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Mexican $6 212-889-3477 M-Th 11:30a-12a, F 11:30a-1a, Sa 11a-1a, 11:30a-11p daily 646-654-1823 Su-W 11a-12a, Th-Sa 11a-1a Chinese homestyle $6-9 New School University (K7) 12p-12a daily South Indian $5-15 Su 11a-12a Dojo West Restaurant (M7) Raw food, vegetarian, organic $5-12 Tab Tos (N10) M-Sa 12p-10p T Fifth Ave b/w 13th & 14th St Los Dos Rancheros (E7) M-Sa 11:30a-10:30p, Su 12-10p Corner Bistro (J5) 14 W 4th St at Mercer St 11:30a-11p daily 543 E 5th St b/w Avenue A & B Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop (P9) Paragon Sports (J8) 507 Ninth Ave b/w 38th & 39th St Chennai Garden (I10) 331 W 4th St at Jane St 212-505-8934 Dojo Restaurant (M8) 212-529-2156 127 Rivington St at Norfolk St 867 Broadway at 18th St 212-868-7780 129 E 27th St b/w Park Ave & Lexington 212-242-9502 Japanese and burgers $2-6 24 St. Mark's Pl b/w Second & Third Ave Vegetable Roll Combo for $5.75 212-982-1690 PUBLIC TOILETS CONTINUED 12p-12a daily 212-689-1999 Excellent hamburgers and chicken Su-Th 11a-1a, F-Sa 11a-2a 212-674-9821 M-Sa 4:30-11:30, Su 2:30-9:30 Hot sandwiches with vegetarian option FROM FRONT 13th St - Houston St (West) Market Cafe (E7) Kosher South Indian/Punjabi $6-14 sandwiches with beer for cheap VP2 (M6) Japanese and burgers $2-6 Madras Cafe (N8) Bereket (O9) 35th St - 25th St Carmine St Park (M5) 496 Ninth Ave b/w 37th & 38th St Tu-F 11:30a-10p, Sa-Su 12-10p M-Sa 11:30a- 4:00a, Sun 12:00p- 4:00a 140/144 W 4th St Su-Th 11a-1a, F-Sa 11a-2a 79 Second Ave b/w 4th & 5th St 187 E Houston St at Orchard St Carmine St b/w Bleecker & Bedford St 212-564-7350 Burritoville (H6) Sacred Chow (K4) 212-260-7130 Khyber Pass (M8) 212-254-8002 212-475-7700 Bye Bye Baby (H7) Cosi Café (K6) More than your average diner 264 W 23rd St b/w Seventh & Eighth Ave 522 Hudson St b/w 10th & Charles St Chinese $5-13 34 St. Mark's Pl b/w Second & Third Ave South Indian $6-8 Turkish sandwiches under $5, platters for 270 Seventh Ave b/w 25th & 26th St 504 Sixth Ave & 13th St Lunch M-Sa 11a-4p, dinner M-Tu 5-10p, 212-367-9844 212-337-0863 M-Th 12p-11p, F-Sa 12p-12a 212-473-0989 12p-3p, 5p-11p daily up to $10 Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (G6) Wifi Hotspot W-Sa 5-11p Mexican $6 Vegan deli and bakery $4-7 Mamouns Falafel (M6) Afghani $7-9 Kate's Joint (O10) 24/7 307 W 26th St b/w Eighth & Ninth Ave Forbes Magazine Galleries (K7) Gray's Papaya (E7) 12p-12a daily 8:30a-10p 119 MacDougal St at W 3rd St 12p-12a daily 59 Avenue B b/w 4th & 5th St Teany (P8) The Showplace Antiques (I8) 60 Fifth Ave b/w 12th & 13th St 539 Eighth Ave at W 37th St Cabo Rojo (G5) Thali (K6) 212-674-8685 Kai Kai - East Village (N10) 212-777-7059 90 Rivington St b/w Orchard & Ludlow St 40 W 25th St Washington Square Park (M6) 212-904-1588 254 Tenth Ave b/w 24th & 25th St 28 Greenwich Ave b/w W 10th & Charles St Falafel and more for $2-5 131 Avenue A b/w St. Mark's Pl & E 9th St Vegetarian 212-475-9190 Washington Square South & Thompson St Popular hot dogs 212-929-9752 212-367-7411 Apple Restaurant (M7) 212-420-5909 Su-W 8:30a-11p, Th-Sa 8a-12a 9a-1a daily 24th St - 14th St Kmart (M8) 24/7 Puerto Rican homecooking: sandwich and Indian $5-7, set menu 17 Waverly Pl b/w Green & Mercer St Cheap Thai fusion Two Boots Pizza (O9) Burritoville (Q4) Chelsea Piers (G4) Astor Place (8th St & Lafayette) Broadway's (F9) heavenly Spanish coffee for $5 5p-10p daily 212-473-8888 12a-11p daily 42 Avenue A at E 3rd St 144 Chambers St at Hudson St 23rd St & West Side Highway Angelika Film Center (N6) 1375 Broadway at 37th St M-Sa 6a-9p Village Natural (K6) Vegetarian Vietnamese San Loco (M8) 212-254-1919 212-964-5048 Muhlenberg Branch Public Library (H7) 18 W Houston at Mercer St 212-398-1475 46 Greenwich Ave M-Th 11a-11p, F-Sa 11a-12a, Su 11a-10p 129 Second Ave b/w 7th & 8th St 11a-1a daily Mexican $6 23rd St & Seventh Ave Film Forum (M5) Middle eastern kosher $2-5 24th St - 14th St 212-727-0968 212-260-7948 Mama's Cafe (O10) 12p-12a daily Restoration Hardware (I8) 209 W Houston b/w Sixth & Seventh Ave M-Th, Su 7:30a-12a, F 7:30a-sundown Natural $7-12 13 ST - Houston St (East) Mexican $3-6 200 E 3rd St at Avenue B Excellent Dumpling House (P6) 935 Broadway at 22nd St Hudson Park Public Library Branch (L5) Bonobos (I8) M-Th 8a-11p, F-Sa 