The Night Before: Retail, White Rope, Deli Girls Thursday January 19, 8 pm at The Gateway:$5 in advance/ $8 at the door Well, there’s a…
At Babycastles ‘Super Hot Ronny’s Rumble’ Will Feature Real-Life Helicopter
You’ve been waiting your whole life for this moment, I can feel it. And now you finally have a chance to say “It’s not a…
At Babycastles, Squinky Makes Video Games For The Awkward in Us All
As we’ve mentioned recently, DIY art and game space Babycastles has been working hard to offer alternatives to the often exclusionary world of video games,…
At The Mystical Digital, Video Games Can Be Witchy Too
The term “gamer” usually conjures up a torrent of awful connotations– an exclusively white-male circle jerk where the only manifestation of “diversity” is between the…
Performance Picks: PowerPoint Presents and an Appearance by Ronald Trump
WEDNESDAY Ike At Night Now through June 4, Wednesday through Saturday at The Bushwick Starr: $18. Acclaimed comic performer Ikechukwu Ufomadu hosts a talk show of…
Performance Picks: Crime-Fighting Orphans, Sperm Stories, Work By Indigenous Women
WEDNESDAY Orphan Action League Continues every Wednesday through June 1 at The Annoyance Theater, 367 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg. 8:30pm. Tickets are $10. More info here. …
Ashok Kondabolu of Das Racist Curates a Show Inspired By Things That Make Him Go ‘Whoa’
Somehow, it makes perfect sense that Ashok Kondabolu‘s art exhibition and ideas convention puts fake Rolexes, early ’90s TV commercials, and the Ramayana (a Hindu epic poem that dates to…
Pound a Pint, Help Print This Informative Guide to the Bushwick Housing Crisis
You’d have to be living under a rock to be surprised to hear Bushwick is undergoing some explosive changes. It feels like streetscapes here are…
Waka Waka, an Indie Gaming Hang, Has Powered Up On Clinton Street
Less than a year after we brushed elbows with Rihanna at “the most buzzed about tattoo shop in the history of man” at 26 Clinton…
Babycastles’ 11-Year Old Intern Is Resigning (Not Because of the Hezbollah Video Game)
Liam Walsh is leaving his internship at Babycastles, where, three days a week, he fires up the gallery’s indie video games and shows visitors how…