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Radegast Hall’s Respectable Cousin, Witlof, Opens Tonight in Williamsburg
(Photo: Nicole Disser) How many times have you had to warn your visiting friends to stay far, far away from Radegast Hall & Biergarten lest they get blasted with barf by some weekend warrior who...
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Week in Film: Hobo Graffiti and a Movie Fest for the Old School Freaks
Don’t even think about having something better to do than checking out a movie this weekend and beyond. We’ve got some great stuff right here including a totally creepy documentary about notorious...
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Calvin Klein Eternity Ice Cream Is a Thing (But Not For Long)
OddFellows Calvin Klein Eternity Now for Men Cedar Scented Vanilla with Candied Ginger and Candied Grapefruit and Calvin Klein Eternity Now For Women: Peach Blossom Scented Lychee & Quince (Photo...
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Drinkers Fall Off of Bushwick Roof; Man Beaten After Williamsburg Rampage
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) A 22-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man, who sustained serious injuries, both fell off a Troutman Street roof in Bushwick around 7:30 a.m. yesterday. [NY Daily News] This...
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New York Pizza Project Searches For a Slice of Authenticity
If there are two constants we face as New Yorkers, one is change and the other, our hunger for pizza. It was only a matter of time then before someone combined the two — in this case, five friends who...
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Tree of Codes at the Armory: A Trippy Game of Peek-a-Boo With Jamie xx
(Photo: Stephanie Berger) Sure, it’s way uptown, but the Park Avenue Armory routinely knocks it out of the park, serving monumental, genre-defying art to culture-hungry New Yorkers. (Witness the...
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Has Carrera’s Taqueria Served Its Last Super Taco?
Cheap-eats lovers, get ready to cry into your napkins: Carrera’s, a small Mexican restaurant located off the Morgan L in Bushwick, may have served its last Super Taco. The consistently affordable...
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Shows: EP Release from the Dukes of Fuzz and Last Beach Show of the Season
We’re stuck between seasons here but in the best way possible, experiencing the best of fall and summer all between sun up and sun down. That’s why this week we’re bringing you everything from a...
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Memorial For Adam Purple; Anti-Gentrification March in Chinatown
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Sunday at 4 p.m., Adam Purple will be celebrated in a memorial service at LaPlaza Cultural Community Garden in Alphabet City. [Bowery Boogie] Yesterday The Coalition to Protect...
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Thurston Moore Cracks Open Stereo Sanctity: Lyrics & Poems Tonight
Hot on the heels of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band, Thurston Moore has released a book of his own, and he’ll be at Rough Trade in Williamsburg tonight to talk about it. Stereo Sanctity isn’t a memoir, but...
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Rashaad Newsome’s ‘Coming Out’ Ball in Bushwick Was Insane
(Photo: Nicole Disser) I made a couple of mistakes when I first spoke with Rashaad Newsome— a visual and performance artist who makes digital and video work largely inspired by vogue– ahead of his...
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Talks + Readings: Jonathan Franzen, Jesse Eisenberg, and a Zine Maestro’s Photos
TUESDAY All aboard “The Poetry Ville Express!” Four poets are inviting you to embark on an adventure at KGB Bar; according to the lounge’s website they want you to follow “their muses through the...
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You Won’t Hear ‘Not Tonight, Guys’ at Simonez Wolf’s Soccer Cafe
(Photos courtesy Football Cafe) Champagne, bespoke pencils, custom soccer jerseys, and superfood shakes. None of these are items you’d typically find in Chinatown, but a two-block stretch on Forsyth...
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Go Hear Kevin Beasley Heighten the Sounds of the High Line
Kevin Beasley At 6pm this evening, tomorrow, and Thursday on the 12th Avenue Overlook of the High Line, sculptural artist Kevin Beasley wants you to stop and smell the roses — and while you’re at it,...
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With LES Addition, City Now Has 1,000 Miles of Bike Lanes
As of today, the city has installed over 1,000 miles of bike lanes. The announcement was made this afternoon on the Lower East Side, where locals pols were joined by reps from the Department of...
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Dim Sum Bar Serving Up ‘Grandma’s Recipes’ and DIY Tea
(Photo: Nicole Disser) We happened on a new restaurant at the corner of Grand and Bedford, directly across from Radegast’s new “Flemish brasserie,” Witlof. Dim Sum Bar stands in place of the late, A-OK...
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Cabbie Clubbed in Greenpoint; Motorcycles Disappearing in Williamsburg
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) A cab driver was hit in the face with a baseball bat by another motorist in Greenpoint on Saturday. The attacker was able to evade police. [Brooklyn Paper] Three attackers...
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Thurston Moore Isn’t Singing About Crack Cocaine in That Sonic Youth Song
Steve Shelley and Thurston Moore. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) When we dipped into Thurston Moore’s new book of lyrics and poems yesterday, we noted that Stereo Sanctity, just released by Thurston’s own...
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Win Some Bed, Bath and Beyond Coupons at Broad City Trivia
Yas kween! Broad City is BACK with six new webisodes, starting with a Yom Kippur-themed short that dropped yesterday. In it, Ilana “fasts” while tucked under a blanket depicting a naked black man....
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European Food Importer Brings a Wine Bar and Cafe to Bedford Ave
The University Place location. (Photos: Daniel Maurer) Given the newest wave of European migration to Williamsburg, it was only a matter of time before the continent’s food followed suit. Which is why...
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