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Williamsburg Groping Suspect Arrested; East Village Dorms Unveiled
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Police arrested a man they believe is responsible for at least two of the recent gropings reported in Williamsburg. [ABC 7] A Times Square Minnie Mouse and Hello Kitty were taken...
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This New Coffee/Bike Shop Will Really Get Your Wheels Turning
(Photo: Jaime Cone) In Chinatown, two blocks from the Bowery, Off the Bridge Coffee is ready to tend to your caffeine craving and your flat tire all in one handy stop. Qian Hu, formerly an owner of...
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These Guys Have Camped Out All Week For a Williamsburg Art Show
Joe Wong, Paul Aftanas, Dan Hamburger. At 2:30am this past Tuesday, having just flown in from San Diego, Dan Hamburger pulled up to Cotton Candy Machine’s rain-soaked curb. With the Williamsburg...
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The Menu at James Murphy’s Wine Bar Will Look ‘Sort of Like This’ On Sunday
(Photo: Nicole Disser) James Murphy’s wine bar, The Four Horsemen, has announced that it’s opening in Williamsburg this Sunday (we hear there’s a friends-and-family tasting happening tonight). If...
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Forget National Donut Day, Because Churro Cups
Yes, it’s National Donut Day, which means dough dealers everywhere are rolling out deals. Dough, for instance, is debuting its new matcha-sugar donut and offering a chance to get a year of free donuts...
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Advocates of Small Business Protection Ponder Ways to ‘Take Back NYC’
Panelists from left to right: Kelly Anderson, Dexter Ciprian, Ton Angoti, Sherri Donovan, and Steve Null (Photo: Jaime Cone) “Right now there are banners up all over the city that say ‘New York City:...
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A New Doc Follows the Backwards Footsteps of the North Pond Hermit
After watching two new films this weekend, you’ll never leave the door to your summer rental unlocked again, no matter how idyllic its environs. We’ve already told you about tonight’s theatrical...
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This New Arts Endeavor Hopes to ‘Change the Way We Engage With Africa’
Kehinde Wiley donated artwork More often than not, the presence of a message or cause in art doesn’t carry far past the considered stares of gallery patrons, their necks made stiff from nodding. But...
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Bill Murray Leads Poetry Walk; All-Williamsburg Map of Brooklyn
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Tonight departing from Manhattan at 6:30 p.m., Bill Murray will helm the 20th annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge. [Brooklyn Eagle] Adidas will reportedly open a...
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Things We (Can’t Believe We) Saw at Bushwick Open Studios
Another Bushwick Open Studios has come and gone. In order to make sense of it all (though, let’s face it, there was no making sense of the above) we took some photos and talked to some artists whose...
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We Found Ourselves at Lost Lectures With Tao Lin, Blonde Redhead and More
(Photo: Tod Seelie) We were in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in a soaring warehouse space looking out onto Wallabout Bay, but our minds were in the sewer, because that’s where our speaker wanted them to be....
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This Photo Show Marks a High Point for the Transgender Movement
(Photo by Robyn Hasty) Robyn Renee Hasty is no stranger to outsiders, countercultures, and misfits. So it might feel a little strange for the artist to be in the midst of what’s becoming a mainstream...
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Trash Bar’s ‘Epic and Chaotic’ Last Night Will Be June 27
(Gavin Thomas for NY Mag) Just a couple months after Trash Bar (albeit a fictitious version of it) was called a “New York landmark” on network television, the Williamsburg dive has finally announced...
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Watch Solange Cover Dirty Projectors at Africa’s Out!
As expected, Friday night’s Africa’s Out! benefit was a grand old time. There was a room filled with donated artworks, auctioned off in support of UHAI EASHRI; acclaimed Kenyan novelist Binyavanga...
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At BOS, Detroit Artists Shared Concerns with Bushwickians
(Photo: Nicole Disser) “I’m not trying to make anyone jealous by telling you this, but I bought my house for $800,” James Cornish, a Detroit-based artist told the small gathering at Spread Art’s...
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A Threesome Messed Around With ‘Banal Erotics’ at Bushwick Open Studios
Looking at female nude photos at Chasm Gallery. (Photo Credit: Sam Gillette) Anyone who attended Bushwick Open Studios this past weekend knows there was a plethora of penetrating art. Especially at the...
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Alphabet City’s New Soccer Pitch; Kanye-Inspired Desserts
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Developers hoping to build an apartment building on the Greenpoint waterfront celebrated a victory via a $58 million loan to help them refinance. [Wall Street Journal] E. 12th...
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Greenpoint Horror Flick They Look Like People Isn’t Just ‘a Movie About a...
North Brooklyn has seen its share of campy DIY horror films (think Ava’s Possessions and Summer of Blood), but They Look Like People is dead serious. Last night at the kickoff to Northside Film...
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Even the Cops Were All Atwitter About Bushwick Open Studios
Don’t let their tweets about busting graffiti artists and weed growers fool you — the 83rd Precinct is 100 percent down. We’re not sure why we even covered Bushwick Open Studios, because the boys and...
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Is Williamsburg Ready For Its First Fern Bar? Orleanders Opens Friday
(Photo: Melissa Hom) I’m going to say I called this: some years ago, after rewatching Looking For Mr. Goodbar, I wondered why the hell New York’s retro-obsessed restaurateurs hadn’t yet repackaged the...
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