If you live near Broadway between 95th & Columbus Circle and heard throngs of people chanting folk songs last night, you weren’t alone. Occupy Wall Street made its way north on Friday night for a 30+ block march from Symphony Space at Broadway & 95th down to Columbus Circle. Folk music legends Pete Seeger and [...]

Looks like all the hoopla about “Occupy Wall Street” possibly taking over Lincoln Center last night was for naught. Despite statements on occupywallst.org about standing in solidarity with the previously scheduled Granny Peace Brigade protest last night, it appears OWS’ presence was near zilch.

If you live near Lincoln Center and were expecting some peace and quite tonight, you might be in for surprise. Occupy Wall Street is heading north this evening, with a rally at at the normally sedate Lincoln Center scheduled for 7:00 pm tonight.

The picture above is from yesterday, but picketers are back out in front the Verizon Wireless store at 2268 Broadway (between 81st & 82nd) right now despite the lousy weather. I can hear chants of “HEY, HEY! HO, HO! VERIZON GREED HAS GOT TO GO!” and “DON”T CROSS THE LINE!” from my window. Here’s a [...]

The floundering New York City Opera was back in the news recently as several dozen choristers and musicians held a labor protest to keep the company in Lincoln Center.