8a-12a, Su 8a-10p Su-Th 10:30a-4p, F-Sa 10:30a-5p 212-777-4425 111 Lafayette St b/w Canal & Walker St Barnes & Noble (I7) 66 Leroy St at Varick St 35th St - 25th St 18 E 23rd St b/w Fifth & Park Ave Eva's (L6) Zaragoza Mexican Bakery (M10) B & H Vegetarian Restaurant (M9) Homestyle cooking for cheap, big portions 212-219-0212 675 Sixth Ave at 22nd St 212-505-1200 11 W 8th St b/w Fifth & Sixth Ave 215 Avenue A b/w 13th & 14th St 127 Second Ave b/w 7th & 8th St M-Sa 11a-10p Big bowls of steaming noodles for $5 McDonald's (I7) 13th St - Houston St (East) 686 Sixth Ave at 22nd St Soul Fixins' (F7) Organic living food $6-16 212-677-3496 212-780-9204 212-505-8065 The Sanctuary (O8) 11a-9p daily 46th St - 36th St Gramercy Park Hotel (J9) Strand Bookstore (L8) 371 W 34th St at Ninth Ave 10a-10:30p daily Middle Eastern $3-8 A tiny Mexican grocery store that offers Vegetarian kosher under $10 House of Vegetarian (Q6) 25 First Ave b/w 1st & 2nd St 2 Lexington Ave at 21st St 828 Broadway & 12th St CHEAP EATS 212-736-1345 Bachue (I8) delicious prepared food for cheap Margon Restaurant (D10) 11a-11:30p daily 7a-10p 212-780-9786 68 Mott St b/w Canal & Bayard St Club Monaco (J8) Barnes & Noble (M8) Eating shouldnt require financial planning, Good fried chicken, fried fish and homemade cake 136 W 46th St b/w Sixth Ave & Broadway 36 W 21st St b/w Fifth & Sixth Ave Gray's Papaya (L6) 9a-10:30p daily Planet One Cafe (M9) International vegan $5-9 212-226-6572 160 Fifth Ave at 21st St 4 Astor Place (8th St & Lafayette) M-F 7a-10p, Sa 11a-10p high-speed chases, or trips to the hospital. 212-354-5013 212-229-0870 402 Sixth Ave at 8th St Cosmic Cantina (L9) 76 E 7th St b/w First & Second Ave Tu-W 11:30a-9p, Th-Sa 11:30a-11:30p, Su Chinese vegetarian $5-11 Banana Republic, upstairs (J7) Starbucks (M9) Dimple Indian Fast Food (H9) Natural $5-8 212-260-3532 105 Third Ave at 13th St 212-475-0112 11a-9p 11a-11p daily 114 Fifth Ave b/w 16th &17th St GETTING AROUND In an effort to help you avoid all three weve A mix of Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican 141 Second Ave & 9th St 11 W 30th St b/w Fifth Ave & Broadway M-Tu 8a-6p, W-F 8a-10p, Sa 10a-10p 212-420-0975 Daffy's Discount Store (J8) M-F 6a-4:45p, Sa 7a- 2:30p Popular hot dogs Global $3-6 Chutney (O9) Vegetarian Dim Sum McDonald's (N7) put together a list. Enjoy. And remember to 212-643-9464 Chelsea Grill (I5) 24/7 $5-$10 Burritos, also serves beer M-Sa 12p-12a, Su 12:30p-11p House (Q6) 115 Fifth Ave at 18th St Bread From Beirut (E10) 118 E 1st St b/w First Ave & Avenue A Broadway & Bleecker St Kosher Indian Fast Food $4-9 135 Eighth Ave b/w 16th & 17th St Waverly Restaurant (L6) 11a-5a daily Reality Sandwich Company (N9) 24 Pell St b/w Mott & Doyers St (Chinatown) ABC Carpet & Home (J8) tip 20%. 24 W 45th St b/w Fifth & Sixth Ave 212-614-8900 Crate & Barrel (N7) NAVIGATING M-F 8:30a-10p, Sa-Su 11a-10p 212-242-5336 385 Sixth Ave at Waverly Pl Village Crown (L8/9) 91 E 7th St at First Ave Good cheap Indian food 212-577-7176 888 Broadway at 18th St 212-764-1588 611 Broadway & Houston Curry in a Hurry (I10) Outdoor garden, serves big cheap 212-675-3181 96 Third Ave b/w 12th & 13th St 212-477-0773 24/7 Chinese $5-13 Bed Bath and Beyond (J7) 57th St - 47th St Lebanese less than $10 620 Sixth Ave at 18th St Pottery Barn (N7) New Yorkers are surprisingly hospitable. When approaching 119 Lexington b/w 28th & 29th St hamburgers Diner 212-674-2061 Su-Th 11:30a-12a, F 11:30a-2a, Sa 11a-2a Kai Kai East Village 2 (O9) 11a-11p daily 600 Broadway & Houston M-F breakfast, lunch and dinner; Sa lunch The Container Store (J7) Great American Health Bar (B11) 212-683-0900 Su-Th 11a-11p, Fr-Sa 11a-11:30p 24/7 Israeli kosher $4-10 Caracas Arepa Bar (N9) 78 E 1st St b/w First Ave & Avenue A VP3 (Q6) from the front make sure to lay hands flat in front of you in a and dinner 629 Sixth Ave at 18th St 35 W 57th St b/w Fifth & Sixth Ave Indian buffet La Taza de Oro (J5) Kai Kai - Greenwich Village (M5) M-Th 11a-11p, F 11a-2hrs before sunset, Sa 91 E 7th St at First Ave 212-777-2552 33 Mott St at Pell St (Chinatown) SoHo Vegetarian House (F12) Filene's Basement J7) passive position. No really, dont hesitate to ask someone for 212-355-5177 11a-12a daily 96 Eighth Ave b/w 14th & 15th St 35 Carmine St b/w Bleecker & Bedford St sunset-1a 