If you missed last night’s sold-out closing performance of Smile Swamp Princess, don’t worry: there’s plenty more great theater to be seen in the months…
Drag Queen Macy Rodman Thinks Bushwick Is Getting Gayer and Gayer
This Saturday, drag queens from all five boroughs and beyond will gather at Secret Project Robot to outdo one another in their costumes, performance innovation,…
Subway Cats Get a New Home in Bushwick; iPhone Snatched at Gunpoint
Melissa O’Donnell, chef and owner of Salt Bar, will close her decade-old eatery and open Thelma on Clinton, which she hopes will represent the “multicultural…
Tonight: Bjorn Copeland of Black Dice’s Gallery Opening Should Be Worth the Trip
Here’s a last-minute addition to our end-all, be-all guide to September art: Bjorn Copeland, co-founder of psychedelic noise collective Black Dice and an inimitable mainstay…
Stephen Pierson Told Some ‘Awesome’ Greenpointers to Keep Fighting the Towers
Last night, around 80 Greenpoint residents – kids, lifers, parents, artists and seniors – gathered on the quiet grounds of Newton Barge Playground. Across Commercial…
Jane Austen’s Emma Is Back, and This Time She’s a Lesbian Wiccan
Bummed that Emma Woodhouse didn’t make it into Austenland? Worry not: Jane Austen’s meddling matchmaker is coming back as a lesbian and practitioner of witchcraft. In a…
The St. Mark’s Bookshop Wants YOU to Volunteer
Like anyone who has to move, the St. Mark’s Bookshop has sent out an e-mail asking friends for help, though it isn’t promising free beer.…
Justin Bieber’s Tattoo Guy Opened His LES Ink Spot Last Night
Last night the city’s tattoo luminaries hobnobbed at the grand opening of the most buzzed-about ink parlor in the history of man. Bang Bang (real…
LES Pizzeria Closes, Williamsburg Pizzeria Opens; ‘Best Sandwich Shop’ Coming
Cowboy Pizza – fueled by the Pushcart team – closes on Clinton Street after a year and a half of making pies. [The Lo-Down] Sarah Krathen and…
The Folks From Chloe 81 Are Opening Kingsland Bar in Williamsburg Tonight
Remember back in 2009, when Chloe 81, the subterranean Lower East Side lounge, was the “new Beatrice”? (We do! It was one of the few…