And Other Arguments)“ was written and is performed by Robyn Kimmel, who plays the Jewish half of the two-person play, and Brian Martin, who plays a down on his luck Irishman. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>“Corned Beef (And Other Arguments)”&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;is&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;a new two-person comedy and classic immigrant story of success and chasing a dream no matter the cost. </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/upper-west-side-neighborhood-event-calendar-apr-9-15-EY5742363</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T12:04:42-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Upper West Side Neighborhood Event Calendar: Apr. 9-15</news:title>
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<image:caption>jcc via mmjccm.org</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Museum of Arts &amp;amp; Design via www.madmuseum.org</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/protected-landmarks-commission-oks-lithuanian-alliance-building-YY5742212</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T12:09:43-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Protected? Landmarks Commission OKs Lithuanian Alliance Building</news:title>
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<image:caption>The Lithuanian Alliance of America had sought protection for its four story HQ which it has owned since 1910 because it feared what might happen to it as nearby Penn Station is transformed. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>The Lithuanian Alliance Building has been based at 307 W. 30th St. since the cultural organization purchased the building in 1910. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission recently granted the 150-year-old building landmark status. </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/firebrand-still-burns-after-50-years-of-local-activism-HY5742779</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T14:56:30-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Firebrand Still Burns after 50+ Years of Local Activism</news:title>
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<image:caption>Arlene Geiger, who has been protesting since the anti-war movement in the 1970s, is gearing up for another national protest on May Day. </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/freckles-is-back-homeless-man-says-he-prefers-to-live-outside-FA5736340</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T16:11:17-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Freckles Is Back! Homeless Man Says He Prefers to Live Outside</news:title>
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<image:caption>An unhoused individual, Ethan, known locally as “Freckles,” holds his cat “kitty” the day after a city sweep. He says he always returns to the Broadway and W. 75th St. location under a scaffold the minute city officials leave because he prefers to live outside. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Ethan at his “home” the day before a city sweep. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Ethan had a humble abode set up on Broadway and 78th Street before April 1</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The day before the sweep, April 1</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The day after Ethan, or Freckles as he is known, was back at his old spot. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Freckles said he simply clears his stuff off the sidewalk when he knows the city is conducting a sweep, and then moves right back in by the next day. </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/city-issues-large-gathering-ban-for-world-cup-250th-ball-drop-MX5743259</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-08T17:24:18-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>City Issues Large Gathering Ban for World Cup &amp;amp; 250th Ball Drop  </news:title>
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<image:caption>There will be no public crowd allowed at a 250th national anniversary ball drop in Times Square this summer, due to a permitting freeze meant to prevent “significant realignment...of NYPD personnel.” </image:caption>
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