This morning we got our hands on a screener of The Lost Arcade, showing today at 12:45 p.m. as part of the Doc NYC Festival.…
Lowline Edges Toward Reality, But What Does It Mean For the LES?
“Lower East Side, not for sale!” “Chinatown, not for sale!” These were the chants on the streets of Chinatown two weeks ago, when protesters, huddled under…
Alexander Olch Store Slips Into Something a Little More Comfy
Alexander Olch definitely has his hands full these days: in addition to opening an art-house cinema on Ludlow Street, the designer just moved his Orchard…
Ryan McGinley’s New Photos: Walking Buck-Naked in a Winter Wonderland
Ryan McGinley’s seventh opening at Team Gallery was just like all the others: at any given moment, there were just as many people on Grand…
Chinatown Residents Rally Against ‘Racist’ Towers They Say Are Displacing Them
“Where are you, de Blasio?” That was the question of the afternoon when rain-soaked protesters braved the weather at City Hall to protest rezoning that…
This New Malaysian Coffeehouse Has the Crab Balls You Crave
Kyo Pang, co-owner of the newly opened Kopitiam on Canal Street in Chinatown, is pulling off the rare and improbable. With remarkable concentration, she pours…
The Hunt Brings Stuffed Bears, Miley’s Pig, and Other Oddities to Canal Street
As its name implies, it takes some effort to discover the new storefront of Lower East Side’s enigmatic purveyors with panache, The Hunt. Framed under…
Films in Tompkins: 'Chinatown' w/Live Music
The folks at Films in Tompkins are once again bringing a big screen to Tompkins Square Park this year. This year, series founder Darin Rubell (owner…
Free Films in Tompkins Kicked Off Last Night, James Franco’s Pick Coming Soon
While we’ve been packing our picnic baskets for SummerScreen, Rooftop Films, Nitehawk’s Summer Series, Films on the Green, and the films at Socrates Sculpture Park, one of…
Federico García Lorca, Back in the New York Groove
Federico García Lorca once again achieved Poet in New York status when a mural depicting the Spanish literary lion went up in Bushwick a couple of years ago.…