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Crocodiles, Phoxes, and How Not To Get Beat Up by Brody Dalle
Time again for Good Shows, our weekly roundup of what’s good in live music. Southern rockers signed to Sub Pop? OK, then. Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires have straight-forward southern appeal, with...
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It’s Gonna Be ‘Shwick: Brooklyn’s Newest Maker Market Is Born
All ye makers of artisanal Sriracha and hand-crafted jewellery and normcore t-shirts, rejoice! Come August 23, there’ll be yet another market in New York City’s most maker-y borough, from which to hawk...
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Dumpling Man Gets Sued; World’s Most Hipster Neighborhoods
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Lower East Side gallery 47 Canal will close on August 2 and relocate to 291 Grand Street, where it will reopen in September under its current name. [Gallerist NY] A former employee...
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The Line For Brooks Headley’s Veggie Burger Was Ramen-Burger-Worthy
(Photo: Anthony Pappalardo) Sunday afternoon a thick line of New Yorkers twisted down half of Eldridge Street and onto Stanton—all of them waiting for veggie burgers. A man passing by on a bike asked...
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Attack of the Goth Lolitas! Harajuku Girls Descend On the LES
(Photo: Jason Wishnow) That veggie burger wasn’t the only thing that brought bonkers crowds to the Lower East Side over the weekend. For one very kawaii afternoon, the neighborhood turned into Harajuku...
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Are These Teddy Bears Stuffed With Concrete Cute or Creepy?
(Photos courtesy of Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery) For the past dozen years, Toronto artist Ross Bonfanti has been buying thrift store stuffed animals, slashing open their backs, and replacing their...
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Will a New Pop-Up Gallery at Whole Foods Turn EV Bloggers Against Each Other?
The Houston Bowery wall, concealed. (Photo: Nicole Disser)Next time you spend your Whole Paycheck at Whole Foods, you’ll at least get to take in some art for free! Whole Foods Market® Bowery, as it’s...
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Caveman Is Playing a Surprise Show at Bowery Electric Tonight
Caveman playing at R Bar last night, courtesy of Bedford + Bowery’s Instagram What’s with Caveman and surprise shows on the Bowery? Last time we caught them it was at a “super secret” gig at R Bar, and...
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At Last, a Look Inside the New St. Mark’s Bookshop
The new St Mark’s Bookshop location (Photos: Kirsten O’Regan) After a spate of setbacks and slowdowns, St. Mark’s Bookshop has reopened in its new digs at 136 East Third Street. It’s the beloved book...
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Here’s How Locals Are Feeling About Williamsburg’s First Starbucks
Starbucks’ new Williamsburg outpost (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) In case you hadn’t heard, Williamsburg finally got itself a Starbucks location this morning—on Union Ave near the Lorimer/Metropolitan L and...
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Champs Is Frying Up Vegan Corn Dogs in Rockaway
Champs, the vegan diner with locations in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick, is doing what everyone else in North Brooklyn is doing these days and weekending in Rockaway. This past weekend the...
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Dine With Lena Dunham in the Confines of the Lowline!
Lena gets excited at last year’s anti-bash (Photo courtesy of Justin Jay) The Lowline folks are on a roll. Less than a month after a lucrative benefit netted them $30,000 for their ambitious...
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Veselka Celebrates 60 Years; McKibbin Lofts Hit With Partial Vacate Order
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Sadie Silver—a public school principal living in Bushwick—was arrested and fired after police allegedly caught she and her partner, Michael Acosta, bringing heroin and prescription...
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Life of Pie: Food For Thought at an Event and Exhibit in DUMBO
=”280″ /> Photo Tonight in DUMBO, a quartet of creatives (including Michael J. Cirino of a razor, a shiny knife, the pop-up dinner rapscallions known for serving rogue luncheons on the L train and...
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Street Artists Messin’ With Animation
“Ronald & Wizard” by Wizard Skull; acrylic and Sharpie on “He-Man” animation cel (acetate) with original hand-painted background. A couple of street artists known for appropriating pop iconography...
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Girls Goes From Bedford to Bowery
(Photo: Daniel Maurer)Yesterday, when we considered dropping $25,000 to dine with Lena Dunham, we had no idea we might just bump into her on the street, a couple blocks from our office. After filming...
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Talking Dating and Drama With the Writer and Director of ‘Get Me a Guy’
Elizabeth Galalis and Paul Romano in Get Me a Guy (Photo courtesy of Alexander Fabozzi) New Yorkers are not only constantly dramatizing their own already rather dramatic love lives, but also adore...
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Massive Rave Returns With Short Shorts, Slip ‘N Slide, Sunrise Pancakes
(Photo: Daniel) Last time BangOn! hit Brooklyn, it brought giant fire-breathing replicas of Easter Island’s moai. This time, it’s all about short shorts. The next rave — at a secret warehouse location,...
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Colbert ‘It’ Girl Edan Lepucki Reads Tonight
The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive The relatively unknown author whose debut novel vaulted to the top of the bestseller list after...
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Dear: Rivington+, Welcome to Great Jones
Dear: Rivington + owner Moon Rhee in the new Noho location (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) High-end fashion retailers are staking out Noho like there’s no tomorrow. First there was A.P.C., then Filson landed,...
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