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‘Made in Bushwick’: Gentrification Hits Home For a Born-and-Bred Photographer
(Photo by Danielle De Jesus) Danielle De Jesus is surprisingly level-headed when talking about how gentrification has affected her family and her community. The 27-year-old artist was born and raised...
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Talks and Readings: King of All Vines, Sexytime Stories, and Greenpoint...
Tonight Twenty-five-year-old Vine sensation Nicholas Megalis will invite fans into the mega-weird, anxiety-ridden world of his mind at a reading of his new collection of short stories. In this...
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2nd Ave Businesses Still Reeling From Blast, Despite City’s Efforts
Neighbors, including the owners of Otto’s and Beauty Bar, help with Enz’s cleanup effort. (Photo: Mariann Marlowe). Businesses on the east side of Second Avenue have been allowed to reopen in the wake...
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Council Members Propose Small Business Advocate, But Would It #SaveNYC?
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) A pair of City Council members proposed a bill today that would establish a city advocate for small businesses, but others fighting to keep mom-and-pop shops open question...
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Explosion Building Had Fire History; Union Square’s Homeless Fashion Designer
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Though still unproven, investigators say the working theory about the East Village explosion is that “one or more gas lines were surreptitiously tapped over several months; then...
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It’s the Freaky Weekend at Gowanus Experimental Film Festival
A piece of 35mm hand- painted and dyed film from Mark Street’s films “Brooklyn Promenade” and “After Synchromy,” screening Saturday, April 4th The third annual Gowanathon III, an arts “marathon”...
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This Artisanal, Refined ‘Bushwick Spam’ Is Kind of Hard to Swallow
Wait how did this one not make Smorgasburg’s new lineup? In a new video by Brooklyn Independent Media, the minds behind the Bushwick Spam — who look a lot like the Greenpoint-dwelling hipster-yuppies...
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Brooklyn Street Artist RAE Taps a Dingy Chinatown Basement to Unravel a...
(Photo: Nicole Disser) A scowling woman shoved a plastic bag in my face and gestured toward the mound of grapefruits at a Chinatown grocery like any other. “No thanks,” I smiled, pointing toward the...
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That Feeling When You Leave Your 200-Acre Tree Farm For a Tiny Greenpoint Art...
Shara Hughes in front of “Tree Farm”, Photo courtesy of Giulia Alexandra When Shara Hughes was born, her father bought her and her three brothers 200 acres of land each in rural Georgia. It was the...
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10 April Fool’s Day Jokes That Played Brooklyn For Lulz
Crochet art installed in Bushwick by London Kaye. (Photo: londonkayecrochet on Instagram) Bushwick Spam wasn’t the only April Fools’ Day ruse that tested the limits of Brooklyn absurdity in order to...
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Trash Bar Owner’s New Place Gets Dumped On By Neighbors
Trash bar owner Aaron Pierce. Directly behind him on the right, resident of 63 Montrose Avenue, Jamie Slaper. (Photo: Jaime Cone) The owner of Trash Bar, who recently announced his music venue will be...
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Explosion Updates: Officials Identify Second Body, Pets Reunited With Owners
The medical examiner has identified the second body pulled from the rubble of three collapsed buildings as that of Moises Locon, CBS News and other sites report. The 27-year-old bus boy had been...
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Landlord Blames Con Ed For Explosion; Zachary Quinto Buys On Great Jones
(Photo: Scott Lynch) In her first public statement since the East Village explosion, landlord Maria Hrynenko’s lawyer says, “I think Con Ed is really culpable here for not shutting off the gas. They...
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Gallery Invites Cats and Dogs to Paws and Reflect On This Pet-Themed Art Work
“Egyptian Cat” by Nancy Grimes, photo courtesy of Mark Miller Gallery Call it a pet project. This Sunday, the Mark Miller Gallery will launch a show featuring paintings of cats and dogs, and...
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Bottoms Is Not ‘Just a Shitty Drag Queen Band’ But ‘Failure is Fine’
(Photo: Nicole Disser) Being fanboys of the Brooklyn boy band Bottoms, we caught up with them at their Secret Project Robot home base in Bushwick just before they take off on their European tour. But...
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The Cast of Gremlins Will Spill Some Info (and Hopefully No Water) at This...
The Caribbean Gremlins Cart is definitely going to want to post up outside of this one: Saturday, Anthology Film Archives is screening Gremlins — and as if that weren’t enough to whip you into a...
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Bow to the Poop Emoji Oracle Card and Then Catch These Other Art Shows
At these upcoming shows, artists “pimp” out myth, magic, and movies. “Poop,” courtesy of Richie Brown Myth and Mutations April 10 (opening 7-9pm) to May 2 at Reverse, 28 Frost St., Williamsburg For...
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Week In Film: Strange Noir Saga, Underage Nymphos, and Seeing John Malkovitch
The sun will come out tomorrow y’all, but that doesn’t mean our black-as-black hearts have grown any less cynical. We’ll never be wary of shutting ourselves inside and “catching” what I’ve heard...
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Chris Santos Says Obama Digs His New Hot Sauce, But Can It Beat 200 Others?
(Photo: Jaime Cone) Foodies from all backgrounds, including Stanton Social chef and Food Network star Chris Santos, gathered on d.b.a’s back patio Wednesday evening, under (probably redundant) heat...
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Gas Explosion Pipes ‘Surprisingly Intact’ ; Toxic Plumes at Greenpoint...
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Investigators found the gas system under the rubble of the East Village explosion “surprisingly intact.” AM NY] A new Noho-based fundraising campaign was created to help victims of...
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