While skating up and down Manhattan’s east side every day, Borbay – artist and proud resident of Avenue C – started to pay special attention…
Adelle Waldman and Adrian Tomine On Capturing ‘The Faces of Brooklyn’
Yesterday at the Brooklyn Book Festival, things got hairy in line for the talk Faces of Brooklyn. One woman put out her elbows as a…
Bittersweet Thursdays and Captured at the B + B Newsroom
During this week’s A Thirsty Thursday at Videology, you’re going to party like it’s 1999 with a NYC classic of sorts, Cruel Intentions. No, you…
Ginsberg’s and Mingus’s Old Places Are Up For Grabs
In this week’s issue of New York magazine, yours truly blabbers on about living in Allen Ginsberg’s old place on East 12th Street. What isn’t…
At the Brooklyn Book Festival We Learned That Publishers Need to Be More Like DJs
Who knows where he got his facts from when Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz claimed that “most Pulitzer winners, great writers and magazine editors live…
Watch Rostarr’s New Mural Go Up at the B+B Newsroom
Last time you saw Romon Kimin Yang, better known as Rostarr, he was 20 feet off the ground, swaddling Music Hall of Williamsburg in his…
Joe Strummer Returns to EV; Bushwick Fashion Weekend Begins
Submit your questions for a debate between Daniel Squadron and Letitia James on Tuesday, and do your part to help settle the Public Advocate runoff…
There’ll Be a Whole Lotta Soul at Williamsburg Park Tonight
Between the fifth anniversary of Captured Tracks and the upcoming Mexican Summer blowout, North Brooklyn’s record labels have been pumping out a dizzying array of…
Watts and Gaffigan, But No Acid-Laced Gummy Bears at Bell House Last Night
As audience members filed into the Heart of Darkness variety show at the Bell House last night, they were handed a vegan gummy bear stuffed…
Don’t Miss These Blockbuster Block Parties Tomorrow
Who said there’s no outdoor fun to be had after Labor Day weekend? Now that the city’s beaches are closed it’s time to keep the…