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A ‘Seasonal Wood-Fired Kitchen’ Opens in Williamsburg, With Roofdeck Coming Soon
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) With Vice currently gutting the former IndieScreen for its new offices, Death By Audio closing, and the Domino complex about to go up, the corner of South 2nd Street and Kent...
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Jeffstaple Teams With Shake Shack and Doughnut Plant For an LES-Spun Concrete
(Photo courtesy of Shake Shack) Lower East Side designer Jeff Ng (aka jeffstaple) — the visionary behind the Staple Pigeon fashion line and the Reed Space boutique — has teamed up with Shake Shack for...
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Sick of Pistorius? Take Another Look at South Africa
NOT × Chris Saunders on display now at Wallplay Gallery (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) Lest Fashion Week leave you feeling jaded (about the superficiality of the industry, and the inanity of the clothing and...
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Get Schooled in Future Feminism By Marina Abramović, Laurie Anderson and More
The exhibition is the work of five collaboraters: Antony, Johanna Constantine, Kembra Pfahler, and Sierra and Bianca Casady of CocoRosie. (Photo: The Hole gallery) The future has only just begun at The...
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In Parody Video, ‘Share Better’ Coalition Throws Roaches and Bedbugs in...
With its fight against the New York Attorney General simmering, a new campaign has been launched to fight Airbnb. The Share Better Coalition is a group of community activists, organizations, elected...
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Beronberon Opens, Offering Sapporo East Longtimers a Familiar Staff and Menu
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) As anticipated, Panya Ongkeo and Yuji Umeki of Kenka opened Beronberon in the East Village last night, and it was packed with customers of its longstanding predecessor Sapporo...
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The Brooklyn Book Fest Is Set to Be a Stunner
Kristin Henderson reads a story with her son Griffin at a previous Brooklyn Book Fest (Photo: Meghan White) Great news! Brooklyn Book Fest has now updated its website to include a comprehensive event...
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Patacon Pisao Is Finally Dropping Venezuelan Gutbombs on the LES
Could it be? We just whizzed by Patacon Pisao’s long stagnant Lower East Side location and it looked… ABIERTO. A tweet from the restaurant confirms it: nearly a year after its planned opening date,...
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Faux Broker Scams LES Apartment Hunter; Bushwick a ‘Blank Canvas’ For Developers
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Police say a 26-year-old female pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the BQE in Williamsburg at 3:30 a.m. yesterday....
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A Legendary ’90s Skate Spot Pops Up in Williamsburg
Over the weekend a Los Angeles skate icon popped up in Williamsburg. A mini-replica of one of skateboarding’s sketchiest ‘90s skate spots was recreated in the Flea Market Betty space, behind the...
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WILLiFEST, the Williamsburg Film Fest With the SILLiNAME, Returns This Week
Starting this Thursday WILLiFEST kicks off with dozens of film screenings and events happening all over Williamsburg for four days. The fest is nothing if not diverse in its selection. This year,...
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Fried Pizza and Mac and Cheese Pies Coming to Williamsburg?
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) A little over a month ago, we mentioned that a pizzeria would be joining forthcoming locations of Oaxaca Taqueria and Minca Ramen Factory at the corner of Grand and Berry in...
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Exit Interview: Ariel Palitz of Sutra, Now Closed After 10 Years of Partying
Ariel Palitz (Photo: Nicky Digital) Last week Sutra ended its 10-year-run in the East Village with a throwdown that saw Questlove DJing and Melle Mel spitting “The Message,” his seminal hip-hop track...
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The Gentlemen’s Vintage Show May Salve Your Sartorial Woes
(Courtesy of Manhattan Vintage) Gentlemen have it tough when it comes to vintage shopping — sure, Beacon’s Closet and all the L Train Vintage spots offer an abundance of western shirts and ironic...
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Gun Violence Persists in Bushwick; Meatball Shop Inspires Sit Com
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Although crime citywide is down almost 4 percent this year, the NYPD attributes the 10 percent increase in the number of shootings to gang violence in neighborhoods like Bushwick....
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F**ing Crazy: Slash Dedicated ‘Paradise City’ to NYC Last Night
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) Normally if we wanted to see a live rendish of “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” we’d have to settle for Guns N’ Hoses, but not last night: Slash, not Gash, was in full force at Santos...
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Norman Siegel Wants ‘Lots of Reform in the NYPD,’ But Is OK With Stop-and-Frisk
Norman Siegel and listeners. (Photo: Mary Reinholz) Insisting he is not “anti-cop,” only “anti-bad cop,” civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel last night called for the creation of a New York State...
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Welcome Boilermaker to the East Village: Punches, Boilermakers, Tap Cocktails
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Just a couple of days after Sutra closed on the Seinfeldian corner of First and First last week, Boilermaker opened up across the street. Watch out for this one: true to its...
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Gotta Heart the Latest Ideal Glass Mural
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) The latest to go up on the Ideal Glass wall in the East Village is Choco Moo. The Japanese illustrator, whose real name is Yuka, has collaborated with various Asian designers and...
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Molasses Goes From Book Hawker to Publisher
(Photo: Nicole Disser) Matt Winn, the owner of Molasses Books, describes his business as “just a small used book shop that happens to have a bar at the far wall,” which is maybe too modest a...
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