212-228-5062 Cheap Thai fusion 212-406-6988 620 Sixth Ave at 18th St American/Kosher $5-7 139 E 45th St 2nd Fl b/w Lexington & Third Ave Dosa Hut (I10) 212-243-9946 212-627-7745 Elvie's Turo Turo (M10) Close to 20 different varieties of Venezuelan 12:30-10:30p daily Chinese $5-13 City Bakery (J8) Apple Store (N6) help if youre lost. Manhattan above Houston Street is on a M-F 9:30a-10:30p, Sa 9:30a-sunset 212-490-0468 102 Lexington Ave b/w 27th & 28th St Puerto Rican luncheonette serving big plates Cheap Thai fusion 214 First Ave b/w 12th & 13th St arepas 11a-10p daily 3 W 18th St at Fifth Ave 103 Prince St & Greene St Topaz (B11) Chinese $7-11 212-725-7466 of tripe and roast pork and goat stew and 12p-11p daily 212-473-7785 Tu-Sa 12p-11p, Sun 12p-9p Below Houston Columbine Foods (R4) The Gap (J8) WiFi Hotspot numbered grid and could not be easier to navigate. Avenues 127 W 56th St b/w Sixth & Seventh Ave M-F 11:30a-10p South Indian $6 oxtails Harry's Burrito Junction (M6) Authentic Filipino food Counter (N9) 229 W Broadway b/w Park Pl & Barclay St 122 Fifth Ave at 17th St Armani Exchange (O6) 212-957-8020 Burritoville (D8) 12-10p daily M-Sa 6a-11p 230 Thompson St b/w Bleecker & W 3rd St M-F 11a-10p, Sa-Su 11a-9p 105 First Ave b/w 6th & 7th St Spring Street Natural (O6) 212-965-0909 J.Crew (J8) 568 Broadway at Prince St run north-south, streets run east-west. Even streets go east, Thai $8 625 Ninth Ave at 44th St Kalustyan's Masala Cafe (I10) Veg-City Diner (K7) 212-260-5588 Angelica Kitchen (L9) 212-982-5870 62 Spring St at Lafayette St Fresh sandwiches on great bread 91 Fifth Ave b/w 16th &17th St Banana Republic (O6) 552 Broadway b/w Spring & Prince St odds west. Downtown or in the other boroughs (Brooklyn, M-F 12-11p, Sa-Su 4-11p 212-333-5352 115 Lexington Ave b/w 27th & 28th St 55 W 14th St b/w Fifth & Sixth Ave Mexican $5-8 300 E 12th St b/w First & Second Ave International organic $10-15 212-966-0290 8a-6p daily Loehmann's (J6) 101 Seventh Ave at 16th St Bari Café (O6) Zenith (B9) Mexican $6 212-686-5400 646-336-7822 Su-Th 11:30a-12a, F 11:30a-2a, Sa 11a-2a 212-228-2909 M-Th 5-12, Sa 11p-1a Natural $6-11 Burritoville (S4) Bronx, Queens, Staten Island) use a map. 12p-12a daily Au Bon Pain (K7) 529 Broadway & Spring St 888 Eighth Ave at 53rd St Yummy food made upstairs Fast vegetarian food $8 Poy Laung (M6) Natural $10-15 Teresa's (N9) Su-Th 11:30a-12a, Fr-Sa 11:30a-1a 20 John St b/w Broadway & Nassau St 73 Fifth Ave & 15th St Sandwich Planet (E7) Bloomingdale's SoHo (O6) 212-262-8080 11:30a-11p daily 6a-1a daily 210 Thompson St b/w Bleecker & W 3rd St 11:30a-10:30p daily 103 First Ave b/w 6th & 7th St The Herban Kitchen (N4) 212-766-2020 Bodum (I4) 504 Broadway b/w Spring & Broome St Asian Vegetarian $5-12 534 Ninth Ave b/w 39th & 40th St Pongal (I10) 212-533-7290 Jubb's Longevity (M10) 212-228-0604 290 Hudson St at Spring St Mexican $6 413 W 14th St b/w Ninth & Tenth Ave Daffy's discount store (O6) WALKING 11:30a-11p daily 212-273-9768 110 Lexington Ave b/w 27th & 28th St 13th St - Houston St (West) Thai $7 508 E 12th St b/w Avenue A & B Tasty Polish food 212-627-2257 12p-12a daily Barnes & Noble Union Square (K8) 462 Broadway b/w Broome & Grand St Burritoville (D13) Sandwiches with lots of variety 212-696-9458 M-F 4p-11p, Sa-Su 2p-11p 212-353-5000 7a-11p daily Natural $7-12 Burritoville (U3) 33 E 17th St & Union Square North Scholastic Bookstore (O6) Jaywalking is the norm in this city. When you come to a street 866 Third Ave at 52nd St M-F 10:30a-8:30p, Sa 11:15-6p Indian vegetarian $7-9 Benny's Burritos (J5) Quantum Leap (M6) Organic lifefood $4-13 Benny's Burritos (N9) 11a-11p daily 36 Water St (North of Broad St) Republic Noodles Restaurant (K8) 557 Broadway b/w Prince & Spring St corner you should walk right off it as if you expect to be able 212-980-4111 Burritoville (E7) M-F 12-3p/5-10p, Sa-Su 12-10p 113 Greenwich Ave at Jane St 226 Thompson St b/w Bleecker & W 3rd St 10a-9p daily 93 Avenue A at 6th St Tien Garden (O8) 212-747-1100 37 Union Square West b/w 16th & 17th St Housing Works Used Books Café (N7) Mexican $6 352 W 39th St at Ninth Ave Udipi Palace (I10) 212-727-0584 212-677-8050 Quintessence (M10) 212-254-2054 170 Allen St b/w Stanton & Rivington St Mexican $6 Circuit City (K8) 126 Crosby St b/w E Houston & Prince St 52 