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Stay Out of the Storms By Seeing Sky and A Bolt of Light — Indoors!
Time again for Good Shows, our weekly roundup of what’s good in live music. Fresh off a residency at Rockwood Music Hall, New York natives Hurrah! A Bolt of Light! are not, in fact, Cold War Kids,...
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Here’s Jimmy McMillan’s Incredible Song About an Outhouse Specialist Named...
Since last we admired the musical stylings of Rent Is Too Damn High candidate Jimmy McMillan, he’s pumped out soulful tunes about having just 50 cents and empty nest syndrome — and he’s even endorsed...
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Vice Expands to South Williamsburg; Charges Against Chalk Artist Dropped
(Photo: Scott Lynch) In Williamsburg, Vice will upgrade from its current, just-expanded home at 90 N.11th Street to a 60,000-square-foot office on the corner of S.2nd Street and Kent Avenue. The move...
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Sugar Slaves, Suicidal Starlets, and Space-Age Pleasure Parks
It’s almost time for pig roasts and kiddie pools, but that’s no reason to lose your intellectual edge entirely. Here’s our weekly rundown of readings and talks. Sunday, July 6 (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan)...
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This East Village Institution Is Celebrating 25 Years of Big-Ass Burgers
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) As everyone mourns the passing of Bereket, it’s heartening to see another old-timer celebrating its 25th anniversary — with bells on. On July 19, Paul’s Da Burger Joint will...
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This Man Helped the ‘Homeless (Hipsters)’ of McCarren Park
Hot on the heels of The Onion’s “hipster molting season” video, Scott Rogowsky has gone and kicked Williamsburg’s scruffier denizens while they’re down. In the video above, the host of Running Late...
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We’ve Debunked That Urban Legend About Curry Row, Thanks to This Newcomer
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) There’s an urban legend that all of the restaurants on Curry Row, in the East Village, share the same kitchen. We’ve even heard there’s an underground tunnel connecting them all....
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On the Big Screen: Cosmic Chaos, Patriotic Puppetry, and a Warhol Cameo
Welcome to Reel Psyched, our weekly rundown of movies we’re especially excited to see. Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger A super in-depth documentary about James “Whitey” Bulger, a...
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Have a Brilliant Weekend, Y’all!
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) The windows above belong to Bull McCabe’s, and you’d do well to spend your weekend drinking on its sidewalk patio, enjoying the melting pot that is St. Marks Place. If you’re...
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Get Ready to Bug Out On Governors Island
Camper van fans and Beetle buffs, this is your moment in the sun. Next month, nearly 100 vintage VDubs will sputter onto the Governors Island ferry and line up along Colonels’ Row for the annual...
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Here’s Why There’s Now a Tiki Bar at This Chelsea Gallery
(Photo:) Drop into the Andrew Edlin Gallery this summer and you might think you’ve come to the wrong place: in lieu of the Chelsea gallery’s reception desk there’s a messy tiki bar that will come alive...
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At Pasta Shop, You Can Eat Rigatoni Like It’s Ramen
(Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) Now that the Neapolitan pizza craze has come and gone, it might just be time for pasta to take its place at the center of the table. First there was Bar Primi, which jettisoned...
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Bowlmor Closes After 76 Years; ‘Warm-Up to Burning Man’
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Williamsburg movie theater/restaurant/bar indieScreen closed after four years, presumably to make way for Vice’s new offices. [Grub Street] The Coffee Shop, Bushwick’s newest place...
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Inside Patacon Pisao, Aiming to Sling Venezuelan Gutbombs By Month’s End
(Photo: Courtesy Patacon Pisao) When we hosted Patacon Pisao at the Bedford + Bowery Bazaar last summer, the Venezuelan spot planned to open on the Lower East Side on October 1. Nine months later,...
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Best Housekeeping Turns 90, Gets Even Better
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) As Best Housekeeping celebrates 90 years of selling appliances, the store is brightening up its roll-down gate with this new work by Ori Carino, the East Village artist best...
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Brooding Babes and Ghoulish Guys: Singles Night at Morbid Anatomy
Bated breath (photo: Nicole Disser) “Are you dying to show off your knowledge of death, diseases and afflictions?” Despite the invite, no one who attended Morbid Anatomy‘s Singles Night was completely...
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St. Mark’s Bookshop Aims to Reopen This Weekend
The St. Mark’s Bookshop had hoped to open in its new digs “a few days” after its lease expired at Third Avenue on July 1. Now, after a brief delay, it has dropped an exact date. The Bookshop says that...
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‘No Pay, Nudity’ Shoots Today, Sans Nudity
Photo by Kate Beaudoin The indie film No Pay, Nudity is shooting today on East Fourth Street at the New York Theater Workshop. Despite the below flyer’s promise of “Nudity,” we spotted none of it on...
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Steampunk Weekend Is Upon Us
Brace yourselves, upstanding citizens, Steampunk Weekend arrives this Friday, bringing with it a maelstrom of polyester fedoras, burlesque dancers, mustaches waxed with bee butt derived from...
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Don’t Get It Twisted: This Is THE Best ‘Wrecking Ball’ Parody
As we donned our machinist goggles to survey the invitation for Steampunk Weekend’s Lost Circus, one thing stood out (which is saying a lot): The Balloonatic. Immediately, we poked around to see if The...
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