Last month, the city’s Department of Design and Construction told us the Astor Place cube was set to return in June. Today was supposed to be the…
ABC No Rio Bids Bye to Current Digs With Final Art Show and Close-Out Concerts
Artists from all eras of ABC No Rio’s radical history, including some who founded the legendary Lower East Side squat in 1980, have turned the dilapidated…
4 Readings: Nathan’s Hot Dog History, Palestinian Struggles, and a Father’s Transition
WEDNESDAY Book Launch: In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi June 22 at 7 p.m. at The Powerhouse Arena. 37 Main Street (DUMBO) Is identity something…
Nathaniel Kressen Promises You'll Look Cool Reading His New Novel on the Subway
The Craters of the Moon National Park in Idaho is a bleak, desolate landscape that reminds one how ineffectual words can be when describing a…
DV8 Film Festival Calls for Lo-Fi Feeds and Shooting with Speed
Looking back, do you miss the days before everyone had a camera in their pocket? The days when getting your hands on the family camcorders felt…
With First Solo Show, Warhol’s Documentarian Finally Gets His 15 Minutes
Back in 1970 Michael Netter was a recent graduate, soaking up the big city’s vibrant art scene. A striving painter, he fell in with Andy Warhol’s Factory…
Here’s Who Shimmied Over to the Jazz Age Lawn Party
The Jazz Age Lawn Party, now in its 11th year, returned to Governors Island this weekend for a gay old time. Photographer Nick McManus took…
Mini Me’s, Selfie Scanners and Other Futuristic Finds at Northside Innovation Expo
Dreamcrusher’s “nihilist queer revolt musik” and the other bands worth seeing aren’t the only innovators at Northside Festival this year. Today at the Brooklyn Expo Center, entrepreneurs, industry…
Brian De Palma Shed Light on a Crazy Rumor About Martin Scorsese and Taxi Driver
Last night, as part of this month’s Brian De Palma retrospective at Metrograph, the director himself sat down for a Q&A after a screening of…
Watch the World’s Most Annoying Millennial Raise Awareness… of Herself
Last time we caught up with Catherine Cohen, a regular at the Upright Citizens Brigade, she was gearing up for an “Evening of You” comedy…