Volume 78 – Number 51 / May 27 – June 2 , 2009 West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
Villager photos by J.B. Nicholas
Fire, air, water (well, beer) are brought back to earth
On Sat., May 9, inside the Pussycat Lounge, at 96 Greenwich Street, Brooklyn performers The Danger and Lady Circus brought their brand of bawdy revelry to Lower Manhattan. They put on a party in a Financial District strip club that drew more than 1,000 people, before the Fire Department ordered the premises vacated around 2 a.m. “You try to do something cool,” said one partygoer, Patrick, 23, “bring some real life back to Manhattan, and they shut you down. It ain’t right.” Above, a fire breather unleashed a blast of flames. Below, the crowd enjoyed a band’s rendition of Nirvana favorite “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on horns. Also featured were performances by daring aerialists dangling from hoops above the crowd.
