Panteha Abareshi specializes in cutthroat portraits that pair the rawness of ecstatic creation with the realness of first-hand experience. As a young woman of Jamaican…
Week in Film: Punky Frida Kahlo, Buñuel in France, and More
The Girl Who Loves Roses Thursday March 30, 6 pm to 9 pm at Larrie, NY: free Kelsey and Remy Bennett, granddaughters of Tony Bennett,…
Patron Saints of the Local Scene, and More Art Affairs This Week
Particle Paradise Opening Wednesday March 22 at Foley Gallery, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through April 30. Photography is said to be a…
Cheer of the Rooster: Photos from Chinatown’s Lunar New Year Parade
Despite the chilly, grey weather, masses of people lined the streets of Chinatown yesterday as the Chinese Lunar New Year Parade wound its way down…
Last Look at Fong Inn Too, Gone After Eight Decades in Chinatown
One of Chinatown’s oldest businesses, Fong Inn Too, shuttered over the weekend after 82 years in business. It was thought to be the oldest family-run tofu shop…
RAE BK Had an Old-School Art Party With DJ Kool Herc and It Went Like This
The last time I saw a bunch of RAE BK‘s work all in one place was in 2015, just after the street artist and Brooklyn-native…
A Chinatown Church Marks 80 Years in a Place Where ‘No Decent Person Walked’
On May 29, 1949, a group of people marched through Chinatown to celebrate the construction of a brand new building at 195 Worth Street, just…
Is Mission Chinese Planning a Vietnamese Offshoot?
Mission Cantina has apparently closed after three years of serving up Mexican-Chinese-whatever food, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Danny Bowien’s Lower East Side empire is shrinking. According…
Your Next Favorite Book or Album Is Hiding in a Mall Under the Manhattan Bridge
If your idea of “discovering” new music is sitting back with a soy-milk Frappawhatever and browsing Pitchfork, then maybe you need 2 Bridges… but first…
Wake Up and Smell the Poppins at Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious
Tackling the topic of feminism is a monumental task for any art exhibition, let alone one that fits inside a downtown art space called White…