Last September, Bushwig sold out the Knockdown Center, that sprawling ex-manufacturing lot just on the Maspeth side of the Brooklyn/Queens border. It was perfect drag…
Hidden in a Brooklyn Couple’s Home, a Literal Karaoke Den
Late on a Friday afternoon, right before things were sure to get busy, Zaida Soler-Williams and Roberto Williams welcomed me into their East Williamsburg apartment,…
Eileen Myles Made a Road-Trip Film Driven By Poetry, Politics, and Puppetry.
When I first read Eileen Myles’s 1994 classic Chelsea Girls, I was certain it was nonfiction. I think I may have told an inquiring stranger…
Street Artist Sara Erenthal Takes Her ‘Raw, Primal’ Self-Portraits Indoors
The Storefront Project is currently covered in upcycled canvases. Sara Erenthal, one of the city’s most notable and prolific street artists, has moved her works…
Gregory Dillon’s Nostalgic Synth Pop Evokes Adolescence, Carnivals, and Love in the ‘80s
Gregory Dillon has the very specific ability to correctly V-step in crowded Bushwick backrooms. That’s because his mother once taught ’80s cardio step in New…
Coffee, Books, and Art Find a Nook Near the Navy Yard
Head Hi is not an establishment you’re likely to stumble randomly upon on your lunch break. Unless you are one of the (ever-growing) numbers of…
Cool Down at Your Local Arthouse Cinema With These Splashy Retrospectives
A lot of us may be hoping to spend the middle of summer in theater A/C, but are absolutely too spooked to sit through Midsommar.…
Photos From the Massive Anti-Pride Rally, the Queer Liberation March
Twenty blocks north of the World Pride parade kick-off yesterday, thousands in Bryant Park were singing. Sing Out, Louise! passed out pink-and-black “hymnals”—protest lyrics, set…
‘Drag Race’ Star Aja Dares Fans to Keep Up With New Hip-Hop Album
Aja, mostly, doesn’t care what you think. The rap artist, whose pronouns are “they/them,” came to prominence as a drag queen, through two stints on…
Folk Fest Turns Governors Island Porches Into Stages
Theo Boguszewski, who alongside Nick Horner is one of the festival’s co-producers, noted that Noland Park is the perfect location for an all-acoustic day of…