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Osiris Aristy, a 17-year-old boy from Bushwick, was jailed for making terrorist threats after posting a series of tweets containing both police officer and gun emoji. [Gothamist]
A big ass blizzard is predicted to ravage the city tonight.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was arrested last week on corruption charges, will reportedly resign from his government post as soon as today. [NY Daily News]
Bushwick street artist Zexor has been altering murals painted by members of the Bushwick Collective, who he partially blames for the neighborhood light speed gentrification. [Animal NY]
Watch a clip of rapper Action Bronson as Uncle Taco on the Fox animated series Lucas Bros. Moving Co. [Stereogum]
The owners of Bushwick bistro Mominette recently christened Bushwick Bakery on Central Avenue. [Bushwick Daily]
East Village bar d.b.a. reopened under new ownership following a round of renovations. [EV Grieve]
On E. 13th Street, M. White restaurant shuttered earlier this month. [EV Grieve]
Tour magazine publisher-turned-Broadway star Tavi Gelvinson’s Lower East Side digs. [Refinery 29]
The End of the Tour—starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg as David Foster Wallace and Rolling Stone reporter dispatched to profile him—was picked up by distributor A24 hours before its Friday night premiere at Sundance. [Variety] Two of the film’s early scenes take place at East Village literary meccas Strand and KGB Bar.
Northside Town Hall and Community Center, a Williamsburg non-profit, is surveying local for ideas on how to make the old firehouse at 134 Wythe Avenue a new artist hotspot. [DNA Info]
This Sunday, Nitehawk Cinemas will let you watch the Super Bowl on their big screen while boozing for $25. [Brooklyn Based]
Take a look inside Ernest Newman Contemporary, a Greenpoint gallery that opened a few weeks ago. [Hyperallergic]
Wax nostalgic with this 23-year-old footage of the Greenpoint/Williamsburg waterfront, shot in black and white. [Free Williamsburg] 