Sure, you could trek out to Jones Beach to see Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer headline the Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival in September, but…
Lorimer Stop Gets a Nice New Place For Quaffing Coffee
The area off the Lorimer stop has never been as coffee congested as Bedford Avenue, but that’s starting to change. In the former home of…
10 Things We Learned About Clueless From Writer-Director Amy Heckerling
It’s the 20th Anniversary of everyone’s favorite ’90’s teen classic, the one that taught us it’s okay to be a confused, hymenally challenged teenager who…
Watch Horseshoe Bar Explode into Flames For Jessica Jones
If you’ve seen the signs, you know that a mysterious production called VIOLET has been shooting in the East Village recently, and if you were…
Talks and Readings: Historic Greenpoint, Multiculti Confessions, and More
TUESDAY Almost Famous, except about a girl. And set in the ’90s. And British. How to Build a Girl, described by the New York Times’ Dwight Garner…
Firebrand Mixologist Albert Trummer Will Bring a ‘Beautiful Concept’ to Ave C
What can you expect from mixologist Albert Trummer’s new bar on Avenue C, slated to open this fall? According to the Austrian cocktail wizard, the…
‘Unnecessary Row’ and 7 Other Signs That Your Neighborhood Is Gentrifying
Author D.W. Gibson’s shocking account of the shady practices of a Brooklyn landlord gained a lot of attention when the excerpt, taken from his new…
Inside the Massive Renovation of 122 Community Center and PS122
Representatives for 122 Community Center, the big 19th century building on the corner of 9th Street and First Avenue, opened its doors for a hardhat…
East Village Gets Its First Kava Bar, Kavasutra
A flurry of activity at 261 East 10th Street last week signaled the arrival of Kavasutra, a 10-seat bar serving tea made with kava root,…
Bowery Tenants Protest Landlord They Say Is Pushing Them Out
About 100 people came out to the Bowery today for a press conference, where 27 families living in 83 and 85 Bowery spoke out against…