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Adam Green Wants to Do a Papier-Mâché Remake of ‘Aladdin’ With Macaulay Culkin
Adam Green in front of one of his paintings (Photo: Anna Silman) Clothing designer Andrea Diodati (Photo: Anna Silman) Clothing by Andrea Diodati (Photo: Anna Silman) Jewelry designer Meghan Farrell...
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Tigre and Cricket Talk Hangovers and Ask, ‘What’s a Job?’
All good things must come to an end, and this is the season finale of “Bushwick Elucidations.” Before Tigre and Cricket pack up and do whatever it is they do when not doling out expert advice, they...
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The Antifolk Festival Is Now Underway at Sidewalk Cafe
The long-running Antifolk Festival launched yesterday at Sidewalk Cafe. If last night’s performances were any indicator, things are probably going to get preeetty trippy over the next 9 days. Just...
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Williamsburg Gets a Pod Hotel; Lena Dunham Talks Gentrification
(Photo: Scott Lynch) The Pod Hotel — which offers teeny, space-capsule-like rooms in its two midtown locations — is opening a 100,000-square-foot third branch on Driggs and North 4th in Williamsburg....
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It’s Happening: The Ramen Burger is Returning to Smorgasburg
(Courtesy Ramen Burger) When Ramen Burger sold out of 150 fried-noodle burgers at Smorgasburg last week, it was uncertain if they’d return, or if it would be the sort of once-in-a-lifetime debacle,...
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Does This Man Have the Best Job in All of Brooklyn?
(Photo: Tyler Kufs) During the six months he’s been a barback at Pumps, six or seven dudes have asked Dillan Raia the same question: “How did you get that job?” The Long Islander was doing flooring for...
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A Fire Broke Out at the Bowery Hotel This Morning
(Photo: Anna Silman) Our favorite Bowery hotspot got even hotter this morning. Around 11:40 a.m., an electrical fire started on the 14th floor of the Bowery Hotel. Firefighters had it contained to an...
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Clucking Chickheads Are Lining Up For Free Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken
(Photo: Anna Silman) After a series of delays and under-the-radar soft openings (um hello, where was B+B’s invite?), Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken is finally hatching today, which is a relief because we...
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Some Bushwick Seniors Had to Salsa Alone After Vito Lopez Stood Them Up
Party time! (Photo: Natalie Rinn) A small group of protesters and a festive group of old folks congregated today at the Borinquen Plaza Senior Center in Bushwick. The seniors were there to party with a...
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Tacos Morelos Will Put Down Roots in the East Village Tomorrow
(Photo: Anna Silman) Beloved Jackson Heights restaurant Tacos Morelos — which has a pushcart near Avenue A and taco trucks in Wall Street and Williamsburg — is finally getting a permanent location in...
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Soho House Tells SLA ‘This Liquor Might Actually Do a Lot of Good’
(Courtesy LES Dwellers) Soho House made the case for a liquor license at their impending Lower East Side location, Ludlow House, at the State Liquor Authority’s Harlem location today, with the LES...
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Day-Glo Beadwork, Spam Poems, and Frivolous Wigs: The Weekend In Art
Artwork by Matthew Oates A reminder: if you missed Tuesday’s screening of Clayton Patterson’s Tompkins Square riot footage in its 3.5-hour entirety, stop by the New Museum tonight for From the...
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Dead Shark Mystery Solved; CBGB Movie Trailer a ‘Love Letter’ to Hilly
Photo: Phillip Kalantzis Cope Feel unsafe walking home at night in Greenpoint, what with all the disturbing behavior in the neighborhood? Jay Ruiz, founder of the borough’s popular two-wheeled escort...
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It’s the End of Fuse Gallery as We Know It, and Erik Foss Feels Fine
L to R: Shepard Fairey and Erik Foss at Lit earlier this week. (Courtesy Erik Foss) On Wednesday, Fuse Gallery held its last regular opening after 11 years as a hub of downtown cool and creativity....
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Feel Free to Bathe Your Bulldog at Bushwick’s Latest Pet Store
(Photo: Lauren Carol Smith) (Photo: Lauren Carol Smith) (Photo: Lauren Carol Smith) (Photo: Lauren Carol Smith) (Photo: Lauren Carol Smith) (Photo: Lauren Carol Smith) Bushwick’s pet scene sure has...
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There Will Be Mud Wrastlin’ and Crab Crackin’ in Rockaway Tomorrow
(Photo: Michael Harlan Turkell) If you missed the crab feast at Cafe Ghia in Bushwick last night, don’t worry — there’s still a chance to get crackin’, and oh what a chance it is: East Village...
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Minks Returns, But Not to ‘Kill Everyone Now’
MINKS By the Hedge, the 2011 debut by Brooklyn-based indie-pop band Minks, was one of that year’s quietly underrated records: a languid, sumptuous guitar-rock record that cribbed sounds and textures...
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As of Tonight, The Base is the Place For Radical Lefties
Occupy Wall Street’s glory days of regular police spats and national front page news coverage are behind us (unless you watch The Newsroom — hello, Tompkins Square Park!), but at least some members of...
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Nino’s Is Back, Baby, He’s Back!
Nino’s Pizzeria (Photo: Phillip Pantuso) In April, Nino Camaj told The Local he was planning to bring back his eponymous pizzeria to the corner of St. Marks Place and Avenue A, seven years after...
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The NYPL Has Unloaded 16,000 Cheap LPs, and the Sale Ain’t Over Yet
The NYPL Record Fair (Photos: Phillip Pantuso) Matthew Gantt and Joe White flip through the stacks. Sup, ladies? Browsing. No, it's not the soundtrack to the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez film....
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