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Tattoo Artist Mark Cross Is Opening a Gallery, and Its Name Is MuddGuts
Photo: Sandy Kim Two big-deal dudes on the underground art scene in Brooklyn are opening a gallery in Williamsburg this week. And it’s name is MuddGuts. Mark Cross is a tattoo artist at Greenpoint...
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Help the Philippines: a Hackathon for Techies, a Drinkathon for Alkies
Outside of Jeepney. (Photo: Patrick Hogan) Post-typhoon reports from the Philippines look increasingly grim, and the country badly needs any help it can get. Does that include apps? NextDayBetter, an...
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Two Trees at Packed CB Meeting: Domino Development Will Be Very Much ‘of...
(Rendering courtesy of Shop Architects/Two Trees Management) With the line to get in stretching out the door, the Swinging Sixties Senior Center in Williamsburg looked more like a concert venue than...
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L-pocalypse: There Will Be No L Trains This Weekend
Sorry, good people of the L train, starting at 11:30 p.m. Friday there will be no service between the Myrtle-Wyckoff Ave station in Brooklyn and 8th Ave in Manhattan. Trains won’t be rolling again till...
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The Yippies’ Deepening Legal Woes Couldn’t Dampen the Pie Man’s Party
Aron Kay (Photo: Mary Reinholz) About 50 close friends of Aron Kay gathered in the imperiled Yippie! Museum in Noho yesterday night to celebrate what could be the Yippie Pie Man’s last birthday there....
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Here’s What Open Mic Night at NYC’s First Maid Cafe Looks Like
Two of the maids working during open-mic night Toppings for frozen yogurt. Bows, candy, and a combination of other cute things on sale at New York Maid Cafe. Tails and dresses available for purchase...
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In Search of an Unsung East Village Photographer, Tomas Leach ‘Hunted an Old...
Saul Leiter, secret genius photographer of the East Village, turned 90 this year, yet his work is just now achieving widespread recognition — most recently in the form of In No Great Hurry, a...
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The Day Gash and Muff of Guns N’ Hoses Met Slash and Duff of Guns N’ Roses
(Photo: @GunsNHosesRock) Every tribute band’s ultimate wet dream has got to be meeting their match IRL. And just over a week ago Guns N’ Hoses– Brooklyn’s own all-girl Guns N’ Roses cover band — got to...
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Downtown Kid Leo Fitzpatrick May Just Move Upstate After Starring in Doomsdays
Leo Fitzpatrick as Bruho in Doomsdays. If you know Leo Fitzpatrick mostly as the 16-year-old who played Telly the Virgin Surgeon in Kids, then you should probably get out more. The longtime East...
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This Actor-Comedian Doesn’t Want to Desecrate His Local With ‘a Particular...
(Photo: Ebru Yildiz) The bartender at Brooklyn Star doesn’t know Seaton Smith. Perhaps he will someday soon, but not because Seaton’s been a regular for the past several months. Instead, maybe it’ll be...
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Pat Kiernan Has Already Graced Williamsburg’s New Skating Rink (Updated With...
McCarren Park opened its skating rink this morning and what do you know, celebrity Williamsburger Pat Kiernan showed up for a few spins on the ice (see slideshow below). The rink, which accommodates...
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Step Into This ‘Live Magazine’ For the Latest in Anti-Surveillance Fashion
After setting up a pop-up in our pop-up last month, Eric Ho and his modular elves at Made in Lower East Side have launched a 7-week project showcasing the different ways their Storefront Transformer...
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This Spanish Spot Is Serving 100 Types of Mini Sandos (And Orange Cola Sangria!)
The open kitchen. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) The front bar. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) Photos of Spain. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) Back room. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) The enclosed backyard. (Photo: Daniel Maurer)...
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At the Vine Film Festival, They Were Showing Vines and Feeling Fine
Much as we love the handiwork of Nicholas Megalis, he isn’t the only Master of Vine Arts. Last week, Melanie Schnitzlein and Karly Snajczuk brought the first Vine Film Festival to the Bat Haus in...
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Williamsburg Gets More L Trains, Select Bus Service; Yellow Dogs Benefit Tonight
Christopher Walken T-Rex (Photo: Scott Lynch) To make up for this weekend’s service outage, here’s some good news for L riders: the MTA is adding 8 round-trips ever weekday and 4 every Saturday and...
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Beer Lovers, Meet Your New Best Bud: Dirk the Norseman
Island bar. (Photo: Virginia McLure) Wood-burning fireplace. (Photo: Virginia McLure) Light fixture. (Photo: Virginia McLure) Keg light. (Photo: Virginia McLure) The mural room. (Photo: Virginia...
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Regress to 1996 at These Retro Video Game Nights
Mom sold the Nintendo 64 for $25 back in 2005 and that was the end of that. If your classic video game console met a similar fate at a stoop sale or a Goodwill donation, here a couple of chances to...
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This Week’s Film Fests: Pro Wrestling, Nitehawk Shorts, and Williamsburg Indies
Were you ever a Hulkamaniac? Of course you were, and so was anybody who grew up in the ’80s. Rocks Off successfully threw their first ever rock n’ roll themed film festival a few months back and are...
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A Blessing and a Setback For Steiner at Mary Help of Christians Site
Plywood at the Mary Help of Christians site. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) Things have been quiet at the Mary Help of Christians site ever since the 96-year-old church was torn down over the summer — and it...
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The Paulaner Bro House Brauhaus Opens This Week
(Photo: Courtesy Paulaner Brauhaus) Dirk the Norseman isn’t the only microbrewery opening imminently. Paulaner, the 375-year-old German beer brand, opens its first U.S. brauhaus this week on the...
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