Time again for Word Up, our weekly roundup of talks and readings. TUESDAY Tongo Eisen-Martin is a movement worker and educator who has organized against…
Here’s What They Rocked at Today’s Scorsese Shoot
East 4th Street’s sidewalk, between Avenues A and B, became a catwalk earlier today for dozens (we heard rumors of more than 100) actors in…
The Wayland Opens a Natty Neighborhood Spot, Good Night Sonny, in the Old Simone Space
With the launch of Good Night Sonny, Robert Ceraso and Jason Mendenhall, the chef/bartender team behind Alphabet City’s cocktail bar/live music venue The Wayland, are…
Your Saturday Plans: Get Locked Up and Try to Escape Execution
What would you do if you were thrown into prison in a dystopian future, given a new identity, a new past, and were told you…
Talks and Readings: Cards Against Humanity, Video Games, and TV Writers
WEDNESDAY Meet the faces behind some of your favorite TV shows at Real Characters, a regular series hosted by Andy Ross (contributor to The Onion…
K-Town Favorite Brings Beer Towers, Fried Chicken, and Vinyl DJs to the East Village
Turntable, a second-floor Koreatown hideaway specializing in retro vinyl and Korean fried chicken, has opened a second location (its first at street level) in Alphabet City. Chef Lee…
Step into a Pitch-Black Box For Some Truly Enlightening Art
We’re all familiar with the traditional “white box” art gallery— it’s bright, clean, sterile, artificial and unshadowed. Keeping this in mind, BFP Creative made a…
This New Southeast Asian Restaurant Is Sure to Generate Buzz
Talk about buzzy openings. The Lucky Bee, a Southeast Asian “electric tropical paradise,” is slated to bring its spicy, sustainable street food to 252 Broome Street, and…
Kavasutra Opens, Putting the ‘Chill’ in Chilled Drinks
After months of renovation, the East Village’s first kava bar is officially open and offering its kava teas, cold brew coffee and other novel drinks…
Talks and Readings: Dissecting Warhol, a LES Eat Pray Love, and More
TONIGHT Overcoming the past is a key theme in young authors’ Edan Lepucki and Mira Jacobs debut novels, both published last year to great acclaim, so it…