# west side — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover west side. Page: Feed: --- ## [Youman Wilder, the Coach Who Stood Between ICE Agents and His Players in Riverside Park, Has Died at 63](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/youman-wilder-the-coach-who-stood-between-ice-agents-and-his-players-in-riverside-park-has-died-at-63/) _2026-08-20 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ Last summer he spent half an hour on the phone with us explaining why he put himself between six armed agents and a dozen kids in Riverside Park. The post Youman Wilder, the Coach Who Stood Between ICE Agents and His Players in Riverside Park, Has Died at 63 appeared first on iLovetheUpperWestSide.com . ## [A Mayoral Candidate Is Coming to the Upper West Side Next Week. She’s a Very Good Girl.](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/a-mayoral-candidate-is-coming-to-the-upper-west-side-next-week-shes-a-very-good-girl/) _2026-08-20 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ The campaign trail swings through the Upper West Side on Monday, Aug. 31, and the candidate has no intention of giving a speech. She’ll spend The post A Mayoral Candidate Is Coming to the Upper West Side Next Week. She’s a Very Good Girl. appeared first on iLovetheUpperWestSide.com . ## [A Famous Upper West Side High School Just Dropped More Than 160 Spots In The State Rankings](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/a-famous-upper-west-side-high-school-just-dropped-more-than-160-spots-in-the-state-rankings/) _2026-08-18 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ U.S. News & World Report published its annual Best High Schools rankings on Tuesday, and a school that sits a block from Lincoln Center and turns out working actors, musicians and dancers by the dozen came in far lower than it has in years. The post A Famous Upper West Side High School Just Dropped More Than 160 Spots In The State Rankings appeared first on iLovetheUpperWestSide.com . ## [This Upper West Side Subway Has Now Been Shut Down Twice in Six Weeks](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/this-upper-west-side-subway-has-now-been-shut-down-twice-in-six-weeks/) _2026-08-17 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ City health inspectors walked into an Upper West Side Subway (the sandwich shop) on Aug. 13 and left after ordering it closed. It was the The post This Upper West Side Subway Has Now Been Shut Down Twice in Six Weeks appeared first on iLovetheUpperWestSide.com . ## [She Spent Three Decades Dressing the Upper West Side. Now She’s Suing ICE.](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/she-spent-three-decades-dressing-the-upper-west-side-now-shes-suing-ice/) _2026-08-15 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ A masked ICE agent sprayed her in the face on a sidewalk in Inwood. This week she stood next to Governor Hochul as the plaintiff in a case against the agency. The post She Spent Three Decades Dressing the Upper West Side. Now She’s Suing ICE. appeared first on iLovetheUpperWestSide.com . ## [Good Enough to Eat Is Closing After 45 Years, But “It’s Not Really a Goodbye”](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/good-enough-to-eat-is-closing-after-45-years-but-its-not-really-a-goodbye/) _2026-08-15 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ Good Enough to Eat, the Upper West Side brunch institution that’s been drawing sidewalk lines for 45 years, is closing. Owner Jeremy Wladis told ILTUWS The post Good Enough to Eat Is Closing After 45 Years, But “It’s Not Really a Goodbye” appeared first on iLovetheUpperWestSide.com . ## [Shots Fired at 71st and Central Park West Friday Morning](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/shots-fired-at-71st-and-central-park-west-friday-morning/) _2026-08-14 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ An argument between three people escalated into a physical fight on the Upper West Side Friday morning, and one of them pulled out a gun The post Shots Fired at 71st and Central Park West Friday Morning appeared first on iLovetheUpperWestSide.com . ## [The 59th Street Shelter Opened in May. Some Neighbors Say the Block Hasn’t Been the Same Since.](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/the-59th-street-shelter-opened-in-may-some-neighbors-say-the-block-hasnt-been-the-same-since/) _2026-08-14 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ Gertrude Ederle Playground has a new neighbor. Since the spring, the building beside it (at 537 West 59th Street) has been a 200-bed, dorm-style shelter for single women, and the families who use that playground have spent the summer keeping a running record of what they've seen. The post The 59th Street Shelter Opened in May. Some Neighbors Say the Block Hasn’t Been the Same Since. appeared first… ## [Encore Creativity’s Fall Chorales Are Open for Registration, and Adults 55+ Don’t Need to Audition](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/encore-creativitys-fall-chorales-are-open-for-registration-and-adults-55-dont-need-to-audition/) _2026-08-13 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ For a lot of us, singing in a choir sounds like something that requires an audition, years of training, or at least the ability to The post Encore Creativity’s Fall Chorales Are Open for Registration, and Adults 55+ Don’t Need to Audition appeared first on iLovetheUpperWestSide.com . ## [The Met’s Free Summer HD Festival Returns to Lincoln Center September 2-7](https://www.ilovetheupperwestside.com/the-mets-free-summer-hd-festival-returns-to-lincoln-center-september-2-7/) _2026-08-13 · Mike Mishkin · iLovetheUpperWestSide.com_ The Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival is back for its 17th year, bringing six straight nights of free opera screenings to Josie Robertson Plaza from The post The Met’s Free Summer HD Festival Returns to Lincoln Center September 2-7 appeared first on iLovetheUpperWestSide.com . ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Uq7KAgbElhh6) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Search for US Democracy in Riverside Park](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-07-23 · Bar Crawl Radio_ For this edition of BCR's Park Bench Chat, Rebecca and I sat down to talk with good friends -- Maria and Barry Kessler -- and our neighbors strolling in Riverside Park's "You've Got Mail" garden -- about the state of our U.S. American democracy. We handed out bags of chips to anyone who could answer a trivia question about the US government. Our focus gravitated to a consideration of the three… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/6a627a0a22500f71203b5f6c/media.mp3) ## [Eli Northrup on Liminal Politics](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-06-25 · Bar Crawl Radio_ Politics on the UWS is in a liminal place where a new reality is aborning. Of course, this nation exists in "between" places where possible versions of democracy are tried and then abandoned. This week the social democratic version has gained a foothold in our Upper West Side neighborhood – and maybe American politics. Eli Northrup – Bronx Public Defender and justice policy wonk -- was elected the… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/6a3d34d5cb67fc75ea764e81/media.mp3) ## [Columbia University: Fortress or FEARLESS](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-06-02 · Bar Crawl Radio_ Columbia University’s “College Walk” -- on West 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue -- became part of the University’s campus in 1953 with the understanding that "College Walk" would remain available to pedestrians. Massive iron gates, put up in 1967, were designed as an ornamental decoration which would not be used to restrict access. But the gated closed on Oct. 12, 2023, when the… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/6a1f36b09942b8f91f3780a2/media.mp3) ## [Wm Hartung Warning: AI Corporations Control U.S. Military](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-05-24 · Bar Crawl Radio_ In Elon Musk’s “dark MAGA” there is no truth.—which for historian Jill Lepore creates a fear that everything might collapse because everything is so fragile and so fake , so untrustworthy -- and so -- unreal . For Lepore -- it is a fear created by the “Artificial State.” Back in January of this year – 2026 -- BCR hosts spoke with William Hartung about his political stand-up routine and his recent… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/6a1333c111eba3cf1535945b/media.mp3) ## [Gal Beckerman asks: "Should I be a dissident?"](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-04-22 · Bar Crawl Radio_ Throughout human history the political dissident has been imprisoned, tortured, murdered. Today’s dissident opposing the U.S. war machine is silenced by corporate media and punished by U.S. courts. And mostly – unseen. Why do they do it – when there is no chance of success? BCR podcast has been asking American dissidents that question for years. For BCR #273, we asked Gal Beckerman of The Atlantic… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/69e8bf381e1e81236402171e/media.mp3) ## [Nature of the U.S. Military: Carl Dix](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-03-25 · Bar Crawl Radio_ This BCR conversation with Carl Dix was recorded at Gebhards Beer Culture Bar on the UWS. Mr. Dix is a leader of the RevCom Corps for the Emancipation of Humanity. Our conversation focused on his his experiences with the U.S. military when our country was at war North Vietnam. In a recent email, Mr. Dix wrote me: “My experience with the US military was an important part of what formed my political… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/69b31d9ebffd975a45d5650d/media.mp3) ## [Nature of the U.S. Military: Matthew Hoh](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-02-13 · Bar Crawl Radio_ For many of us, our country is walking a tightrope between democracy and autocracy. I am a US American civilian. I avoided serving in the US military during the Vietnam War. My father and son were in the military – one in WWII – the other a never-deployed Marine. Despite these secondary contact with our armed forces, I do not understand the US military mind and culture. I do know it is the most… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/698f53898dc5f2047abe03a1/media.mp3) ## [Steven Fechter: "The Big Breeze"](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-02-05 · Bar Crawl Radio_ I spoke with Steven Fechter about his newest novel -- "The Big Breeze" -- the story of Joseph Bye a phenom baseball pitcher who at the peak of his career was hit by a car and crippled. Eventually, he became a painter of baseball pitchers. Many years after the accident, he learned that he was run-over intentionally. In part this is the story of what Breeze will he do about it. But I did not want to… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/6984c2e4a4984336135e7761/media.mp3) ## [Choosing Humanism Over War](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-01-19 · Bar Crawl Radio_ Rebecca McKean and I started this program asking why so many U.S. Americans call Mayor Mamdani a "communist" and then explore the humanist idea that we all live in individual "landscapes" that form our perspectives and emotions -- and that those landscapes can be re-considered. We recorded at 5 Napkin Burger on Broadway and 84th Street in Manhattan -- speaking with David Andersson, the… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/696e2800f0f57e95a0f55ed6/media.mp3) ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/E8geNDcQjOeH) _2026-01-19 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [3 Witness Palestine Christians](http://barcrawlradio.com) _2026-01-13 · Bar Crawl Radio_ A conversation with three men who recently traveled to Palestine to witness the state of Palestinian Christian communities living in Israel-occupied West Bank. What they experiences was horrific and hopeful. Horrific in the brutality of the young Israeli settler gangs and hopeful in the readiness of the Palestinian Christians to be accepted into a peaceful, co-existence with their Israeli… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481/e/6966c44e023744df111d0879/media.mp3)