Zach Neil had a pretty sweet idea: “I wanted to find a way to do something with cake and ice cream and elaborate toppings and I…
Crystal Moselle Talks Skate Kitchen And Bringing the Girl Skaters of the LES to the Big Screen
Director Crystal Moselle, who traced a family of Lower East Side shut-ins with her documentary The Wolfpack, is back in the public spotlight. This time,…
Residents Say City Sold Former LES Nursing Facility ‘Like a Bag of Dope’
Ribbons spanning all the colors of the rainbow hung from the gray walkway and black fences enclosing the trees perched in front of the salmon-pink…
A Puppet Fest For Adults? We’re Not Stringing You Along
I’ll admit, I always thought that puppet shows were mostly for kids, but maybe I was just pulling a Statler and Waldorf. This display of…
Bushwick’s Glitzy New Luxury Building on the Rheingold Brewery Site Is Ready For Its Close-Up
The Denizen Bushwick, an eight-story luxury rental building on the site of the former Rheingold Brewery, has finally opened one of its buildings, consisting of 444 units…
There’s A Little Less Hummus Among Us
Alas, although the openings of Vish on East 8th Street and Levantine chain Panorama this summer increased the amount of hummus among us, something had to…
Momo Sushi Shack Begets Chicken Shack
The ever-popular Momo Sushi Shack in Bushwick has spawned a sister restaurant not too far from its origins. At the corner of Starr Street and…
Get Your Summer Reading (or Flirting) On With These 9 Book Talks
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America Thursday, August 2 at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Darnell Moore,…
Michael Jackson Mural Hits East Village as Spike Lee Preps MJ Block Party
At the corner of First Avenue and East 11th Street, tourists and residents alike stopped in their tracks, stunned by the mural in front of…
Feminist Food from the Past Comes to Life at MOFAD
On the corner of Bayard and Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) is a quiet, unassuming structure whose only distinguishing exterior…