By Robert James, the Lower East Side clothier, moved its Williamsburg shop from Bedford Avenue to Grand Street over the weekend, but not before getting a drop-in from two Oscar nominees.
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Karley ‘Slutever’ Sciortino and Dev Hynes on Girls: ‘She’s in ConTroll’
Welcome to Girls Talk, in which two of our favorite New Yorkers share the text messages they sent during this week’s episode of Girls.
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Karley Sciortino takes a selfie in her Williamsburg apartment
The text in blue belongs to Karley Sciortino. Based in Williamsburg, Karley is best known for her filter-less blog, Slutever, on which she doles out anecdotes and advice about sex and sexuality. She frequently contributes to Vice and Purple and has recently launched a twice-monthly column for Vogue.com entitled Breathless.
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This Week: Explore Chinatown On Screen, Or Hit the Road With David Lynch
Whether you see it as a never-ending pedestrian traffic jam, a place to buy knock-off bags and cheap grub, or simply a spectacle to behold, Chinatown is more than meets the eye. Running at Anthology Film Archives from January 24 to 26 in celebration of the Chinese New Year, “We Landed/ I Was Born/ Passing By: New York’s Chinatown On Screen” is a five-part screening series inspired by the work of 1960s poet Frances Chung. Through documentaries, archival footage, home videos, literary readings, photography, and performance, you’ll learn about a Chinatown full of culture, struggle, and community.
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Progress in Menachem Stark Case; Rosario Dawson’s LES Roots
(Photo: Scott Lynch)
Happy Martin Luther King Day, all. Here’s a guide to volunteering in North Brooklyn, care of DNA Info.
A police source tells the Daily News that a contractor who was owed $20,000 is being eyed as a suspect in the murder of Menachem Stark. [NY Daily News]
The Department of Buildings has given Extell permission to demolish a stretch of 14th Street so it can build a 7-story development with 39,310 square feet of commercial space. [The Real Deal]
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Win Tix to Visitors, By Philip Glass and Godfrey Reggio of Koyaanisqatsi
Back in July, we posted the trailer for Visitors, the new one from Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass of Koyaanisqatsi. The film makes its New York City premiere at Sunshine Cinema this Friday and Saturday, with director Reggio and editor Jon Kane in the house, and we’re psyched to be able to give away two pairs of tickets.
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