E 14th St at Fourth Ave to cross the street. But dont expect traffic to slow down or 12p-12a daily 212-563-9088 103 Lexington Ave b/w 27th & 28th St Mexican $5-8 Natural $6-11 263 E 10th St b/w First Ave & Avenue A Mexican $5-8 212-388-1364 12p-12a daily J.Crew (N6) 99 Prince St b/w Mercer & Greene St stop for you. New Yorkers tend to walk fast. An average pace Replay Jeans Store (N6) 109 Prince St at Greene St is one north-south block per minute; 20 of those blocks make Pearl River Chinatown Dept Store (O6) a mile. Crosstown blocks are about 2.5 times as long as north- FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED 477 Broadway b/w Broome & Grand St CALENDAR SoHo Grand Hotel (O6) south blocks. AUG AUG AUG AUG AUG AUG 310 W Broadway b/w Canal & Grand St Tommy Hilfiger (O6) 372 W Broadway at Broome St KEY Lower East Side Visitor Center (P8) BIKING 261 Broome St b/w Orchard & Allen St Not for the meek, but often the best way to get around. Watch Event Protests & Public Events 20 21 22 23 24 25 Tribeca out for doors, turning cars (with or without a signal), serious Starbucks (Q4) fumes. Cyclists generally obey their own laws, but you can get [###] Site number 125 Chambers St at W Broadway Bike National Convention Yippie Tea Party Protest Bushville Tent City and Homeless "Peace Signs: The Anti-War Movement Illustrated" Call To Mutiny magazine launch ticketed for running a red. Cars use bike lanes too. A good lock (A#) Grid coordinate Life After Capitalism Conference Tribeca Grand Hotel (P5) Times Up! bike convergence space [523] www.times-up.org/bnc CUNY Graduate Center [702] www.lifeaftercapitalism.org 8p Michael Bloomberg's townhouse [269] March/Encampment opening location TBA www.clamormagazine.org 2 Sixth Ave & White St is a must. The major bridges have bike pathways: Brooklyn refreshments served to protest the city's refusal to give out permits sponsored by Clamor Magazine Financial District August 20 August 28, bike tune-ups, workshops, carnival, BBQ, tours August 21 August 22 Location TBA www.kwru.org 7-9p Chisholm Gallery [715] Borders Bookstore (S3) New York Immigration Coalition action The Summer of Love Concert for Equality Bridge is scenic but crowded with pedestrians. Wear a helmet. Event RNC & Related Events Beyond Bush: An Evening of Visionary Resistance "Yo! What Happened to Peace" poster exhibit August 23 August 30 August 24 September 3, open Tu-Th 11a-6p, F-Sa 1-6p and by appt 100 Broadway b/w Wall St & Pine St 7p Hunter Assembly Hall [703] www.lifeaftercapitalism.org location TBA 212-627-2227 www.thenyic.org The Window Treatment Kick Off Party 6-10p East Lawn, Central Park (*) www.summeroflove04.com Century 21 Dept Store (S3) Stay Gold Gallery/Art Space451 Grand St, Brooklyn 22 Cortlandt St b/w Church St & Broadway [###] Site number Rooftop Films: Youth Power Everywhere Webster Hall [701] www.howlfestival.org SUBWAY 718-599-7778 www.staygoldgallery.com Europa Café (T5) (A#) Grid coordinate 8p Hudson River Project [704] www.rooftopfilms.com put a noRNC poster in your window through September 2 sponsored by High Times and HOWL! Festival 199 Water St & John St Dont call it the metro. The hundred year old system is the best Bike Messenger Film Festival August 6 September 5, Sa-Su 12-5p, M-F by appt only Ritz Carlton (T2) The Really Free Market 2 West St (Battery Park City) in the world, open 24 hours a day, and ideal for getting into, 6:30p meet at Tompkins Square Park [406] to ride over South Street Seaport (T5) 3p location TBA Williamsburg Bridge (P8) Get bent, pay the rent, plus still we invent Pier 17 at Fulton St out of, and around Manhattan. Many lines have express and nuff shit to get your whole team Wagner Park Pavilion (T1) 7:30p 184 Kent Ave, rm 509, Brooklyn (*) www.nybma.com Battery Place, across from Ritz Carlton Hotel local tracks, so make sure the train you board stops at your In 1893, a member of Congress proposed an amendment to rename crazily sent Ghostface Killah World Financial Center (R2) this nation the United States of the Earth. 