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These All-Women Shows Bring Feminist Art of Now to Centerstage
Thirty years after the Guerrilla Girls put on their masks and started conducting “weenie counts,” women are still at a disadvantage in the art world. But — as we were reminded by “Girls at Night on...
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First Flight Music Takes Off; NYC Yarn Crawl Coming
(Photo: Ty Small) First Flight Music will close later this month after two decades on First Avenue. [EV Grieve] Paperwork was submitted for a 19-story, 234-unit residential building on Greenpoint’s...
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Saul Williams On MartyrLoserKing: ‘I’m Trying to Redefine Gangster’
Saul Williams (Photo Credit: Sam Gillette). Saul Williams — the well-known poet, musician and actor who got his start at dark, intimate open mics throughout Brooklyn in the ’90s, rose to prominence at...
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Week in Film: Teenage Werewolves and Art-House Aliens
Get ready this week for films that are at once fantastical and grounded in sometimes harsh reality. Our top picks include an art-house sci-fi film that says more about immigration than...
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Aussie Invasion: 7 Acts to See at CMJ While They’re Up From Down Under
The Babe Rainbow (Photo: thebaberainbow.tumblr.com) Nowadays, you can’t swing a dead wallaby by its tail without hitting an exciting new band from Australia. Are they putting something in the water...
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Mystery Box Brings Bomb Squad to Firehouse On Eve of 9/11
(Photo: Ian Duncan, The Local East Village) There was cause for alarm (literally and figuratively) today, around 4 p.m., when we received a report that a firehouse on Second Street between Avenues B...
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G Train Derails in Brooklyn; Bushwick Rental Prices Cool
(Photo: Frank Mastropolo) About 150 people were evacuated from a G train after it derailed in Brooklyn late Thursday. There were no injuries. [WSJ] Good news if you want to live in Bushwick: with the...
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There’ll Be a Whole Lotta Lou and Laurie Next Month
Next month, Oct. 27, will mark the second anniversary of Lou Reed’s passing, but his legacy lives on: on Oct. 30, Rhino will release a six-disc 45th anniversary edition of Velvet Underground’s Loaded,...
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Honoring NYC’s Wild Nights of Go-Go Boys and ‘No Lips Below the Hips’
“A night at Danceteria,” pictured are Ethyl Eichelberger, Keith Haring, Cookie Mueller & John Sex Danceteria, New York City 1984 (Photograph by Joseph Modica) A new exhibition at La MaMa brings...
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A Guide to the Most Affordable Art at the ‘Affordable Art Fair’
Eric Guo, $400 There could be no better statement on the status-driven nature of collecting art than use of the term “affordable’ in describing the art for sale at the 20th annual Affordable Art Fair,...
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Tenants Who Lost Gas After East Village Explosion Settle With Landlord
(Photo: Jaime Cone) After months of living with faulty fire escapes, inconsistent heat and hot water and lack of cooking gas, tenants of 128 Second Avenue, between St. Marks and East Seventh Street,...
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Cope2 Arrested at Bowery Wall; Another Bar For Bushwick
(Photo: Benjamin Curry) Street artist Cope2 was arrested Saturday at the Bowery graffiti wall, white Futura painted, for allegedly pointing a gun at a fellow spectator. [Bowery Boogie] Two East...
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This Is What ‘Public Nude Looping’ Looks Like
(Photo: Joe Sabia) While Bushwig brought some flair to Ridgewood this past weekend, Bushwick performance artist Matthew Silver and his “loopers,” last spotted in unicorn garb at Bushwick Open Studios,...
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Justin Frye of PC Worship Used a ‘Shitar’ On the New EP, Basement Hysteria
(Photo: Nicole Disser) Despite the relentless output of records, save for some piecemeal rumors, there’s not a ton to go on when it comes to PC Worship, a Bushwick-based band that spans several...
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We’re Still Waiting For the ‘Last Special Nights’ of Lit Lounge
Outside Lit (Photo: Daniel Maurer) We waited with bated breath last week for what we expected to be an epic reopening of Lit Lounge. Last month the bar, which is nearing its end of days in the East...
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Will the New Sheen Center Be the Catholic 92nd Street Y?
Historically, arts and the Roman Catholic Church have enjoyed a fruitful working relationship. Good branding, divine inspiration – whatever you wanna call it, most will agree that the church’s...
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Smorgasburg and Brooklyn Flea Are Wintering in Sunset Park
After announcing that its Dumbo location was moving to Prospect Park, Smorgasburg is making further inroads into South Brooklyn by spending the winter in Sunset Park. Last year, the food fest and its...
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Bushwick Getting a Dog Run; Vegan Wine Bar Opens in East Village
(Photo: Benjamin Curry) A 63-year-old Bushwick man was found dead inside a grocery cart at his apartment Sunday afternoon. [NY Daily News] As of yesterday, Café Henrie is open for business at 110...
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Author Joshua Mohr Hopes San Francisco Gets Destroyed by a Radioactive Lizard
While New Yorkers can be blind to events in other cities, there are many reasons to sympathize with San Franciscans in Joshua Mohr’s new novel All This Life. Specifically, gentrification (the Mission...
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Royal Young Taps into Death, the Damned, and ‘Lost Generation’ for Lush Doom
Royal Young returns to his old habitat (Photo: Nicole Disser) Royal Young is currently living in his grandparents’ attic in Long Island. While that may not sound like the most inspiring place for a...
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