Queen Latifah welcomed listeners to her Queendom with her 1989 debut hip hop album “All Hail the Queen.” The album featured such hits as “Ladies…
Performance Picks: Futuristic Sex Bots, Creepy Schoolhouses, Messy Comedy
FRIDAY (Photo: Russ Rowland, via One Year Lease Theater Company / Facebook) Eat The Devil Now through March 9 at The Tank, 8 pm: $25 …
Will Brooklyn Artists Bring a ‘Whole New Audience’ to Rare Book Week?
There’s a plot twist to this year’s Rare Book Week. Alongside precious 16th century anatomy books and first editions of Edgar Allan Poe, attendees can…
Tinder Live Celebrates Five Years of Comedic Swiping
Most dating apps can be depressing. But Tinder, in all its swipe-based simplicity, is a digital landscape with perhaps the most potential to expose how…
Luis Flores Wrestles With Gender By Crotcheting Himself in WWE Mode
Wrestling and crochet clash battle-of-the-sexes-style in Salon 94’s newest exhibit, Luis Flores’ “Another Thing You Did to Me.” The exhibit, which opened Tuesday at the…
Celebrate Women’s History Month With These Female-Focused Films
“Captain Marvel” isn’t the only feminist film making headlines this month. To celebrate Women’s History Month, venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn are showing female-focused features.…
Art Shows: Fire Island, Creative Teens, and Political Cakes
Fire Opening Wednesday, March 6 at Baby Company, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through April 14. Oh, Fire Island. Even if you’ve never…
A Comic Artist With Eyes On the City Is Now Seeing Himself All Over Town
In “NY See,” East Village-based artist Grant Shaffer illustrates his daily observations of New York life, with witty (and relatable) captions. Think: “someone walking on…
It’s Feminist Zine Fest Time: Where to Go and What to Do
It’s almost women’s history month and in New York that means it’s time for the NYC Feminist Zinefest (FZF). The self-described “jumble of magic, creativity,…
Bookworms and Preservationists Clash as LPC Mulls Landmarking of Strand Building
Tensions ran high at a Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing this morning as local activists and book lovers clashed over whether the building that houses Strand…