Not long ago, wild-child ex-con and party boy of yore Michael Alig took a tumble off a Planet Fitness treadmill. Where East Village chic was once…
The Brooklyn Book Fest Is Set to Be a Stunner
Great news! Brooklyn Book Fest has now updated its website to include a comprehensive event calendar for the imminent 2014 fest, which means we at…
Sick of Pistorius? Take Another Look at South Africa
Lest Fashion Week leave you feeling jaded (about the superficiality of the industry, and the inanity of the clothing and the persons therein), allow me…
‘We Have the Bourgie-ness’: An Early Look Inside Westside Market’s Eastside Debut
Last week, a Bloomberg Intelligence report concluded that Whole Foods was now one of the city’s best budget grocery options—news that hardened New Yorkers might…
Talks and Readings: Sex, Shift Scheduling, and Student Debt
This week: everything you generally avoid talking about gets talked about. Monday, Sept. 15 Hot, Wet and Shaking: Talking About Sex with Kaleigh Trace Kaleigh Trace…
Journey to Jackson Heights Without Having to Hop On the 7 Train
Audiences of the latest play to appear at The New Ohio Theater can relish the sweetly comedic absurdity of an Indian man handing an Ecuadorian woman…
NBC Wants to Come Over to Your Place and Shoot a Couple of Shows
Gird your lofts. North Brooklyn is set to be enshrined (yet again) in the ageless portals of our most glorious medium—I’m talking of course of…
Join These Ladies Who LUNCH For Some Colorful Punch
It’s a meal that many New Yorkers eat out of plastic containers at a desk, hunched over an LED screen—and like other meals, it’s one…
A Big Egg, Big Bees, and Even Bigger Data
All subjects you can contemplate at this week’s thrilling selection of readings and talks. Friday, September 5 We, The Outsiders Opening Reception We, The Outsiders is…
Bushwick’s New Wine Bar Wants to Buck the ‘Trader Joe’s Model’
Oenophiles of Bushwick, take note: Yes, you are slightly pretentious (full disclosure, I sheepishly include myself in this category) and no, you no longer have…