It wasn’t easy for Elle Burchill and Andrea Monti to find a space in Bushwick to house their expanding gallery, Microscope. The two started looking…
This Brooklyn Director Has a Cannes-Do Attitude
Brooklyn-based director Michael Hobbs only ever imagined he’d have the opportunity to work with a dream team on his latest short film, Short Lived. But…
Crocodiles, Phoxes, and How Not To Get Beat Up by Brody Dalle
Time again for Good Shows, our weekly roundup of what’s good in live music. Southern rockers signed to Sub Pop? OK, then. Lee Bains III and…
Watch The Love Ways Shotgun (and Then Golf-Club) Some Beers in ‘Avalanche Kids’
Indie rockers The Love Ways have been working on their second EP, Vacant Years, for nearly a year. They released their first one, Every Night,…
Ad Hoc Expands to Greenpoint and Gets a Taste of Turf War
Since opening their second location in Greenpoint two weeks ago, the folks at Williamsburg-based Ad Hoc have been hard at work improving their inventory, despite…
This New Belgian Beer Bar Has a No-TV Policy Worthy of Its Name
While bloggers wring their hands over an “influx of hipsters” at a Ridgewood old-timer, another bar has announced its imminent opening in the neighborhood. The Monk will serve Belgian beers mainly, if…
Williamsburg Pool Party Maven Launches a Video Mixing App for the Symple-Minded
When Williamsburg app developer Alex Kane released the beta version of his app Sympler last September, he expected about 3,000 downloads. What he got was…
This New Hawaiian Pop-Up Is Putting Down Roots
Brooklyn Wahines has been quietly popping up in the Stan’s Cafecito space two nights a week ever since Honolulu native Siobhán Edwards of Red Wagon…
Titus, Because, Who Else? Plus a Little Band Called De La Soul
Time again for Good Shows, our weekly roundup of what’s good in live music. There’s almost nothing left for us to say about Titus Andronicus.…
LED Unicorns on Roller Skates? Yes, Please
Lola Star is a legendary Coney Island character whose lavish, glittering roller-skate parties are about to descend on Prospect Park. Every Friday night from July 11…