1996 just inside entrance, near Eckerdx drugstore station. To ride the subway you need a MetroCard, which you can purchase at easy-to-use machines or from human beings at token booths. $2 for a single ride (only available at the THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE machine); a $10 card gets 6 rides ($1.66 per ride); $7 for 1- AUG AUG AUG AUG AUG AUG day unlimited (only worth it for 5 rides or more); $21 for one week unlimited travel. Hopping the turnstyles, once common, 26 27 28 29 30 31 now can get you a night in jail. BUS Two dollars in change or a MetroCard, which you cannot DNC2RNC March Arrives in New York City Immigrant-Worker Community Speak Out!/Day of Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence "Crossing of New York Harbor" The Naming Project Shout Heard Round The World: non-violent www.dnc2rnc.org Action 9a-6p St. Mark's Church [802] www.nyspc.net Staten Island Ferry [591] www.greenedragon.org 10a various locations www.THAWaction.org direct action purchase on the bus. You can transfer for free from subway to The Anti-Convention: Live Music 4-10p location TBA 212-330-8172 New York March and Rally for Women's Lives Women's Peace Rally and March August 30 September 2, reciting the names of all those killed by 12p In the streets www.shoutheardroundtheworld.org bus or vice versa. City buses are especially useful for getting 7p Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn (*) www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org 11a-4p Cadman Plaza (*) across Brooklyn Bridge (S6) to City 11a Eleanor Roosevelt Statue, Riverside Park at 72nd Street (*) US military action since September 11 Health Care Crisis and Election 2004 conference across town at 72nd, 59th, 42nd, 34th, 23th, 14th or to hard to proceeds donated to Not In Our Name Critical Mass Ride Hall Park [403] www.ppnyc.org www.codepink4peace.org March on New York: Still We Rise march and rally 9a CUNY Graduate Center [702] www.cnhpnow.org Green Party Festival reach parts of the outer boroughs. Feel free to ask the driver "The Fourth World War" film screening 7p Union Square [404] www.times-up.org followed by march to join World Says No To The Bush Agenda rally 1-6p Union Square [404] up Eighth Ave to 31st St (G7) August 31 September 1 7p Anthology Film Archives [710] www.bignoisefilms.com The Anti-Convention: Live Music St. Vartan's Park, E 35th St and Second Av e (H11) www.stillwerise.org Pro-Choice New York rally if the bus stops where youre going. Christian Defense Coalition prayer vigil The World Says No to the Bush Agenda presented by Suheir Hammad 7p Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn (*) noon from W 23rd St and Seventh Ave (H7) uptown past MSG March for Our Lives: Stop the War at Home 5-7p Union Square [404] www.naral.org proceeds donated to Not In Our Name Seventh Ave (G8) 4p United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza [405] www.kwru.org Interfaith Worship Event Middle East Peace Coalition demonstration [101], west on 34th St, down West Side Highway to Chambers St th DRIVING Rooftop Films: What Democracy Looks Like short films (Q3) www.unitedforpeace.org Interfaith Service Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr @ 120 St (*) 8p Clemente Soto Velez [711] www.rooftopfilms.com Union Square, southeast triangle [404] 7p Holy Apostles Church [902] "Ring of Light" Its a drag, especially during the day. Even without street Stone Walk arrives in Manhattan Bowery Poetry Club sanctuary opens Light Up The Sky encircling Manhattan 212-598-0963 www.peacefultomorrows.org 24 hours Bowery Poetry Club [901] www.bowerypoetry.com dusk everywhere www.lightupthesky.org closures and protests, driving through Manhattan is one of the from Boston, pulling a 1400 lb granite memorial honoring the August 29 September 3 Playback Theater Hip Hop Showcase sweatiest experiences in the world. By law, seat belts are Unknown Civilians Killed in War. In NYC through Sept. 11. Holy Apostles Church sanctuary opens 8p Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave, Brooklyn (*) www playbacknyc.org Ring Out 4-10p Holy Apostles Church [902] www.holyapostlesnyc.org required in the front seat and hands-free devices are required 5:30-7:30p Ground Zero [401] www.ringout.org August 29 September 3 "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with Libby Pataki for cell phones. No right on red unless posted. Do not drink The Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas Cosmopolity Progressive Tourism Bureau opens Tiffany's [109] and drive. Yield to pedestrians and