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Can These Magic Crystal Dildos Crack Open Your ‘Sexual Blocks’?
Vanessa Cuccia (Photo: Nicole Disser) “I was very logical for my whole adolescence until I got a little older and I moved to LA. I started to reintroduce myself to these aspects of the metaphysical...
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Hang Onto Yourself: This 7-Year-Old’s Bowie Tribute Will Blow You Away
(Photos: Other Music’s Facebook) Nevermind recent indicators that he has retired from touring — David Bowie fans have a lot to be excited about, including a new photo book, a forthcoming play based on...
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This Year’s Lit Crawl: Less Crawling, Still Plenty of Drinking and Thinking
At first glance, PEN America’s Lit Crawl 2015 might look like a family-friendly affair, with innocuous activities like face painting and board games. But take a closer look and it’s got a bit of edge,...
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Arepas Factory Is Now Turning Out Venezuelan Grub in the East Village
Monica Muzzo and Chef Raphael de Garete (Photo: Jaime Cone) Looks like Caracas has some competition. Over the weekend, a new Venezuelan restaurant took over half of the old Café Pick Me Up space on...
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Lawsuit Over $36M W’burg Real Estate Deal; End of Horseback Party Patrol
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Dalone Jamison, the 26-year-old who a bouncer at Motivo nightclub identified as the assailant in yesterday morning’s fatal Flatiron district shooting, posted an Instagram picture...
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Shows: Father/Daughter Prom Party and CMJ Without Agoraphobic Nosebleeds
(Flyer via Santos Party House) CMJ is upon us, which translates to either the arrival of a complete shit show or (if you’re not really the observant type) venues suddenly appearing slightly more...
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Talks + Readings: Elvis Costello, Humans of New York, and The Game Guy
TUESDAY Elvis Costello Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 33 East 17th Street (Union Square). Hear the story of little Declan Patrick MacManus and how he grew up to become Elvis Costello...
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WiFi HiFis in SoHo! Sonos Store Announces Itself With This Artsy Homage
What’s going on at 101 Greene Street? You may recognize the above scene as the work of Mark Alan Stamaty, whose frenetic renderings of NYC have graced the pages of the Village Voice (olds may remember...
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Queer Film Happenings Galore, From Eisenstein’s Outing to Out-There ’70s Porn
By the looks of things, October’s becoming something of a de facto Queer Film Month in New York City. Which is way cool, we’re always happy to see queer goings-on about town beyond Pride Month. And...
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Katz’s Deli Expands to Brooklyn; Lena Dunham’s New Show
New mural by Dasic Fernandez on St. Marks. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) Yesterday morning a 37-year-old woman died after being crushed by a semi truck near the border of Bushwick and Bed-Stuy. [Patch]...
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Dimes Opens Up a Crunchy Deli, and a Market Is On the Way
(Photo: Jaime Cone) Dimes is basically taking over the Division/Ludlow/Orchard-and-Canal intersection in the LES, but we doubt the neighbors much mind. After all, the cafe with health-concious fare was...
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Bring Your Own Body To This All-Trans Art Show
Mark Aguhar, Making Looks, 2011. (Photo courtesy of the artist.) What do DJ and New Museum darling Juliana Huxtable, a former member of industrial outfit Throbbing Gristle, and “drag mother” Flawless...
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Try On These ‘My Little Pony’ Hats at WAHC’s Exhibit of Queer Art
JD Raenbeau. (photo: Cassidy Dawn Graves) As I walked through the Friday night rain, clutching an umbrella with a price that far exceeded its quality, I felt lost. I was looking for the Williamsburg...
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Williamsburg’s Newest DIY Venue Reimagines the Comedy Club
(Photo: Nicole Disser) While DIY music venues are pretty much done for on the waterfront, a new independent comedy club– run by comics, for comics– has popped up amongst luxury housing and sprawling...
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Ralph Lauren Opens in Williamsburg Friday, Like It Or Not
Just in time for Halloween, it’s Williamsburg’s worst nightmare. We’re told Ralph Lauren’s Double RL & Co will open Friday morning at 85 North 3rd Street, right next to the new Steven Alan Optical...
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Bedford Ave Has Highest Rents in BK; Stanton Street Shul Vandalized
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Late Tuesday afternoon in Bushwick, cops arrested a 21-year-old smoking synthetic marijuana after they searched him and found real weed and a handgun. [NY Daily News] Yesterday...
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Shiver Me Timbers! Popeye’s Pappy Gets a Gallery Show
If you’ve opened up the Sunday comics section within the last 20 years then you’ve seen Hy Eisman’s slightly gentler, more reflective Popeye comic, staying up to date after all this time with...
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This Bill Murray Portrait Is Just So Grate
(Photo: Readingwearingrocking on Instagram.) He may not be galavanting around Williamsburg anymore, but we’ve seen a lot of Bill Murray lately — in the trailers for his Netflix Christmas special and...
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This Halloween, Why Not Go as a Papier-Mâché Penis?
James McGann’s handmade Halloween masks. Image: Anneke Rautenbach Some say the height of fancy dress was when the most famous architects of the New York City skyline came to the annual Beaux-Arts ball...
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In Williamsburg, Tenants Told to Clear Out For Demolition Dig In and Demand...
Jesenia and her daughter outside their apartment building. (Photo Credit: Sam Gillette) The two-bedroom apartment that Jesenia Ventura shares with her three young children, her sister, and her mother...
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