Last night we ran into Amy Poehler—and her influence—at a party (where her friend Craig Wedren was performing an intimate set) in the East Village. The very same East Village that recently demanded the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater take down their scandalous "Hot Chicks Room" sign (inspired by this UCB skit). Now that Poehler has banished the sign to Governors Island as an act of goodwill towards the neighbors (very Leslie Knope of her!), what does she have to say about the whole debacle? Here's what she told us last night: more ›

Have the heathens at the UCB Theater taken down that Hot Chicks Room signage yet? You can breathe a sigh of relief, puritanical locals, and know that the East Village is now G-rated again! Well, almost. As you can see in this photo taken earlier today, the theater still has those salacious red curtains up, but it's probably only a matter of time before the area folk burn the place down. more ›

The Upright Citizens Brigade have been settling in to a new space on Avenue A at 3rd Street, and the welcoming committee has already forced them to take down some signage. Welcome to the East Village circa 2011! EV Grieve has had total coverage of the events, from CB3/SLA meeting to a petition going around to the eventual agreement to get rid of the sign all together. That sign, by the way, says "Hot Chicks Room"—which one local believes made it sound like a 1970s Times Square peep show (for comparison). more ›