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Mad Max: Fury Road, Williamsburg Edition
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Last night I spotted this disco Vespa outside of Cafe Colette in Williamsburg (I’m guessing it’s the doing of a restaurateur or bartender, given the “RU21″ in the license plate...
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Last Night Bill Murray Saved My Life ?
(photo: Rob Scher) I always dreamed of crossing paths with Bill Murray at a Williamsburg diner, or maybe a bus stop in Peru. Instead it happened yesterday evening as he hosted Poets House’s 20th annual...
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JunXion’s ‘Summertime Space’ Brings a Market, Mobile DJ Booth, Art Cars and More
(Photo courtesy The JunXion) Among the places that opened during Bushwick Open Studios (The Shop, for one, was jam packed), perhaps none hold as much promise for straight-up summer fun as a parking lot...
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Greenpoint Bodega Freakout; Tattoo Museum Seeks Funds
(Photo: ribonyc) Robert Alan Diaz, a 39-year-old rapper from Brooklyn who went by the stage name Pumpkinhead, died yesterday in a New Jersey hospital. The cause of death has not been released. [NY...
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Photos: Designers Cast a Queer Fashion Show at Brooklyn Museum
(Photos: chronicallylate) Queer fashionistas crowded into the basement of the Ace Hotel this past Sunday, hoping to get their shot at a runway spot for a gender nonconforming fashion show called VERGE...
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Shows: Give in to the Festivities or Frolic with the Punks
Northside Festival is here, which means all your favorite venues are going to be filled with butt loads of people. If you’re hitting up any one of your usual spots in Brooklyn for a show this weekend–...
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Mike Love of Beach Boys On Love & Mercy: ‘Poor Brian, He’s Had a Rough, Rough...
(Photo: David McClister) When the Lower East Side Film Festival starts Thursday, Mike Love of the Beach Boys will be one of six judges. Love, who co-wrote and sang lead vocals on hits like “California...
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House of Yes Inches Toward Completion, Will Be All Kinds of Awesome By Fall
A makeshift entrance (Photo: Nicole Disser) House of Yes is nearing rebirth, and co-founder Anya Sapozhnikova (who along with her partner Kae Burke was dubbed a member of the Brooklyn Establishment)...
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There’s a Yacht Club in Williamsburg, and You Can Sail Right In
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) Joining the El Dorado Yacht Club at Diviera Drive this summer is easy — there are no rules, just show up Thursday night, when the eatery pushes all its outdoor tables to the...
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Photos: Fukuheads Lined Up For the Opening of David Chang’s Fried Chicken Joint
Call us intrepid reporters: we waited in line for 40 minutes today for a first taste of Fuku, the spicy fried chicken joint David Chang just opened in the former Momofuku Ko space at 163 First Avenue,...
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Peep Some Mini, Artsy Water Towers at These Two Openings
Claw Money’s tower will be at “Towers of Power” event. What’s (possibly) more Brooklyn than Jay Z? Water towers. Or at least that’s what Boundless Brooklyn, a company that creates replica DIY model...
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Cooper Union President Resigns; LES Ferry Details Revealed
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Cooper Union president Jamshed Bharucha announced his resignation last night, effective June 30. [Hyperallergic] This week the city revealed more info about their plan to introduce...
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Marcha Cocina Marches From Washington Heights to the East Village
(Photo: Jaime Cone) Marcha Cocina opened its second location last week on Avenue C between 7th and 8th Street, bringing to Alphabet City the Latin-influenced Spanish tapas and light, airy atmosphere...
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Freemans Chef Opens East River Skate Shop in Greenpoint
Rich Oates at East River Skate Shop (Photo: Nicole Disser) The sound of skateboards wooshing by triggers some stressful memory nerve in me, tripping me back to high school when I attempted to teach...
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Week in Film: Medieval Times on Staten Island and Recluses Galore
This week, we’re thinking a lot about the past — either our own not-too-far-gone experiences of high school or, like, deep historical stuff. But the films this week invoke a strange sort of nostalgia...
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Checking Out the Coney Art Walls As They Near Completion
While Bushwick Collective has been hogging all the attention lately (even from local cops), a series of equally impressive murals have been going up these past few weeks in Coney Island, where the New...
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Jessamyn Hope Kibitzes About Her Kibbutz Novel, Safekeeping
Jessamyn Hope “I’m so happy with the cover. I really didn’t want it to be some woman’s sandals in the sand,” says Jessamyn Hope of her new novel Safekeeping, which launches tonight at Book Court in...
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Open Wide! Here’s What You’ll Be Eating at Taste of Bushwick
If you can eat and drink your way through $40 like it’s nothing (guilty!) and you like surrounding yourself with lushes of a similar persuasion (uh, people who won’t judge you for being “disgusting–”...
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CB1 ‘Vehemently Opposes’ Recycling Plan to Truck Food Waste Through North BK
Surprise, surprise–North Brooklynites aren’t exactly thrilled about a potential parade of up to 30 tankers hauling organic waste through their neighborhood every day, even if the compost does...
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Affordable Housing Group Is ‘Strategically Hitting’ Seven Landlords
Brandon Kielbasa and Mike WardStabilizing NYC, a citywide coalition aimed at combatting tenant harassment and preserving affordable housing, met earlier today on the steps of City Hall to announce the...
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