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Performance Picks: Tween Twins, Social Media Scripting, And A Helping Of...
As it turns out, most of this week’s performances to catch are in Williamsburg. Maybe there’s hope for culture there after all… Aside from The Bedford Stop, of course. WEDNESDAY Chinashop, Meet Bulls...
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Bushwick, You Can Now Order Deconstructed Salad From a Dancing Ginger
Why get delivery from some faceless eatery when you can order from a vegan ginger with a Beatles tattoo? You can now do just that with Homemade, an app that launches tonight in Bushwick and will soon...
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SantaCon and Unsilent Night Are Set to Clash (or Happily Coexist?)
UnsilentaCon. It could happen. (Photos: Konstantin Sergeyev/Taylor Davidson. Illustration: Daniel Maurer) Once again, the East Village’s two Christmas traditions, SantaCon and Unsilent Night, are...
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Film: Meta Plastic Punk Performances and Weirdo Couple Struggles to Make...
It’s quite possible you’re #AllMyMovied-out this week already, what with Shia LeBeouf’s latest stunt and all, which we made our way over to yesterday. The ongoing event (three whole days, people)...
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Agathe Snow Is Blowing Into The Journal Gallery
Agathe Snow, whose work often blends performance with immersive multimedia installations, is opening a new show, Continuum, tonight. This is the Corsican-born artist’s first solo exhibition at Journal...
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Fatal Shooting in Williamsburg; ‘Lowlife’ Restaurant Opens On LES
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Last night a 36-year-old man died from a gunshot wound to the head sustained at Williamsburg’s Taylor-Wythe Houses. [NY Daily News] In Williamsburg, police are searching for two...
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Meet the Kitties of Koneko, The Lower East Side’s Newest Cat Cafe
After you’ve snagged a copy of Felines of New York, you’ll want somewhere to go read it. And what better place than at a cat cafe? The Lower East Side now has two–count em, two–of them, with the...
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Inside Lowlife, Wherein a Blanca Alum Serves $54 Chicken to the Lower East Side
(Photo: Evan Sung) Until now, we’ve known “Lowlife” as the title of Luc Sante’s history of Lower East Side vice and decrepitude, as well as the title of mad German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann’s moody...
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Slouching Towards Shia LaBeouf: 13-Hour Waits and They’re Still Lining Up For...
(Photo: Joshua Alvarez) A lot has changed since we headed down to Angelika Film Center on Tuesday and were able to get right in to see Nymphomaniac with Shia LaBeouf. Around 11 a.m. this morning, a...
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The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith Will Bop You and Floor You
W. Eugene Smith, (self-portrait at Loft window). (c) The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith. “I caught the tail end of when New York was cool,” said a woman waiting in line to watch movies with Shia LaBeouf this...
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LES Rape and Robbery; B&H Dairy Now Delivers
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Police released a photo of a man they believe is responsible for a Lower East Side rape, attempted rape and robbery that occurred yesterday morning. [Bowery Boogie] Wednesday’s...
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David Bowie Will Premiere a Short Film For His New Song at Nitehawk
It’s a good time to be a David Bowie fan. Not only is a play based on The Man Who Fell to Earth, featuring original songs, set to begin next week (the Times visited the “strange, secretive world” of...
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Nathan Fielder Invented a Way to Keep ‘Douchebags’ From Filming Comedy Shows
(Photo: Dylan Kenseth) Boy, did we get an earful back when Broad City screened a sneak-peek of season 2 and we spilled the beans. And who can blame Comedy Central for wanting to keep a lid on such...
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Jack Daniel’s Greenpoint Rager Made Good On Promise: ‘Noise Complaints…...
(Photo: Mirrorball’s Instagram.) We were kind of amazed to see this tweet from Jack Daniel’s on Wednesday: “Noise complaints are guaranteed when you book a night at the Jack Daniel’s #MotelNo7.” “Noise...
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Paintings Inspired by the Real Housewives and ‘Comfort Creatures’ Coming to...
“Blue Onsie”, 23 x 28 in., oil on linen, painting by Kharis Kennedy Next week Kharis Kennedy will unveil a series of new paintings as part of her solo exhibition, Comfort Animals, at The Greenpoint...
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Bolivares, a Men’s Boutique, Blends NYC Edge With Peruvian Artisanship
(Photo: Craig Wetherby of TheGoodLife!) Wednesday’s party at Bolivares, the newest men’s boutique on Williamsburg’s Grand Street strip, was “a nice mix of Latin rhythm with a New York and Latin vibe,”...
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Video: Hundreds, Including Mayor, Gather to Show That ‘New York Is Paris’
Hundreds of people, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, poured into Washington Square Park this afternoon for a “New York is Paris” gathering intended to send “love and support to the people of France”...
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Alleged Rapist Arrested on LES; Chloë Sevigny’s Apartment Goes For $2.1M
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) On Saturday police arrested Robert Bowie, 20, for allegedly raping one woman and attacking two others this past Thursday on the Lower East Side. [CBS NY] In honor of Adam Purple,...
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Watch Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck in the Theater, Then Hear The Home Recordings
Earlier this year, during a chat with Montage of Heck director Brett Morgen, we broke news that a Kurt Cobain solo album was in the works. As of Friday, the posthumous album, culled from over 200 hours...
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Watch New Yorkers Revel in the Things That Suck About Their City
BuzzFeed, Jolly Rancher and over 800 New Yorkers came together at Villain in Williamsburg on Saturday and Sunday to both commiserate about and celebrate all of the things that suck about this city....
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