Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Bowery Presents truly is on a roll.  The indie-leaning promotion company just keeps expanding its reach.  In March, it was Boston; now it’s Portland, Maine.

These days, it seems that indie concert promoter Bowery Presents can do no wrong.  The brand continues to expand its presence throughout the city, and now, further north into Boston.

A discarded can of PBR outside the Bowery Ballroom – how typical!

There’s a new glass-box addition to the seedy northeast corner of Bowery and Delancey.  With the Bowery Ballroom and JMZ subway entrance mere steps away, the powers that be considered this a high traffic spot for a shiny Cemusa Newsstand.  Just what the already-narrow sidewalk needs.

Calling all cougars to the Lower East Side.  Seriously, these advertisements for the new ABC show Cougar Town are ubiquitous – phonebooths, subway stations, buses, etc.  Tuesday morning, a giant banner was placed in the ad space above the Bowery Ballroom, with its little sibling located above the entrance to the JMZ stop. And speaking [...]

As reported last week, Drew Barrymore and Going the Distance will be filming in our neighborhood this week. If that wasn’t bad enough, the casting crew is currently looking for stereotypical “hipster and indie types” as extras. Translation – sceney trendsters.  So don’t be surprised if you see tons of skinny jeans, skinnier neckties, and [...]