bikes. various locations www.imagine04.org 10a-10p The Tank [903] www.thetanknyc.org Republican National Convention August 28 September 2 August 29 September 3 10a-1p, 8:30-11p Madison Square Garden [101] The Fourth World War film screening St. Mark's Church sanctuary opens speakers: Michael Bloomberg, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain Finance Roundtable PARKING 7p Anthology Film Archives [710] www.bignoisefilms.com Big Tent Event sponsored by the Republican 9:30p Tavern on the Green [108] Street parking in Manhattan during the day is difficult and lots presented by Amy Goodman 11a-11p St. Mark's Church [802] www.revbilly.com August 29 September 3 Unity Coalition sponsored by Bank of perica Women Against War Concert 4p Bryant Park Grill [117] Luncheon are pricey. Tickets are expensive (over $100) so check the 7p Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr at 120th St (*) Event 3p St. Regis Hotel [107] signs. Some regulations are in effect after midnight. The city www.codepink4peace.org Welcoming party for New Yorkers and Californians 7-11p Rockefeller Center [673] sponsored by AstraZeneca has alternate side of the street parking regulations that require LEGAL SUPPORT Clamor Magazine party Ellis Island (ferry tickets at [409]) Post-Convention party for NY/NJ delegations Party for New York delegation 8p Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave, Brooklyn (*) www.clamormagazine.org Party for Log Cabin Republicans 10p-1a Cipriani's 42nd Street [111] 4:30-7:30p Tavern on the Green [108] you to move your car from one side of the street to the other The National Lawyers Guild The New York Civil Liberties Union Bryant Park [476] sponsored by Kodak to make way for street cleaning. If youre driving to New York, Welcoming party for the news media Salute to Broadway Republican Majority for Choice event your best bet is to park your car in one of the outer boroughs, 212-679-6018 www.nlgnyc.org 212-344-3005 www.nyclu.org Time Warner Building [118] Sky Club 200 Park Ave (E11) sponsored by the RNC Host Committee Wonderful Town near a subway, in a neighborhood with only one day of alternate 5-7:40p Al Hirschfeld Theatre [131] WED Republican National Convention (NLG) is providing legal observers at all (NYCLU) is providing support for people requesting Barbecue to honor the Latino Congressional Caucus 8:30-11p Madison Square Garden [101] side parking per week. Gracie Mansion [250] for OH, MO, IN, and MI SEP demonstrations and legal support to all those permits and will have observers at most speakers: Laura Bush, Rod Paige, Arnold Schwarzenegger sponsored by Univision Bombay Dreams Post-Convention party arrested who need it. demonstrations to monitor police practices. 5-7:35p Broadway Theatre [132] 10p-1p Noche [116] for MA, AK, NH, VT, ME, DE, CT, RI, GU, AS, VI, SD, ND, IA sponsored by American Gas Association BASIC LEGAL ADVICE FOR on your wrist or ankle in indelible ink 42nd St. 01 5-7:30p Ford Center for the Performing Arts [133] PROTESTERS IN NEW YORK CITY Carry quarters, phone card, a snack for TX, NE, OK, MT, KS The following is only a guide, not actual legal advice. Beauty And The Beast THU Carry only one photo ID with a good address The Line For all legal questions you need to contact a lawyer. 5-7:30p Lunt-Fontanne Theatre [134] SEP Do not carry anything you do not want the police to have 8:13-8:31a along Broadway, from Wall St (S3) to W 31st St (G8) Regardless of what your rights may be in principle, for VA, AB, DC, TN, MD, GA a single line, everyone with a mock pink slip (like your phone book) Phantom of the Opera Billionaires Flashmob the police may choose to arrest people at any time, so 5-7:30p Majestic Theatre [135] midday midtown www.billionairesforbush.com THE PEOPLES GUIDE use caution. WHAT TO EXPECT AT PROTESTS for MN, WI, WV, WA, AR, CO, NM, WY, KY Ellen Freudenheim anti-gun-violence display 02 is intended to standardize communication among event-planners, At permitted marches expect the police to set up Fiddler on the Roof Union Square Park, South Plaza [404] YOU CAN LEGALLY 5-7:55 Minskoff Theatre [136] Labor Day Rally protesters, media, tourists, wanderers, monitors, hangers-on, protest pens. The NYPD uses batons, pepper spray, 4-6p 30th St and 8th Ave [G7] www.nycclc.org Distribute handbills on a