It’s been 10 years since the inaugural Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, and this time around the crew at Brooklyn Bodega—the hip-hop advocates that produce the festival—promise…
Out in the Streets Announces Killer Lineup
Here’s to hoping you don’t have plans for the weekend of July 26th/27th, and if you do cancel them because Bird Dog, Super Crush Studio,…
We Answered This Personal Ad Placed On an East Village Phone Booth
No, not everybody is swiping away on Tinder. We recently spotted a couple of handmade lonely-hearts flyers in the East Village. The one at left offered just an…
Tony Bennett’s Granddaughter Riffs On ‘Rom-Com Befuddlement,’ With Buttercup Bill
“We’ve never been interested in anything that doesn’t include sex,” says Remy Bennett, granddaughter of crooner Tony Bennett. “I don’t understand who would be.”
Watch It: James Franco, Michael Stipe and Patti Smith Kick Off ‘Rockaway!’
Outrage over the weekend shutdown of Rockaway’s city beaches made the cover of the Daily News (excuse to put a bikinied hardbody on the front…
Bereket Closes After Two Decades; Alleged Serial Mugger Nabbed
Travis Taylor— a 17-year-old who lives on East 6th Street—was arrested for allegedly breaking a man’s jaw and then robbing him outside 67 Avenue B…
Jenny Slate’s Breakup Jeans Come to Williamsburg as Courtshop Opens
Bedford Avenue was abuzz last night with the opening of Courtshop, a New York-based women’s clothing brand specializing in skin-tight denim, tops, overalls and accessories.
9 Things Todd Phillips Revealed About Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies
Nitehawk’s highly anticipated (by us, anyway) screening of Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies drew a crowd that may or may not have ever…
First Taste of Root & Bone, Opening Next Week in Alphabet City
Two of Top Chef’s blondest, Southernest contestants, Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth were making the rounds at Root & Bone‘s opening party last night. The…
Cruising the Bijou, a Hidden Underground Cinema and Sex Den
It took me three passes before I could bring myself to open the unmarked black door on East 4th Street, the one an older man…