If you’ve seen street artist Flood’s Bill Cosby series—colorful images of iconic Fat Albert cartoon characters that, in an ironic twist, comment on the comedian’s…
10 Wonders of the Coney Sand Sculpting Contest, Returning This Saturday
In honor of the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest celebrating its 25th anniversary, here’s a slideshow of some of the most impressive creations to grace…
Toast Bondfire Radio’s Move to Bushwick at This Rooftop Throwdown
To celebrate more than two years on the air and the recent move to their new Bushwick studio, Bondfire Radio is hosting a festival/live broadcast…
Talks + Readings: Reformed Hoarder, Beautiful Bureaucrat, and a New BK Lit Rag
TUESDAY The state of Barry Yourgrau’s Queens apartment had gotten pretty bad at the time his girlfriend unexpectedly dropped in because she had locked herself out…
The Sucklord Mashes Up Dath Vader and The Godfather to Suckadelic Effect
In his two-room art studio in Chinatown, The Sucklord toils away in his toy factory, making handcrafted action figures in the non-air conditioned swelter of…
Davey’s Ice Cream Opens in Williamsburg Friday With Free Scoops
Davey’s Ice Cream is celebrating the opening of its second location, on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, with free scoops Friday from 6 p.m. to 9…
Looking to Trade Weed Secrets? It’s High Time You Join This Meetup
On Thursday, the evening before New York State made it legal for five organizations to grow and sell medical marijuana, a group of high-minded individuals…
After a Potluck in the Park, Catch Some Edgy Shorts at Nitehawk
One thing’s for sure, you never know what the present will bring at “THE FUTURE IS WHATEVER,” a 90-minute lineup of short films coming to…
Harmon Leon’s Bodyslamming for Jesus and Infiltrating Porn, for You
What’s it like to be a clothed extra at a porn shoot? How about a member of the most hated church in America? A carney?…
New LES Resto to Serve Fancy Burgers, Upstairs a Speakeasy Named For a Busted Banker
If you were a fan of longtime watering hole Barramundi and its upstairs speakeasy, 2nd Floor on Clinton, we’re afraid you missed last call. The…