public sidewalk or at the for FL, LA, MS, SC, NC Artists and Activists United for Peace rally and friends. Take some time to become familiar with it. Revel horses and their massive numbers for crowd control. Reading of the US Constitution entrance to a public park Aida 5p Cooper Union [719] 212-420-0440 www.pfaw.org and parade in its quirks. Look at it closely, then from a distance.Use site Law enforcement officers may be uniformed or plain 5-7:30 Palace Theatre [137] National Organization for Women rally 3-7p Harlem State Office Building, 163 W 125th St and Adam Have a table in a park that holds only printed material Clayton Powell Blvd (*), parade to W 96th St and Central Park West numbers or grid coordinates to refer to locations in your clothes. They may be from local police departments, for CA, NV, OR, AZ, UT, HI 7-9p location TBA www.now.org Hold a demonstration, rally, or press conference on The Lion King Whos America? concert (*) www.blackwaxx.com/AAUP.htm personal emails and public flyers. If you would like to give a state police, or from federal agencies. Your rights Bowery Ballroom. 6 Delancey St (P7) www.definitivejux.net Headache, drowsiness, mild nausea location a standard reference number for others to use, please a public sidewalk 5-7:45 New Amsterdam Theatre [138] 9p Earth with all officers are the HELPFUL TIPS for IL, NY, PR, NJ, ID, PA Ring Out contact us. Visit the website for corrections and additions. March on a public 8p-4a location TBA www.ringout.org sidewalk same regardless. Billionaires Ball This is your memento of an important event. Customize it. Remain calm and use The Frying Pan, Pier 63 at 23rd St (G4) www.billionairesforbush.com Take notes. Doodle. You were here. YOU CANNOT good judgment. Do not WHAT TO BRING Whos America? concert 8p Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St (P7) www.definitivejux.net LEGALLY take what cops say at Lots of water in a plastic bottle to drink Party for New York Delegation Block pedestrians/business WHERE DID THIS face value. It is legal for Energy snacks Luncheon honoring Jean Hastert 5-7p Madame Tussaud's [115] entrances anywhere the police to lie to get 1p Central Park Boathouse [114] Republican National Convention A small first-aid kit with bandages sponsored by Burlington Northern Santa Fe 8:30-11p Madison Square Garden [101] Carry anything deemed a you to talk and they have Event speakers: George Pataki, George W. Bush COME FROM? weapon been known to instigate Enough money for pay phone, food, transportation 4:30-7p Bryant Park Grill [117] Post-Convention party Event 10p-2am Water Club [110] Pirates in the East River. A slave revolt on Maiden Lane. Having YOU CANNOT protesters. If you Disposable camera for accurate documentation of 1:10p Crobar [113] sponsored by Novartis a drink at Fraunces Tavern. Failed revolutions. Unreadable observe misconduct, sponsored by American Gas Association manifestos. A refuge during the Draft Riots. Doctors dispensing WITHOUT A PERMIT events, police brutality, injuries (for more tips go Republican National Convention March in the street take good notes FM 8:30-11p Madison Square Garden [101] REFERENCES FOR THIS MAP birth control. Welcome to Ellis Island. Labor Day in Union a march or rally of over including officer's badge to www.ruckus.org) WFMU 91.1 speakers: Lynne Cheney, Dick Cheney, Zell Miller Square. The Canyon of Heroes. D with desire. Ten minutes of independent Los Amigos Acker, Kathy. Hannibal Lecter, My Father. New York: Autonomedia, 1991. 20 people in a public park number and name, time, Backup eyeglasses and/or contact lens solution/case freeform station 10p-2a Copacabana [112] Advertisers Geographic. The Advertising Red Books, Vol I. New Providence, NJ: LexisNexis, 2004. silence. March against nukes. 9/11. March for peace. A hundred Use a bullhorn, location, and names of sponsored by Coca-Cola and George Pataki Badiou, Alain. Infinite Thought. New York: Continuum, 1998. poets, mechanics, librarians, and hustlers in a long tradition. Several days of prescription medication Berry, Rynn, and Chris Abreu-Suzuki. The Vegan Guide to New York City. New York: Ethical Living, 2004. megaphone, or other any witnesses. Do not Blanchot, Maurice et al. Friendship. