Alt Citizen has been doing their thing since 2012– the music blog’s bread-and-butter is album reviews (past and present), essays, show recommendations (mostly local Brooklyn…
Williamsburg’s Latest Boutique, The Vale Collective, Will Sell Duds and Pour Suds
The Williamsburg space that formerly housed craft beer bar d.b.a. is becoming a boutique, but beer isn’t entirely out of the picture: Stephanie McDermott plans to use…
Market Watch: Brooklyn Xchange Drops Promo Vid, Artists & Fleas Expands
Okay fine, the Bedford + Bowery Bazaar isn’t the only market in town. As we noted last week, a new one called the Brooklyn Xchange…
Hester Street Fair Expands into Seward Park This Weekend
While Brooklyn Flea’s Smorgasburg expands to Jones Beach, its Lower East Side counterpart, Hester Street Fair, is growing as well. This weekend, about 20 to…
Class Attire’s New Pop-Up Shop is ‘Chalk’-Full of Tees
In Williamsburg, the dust has settled on a the first stand-alone pop-up shop devoted to The Chalkboard Tee by Class Attire, a perennial flea market favorite.…
On St. Marks, Piercings Trump Fro Yo — Again
If there was ever any concern that there weren’t enough places on St. Marks to get your belly button pierced at 2 a.m. on a…
This Thanksgiving, Bring Them Some Reptile Wine
With T-minus 24 hours till Thanksgiving dinner, you’re wondering WTF to bring the folks who were nice enough to have you over. Two words: cobra…
Will Kent Avenue’s Hidden Mini Mall Be ‘Better Than Chelsea Market’?
“We’re still debating on names. It’ll be either Kent Avenue Market, Kent Avenue Shops, or Shops at 240 Kent,” says Renée Cecris, owner of Renée New…
This Guy Will Turn Your Favorite Old T-Shirt into a Five-Panel Hat
If you, like us, have a drawer full of t-shirts that shrank in the wash or tragically stained with ramen-burger sauce (or both), listen up.…