Steve Cannon, the owner of A Gathering of the Tribes, seems to have finally lost his years-long fight to keep his East Village gallery space.…
Down-to-the-Wire Drama as Domino Developers Are Asked to Refine Their Plan
Opponents of the plan to redevelop the Domino Sugar refinery are speaking out again as Mayor de Blasio asks for additional affordable housing just days…
Hyper-Gentrification vs. Super Gentrification; How to Squat in NYC
Congrats to Lower East Sider Spike Jonze, who took home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay last night. [B+B Twitter] On hyper-gentrification, super gentrification and…
Screech! Dustin Diamond Is Doing the Saved By the Bell Musical
As Mr. Belding might’ve said, what is going on here? First Bayside! The Musical! — the raunchy Saved by the Bell parody playing at Theatre…
Human Hamster Wheel in Williamsburg; Boozy Laundromat in East Village
The Times discovers Bushwick. It’s “a haven for artists, newly minted college graduates, working-class families and freelancers of all stripes, and this shows in its…
A Tree Falls In Brooklyn
The apocalypse may just be upon us: first a cab bursts into flames on its way to Brooklyn and today a tree went and fell…
Deepak Chopra Scores $14.5M Pad; Spin Doctors Drummer Sells $4M Duplex
The drummer for the Spin Doctors is selling his East Village duplex, which comes with a recording studio, for $3.995 million. [NY Post] Meanwhile, Deepak…
James Murphy Releases Espresso Blend; Spike Lee On ‘Motherfucking Hipsters’
You can finally drink James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem‘s espresso blend at the newest location of Blue Bottle. [Grub Street] City Councilmember Antonio Reynoso says…
Lit Is Opening a Place in the McKibbin Lofts
We’ve been hearing rumblings that the folks behind Lit, which just celebrated 12 years in the East Village, were working on a new bar in…
42 Kooky, Kinky Films to See in Theaters While You Wait For Nymphomaniac
Part one of Lars Von Trier’s much ballyhooed NC-17 tour de force, Nymphomaniac (NSFW trailer above), will finally make its NYC debut at Nitehawk Cinema on…