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1977. source of amplified sound complain on the scene, or announce that you're going and doctor's note in case of arrest AM Colette. Creatures Great and Small. New York: Farrar Strauss, 1978. WWW.RNCGUIDE.COM to file a complaint, or make any statements regarding WFAN 660 am AM Day, Dorothy. The Long Loneliness, the Autobiography of Dorothy Day. Sweden: Books on Demand, 1952. SIGNS & PROPS Portable radio with spare batteries FM sports talk WLIB 1190 Fourier, Charles et al. Theory of the Four Movements. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. the incident. Consider factors such as de-escalation Call the persons friend or lawyer, legal aid or the WBAI 99.5 Air America Kayton, Bruce. Radical Walking Tours of New York City. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003. Wood or PVC sticks for signs are illegal. Use cardboard A rain poncho and sunblock Kopkind, Andrew. The Thirty Year's War. New York: Verso, 1996. and the protection of yourself, evidence, and other to remain silent, I would like to speak to a lawyer." local Pacifica tubes instead. Avoid using sharp or hard objects for IF DETAINED OR ARRESTED actions organizers. FM Levi-Strauss, Claude et al. Triste Tropique. New York: Penguin, 1992. bystanders. In the end it might be better to walk WQHT 97.1 Rovere, Vicki. Where To Go: A Guide to Manhattan's Toilets. New York: Vicki Rovere, 2001. props because they could conceivably cause injury and Ask to speak with a lawyer Call the precinct to which she or he was taken (see front "Hot 97" hip hop and r&b away and fight another day. Shubart, Jeffrey, and Eddie Sugarman.The $5 Lunch: New York City Times Square Area. New York: Sugarshu Books, 2003. the police are more likely to confiscate them. Remain silent, other than providing your name side for phone numbers). DO NOT Standard & Poors. Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, Vol I. Charlottesville, VA: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Sulavik, Christopher C. NYC For Free. New York: Tatra Press, 1999. and address. Find out if she or he has actually been arrested,is at the Wear things that can easily be grabbed (long earrings THE MASK LAW IF APPROACHED BY A POLICE OFFICER AM Tauranac, John. Manhattan Block By Block: A Street Atlas. Santa Barbara: Tauranac Maps, 2002. Remember arresting officers' badge & patrol precinct, and will be released or taken to Central Booking. WABC 770 United States. US Constitution, Bill of Rights. First Congress of the United States. Pennsylvania, 1789. The police cannot search your person, possessions, or other jewelry, ties, loose hair). talk radio AM In January 2004 the once-defunct mask law was car numbers. If she or he is at Central Booking, call 212-374-3916, WINS 1010 Vaneigem, Raoul. The Revolution of Everyday Life. Seattle: Left Bank Distribution, 1994. vehicle, or residence without a legal reason. If police news (traffic & weather on the :01s) reinstated. The law criminalizes anyone wearing a mask If you are permitted to make a phone call anything Go to demonstrations alone. It is best to go with NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES WEBSITES www.m27coalition.org have reasonable suspicion to believe you might have a 212-374-3921, 212-374-3942 and ask about the charge, New York Times www.addyourown.com www.mapquest.com with other persons similarly disguised. Specifically, you say at the precinct may be recorded or listened an affinity group or some friends with whom youve Village Voice www.census.gov www.rncnotwelcome.org weapon they may pat you down but may not search arrest number, and arresting officer. Once you get the New York Magazine www.counterconvention.org www.rncwatch.org to so be careful. three or more people cannot wear masks within an arrest number you can call the arraignment clerk (room exchanged emergency phone numbers and other FM / AM Time Out New York www.google.com www.superpages.com inside your pockets. Do not physically resist, but say As soon as you are released, write down everything WNYC 93.9 / 820 undefined proximity of one another in a public place. loud and clear that you do not consent to any search. If 131) to get the docket number, and ask for the approximate local NPR station DISCLAIMER USAGE you remember. information. 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