Unleashing 2,000 ping-pong balls can only do so much. Cooper Union’s Board of Trustees announced this evening that it will go ahead with a plan…
The East Village Jazz Scene Remembers Amiri Baraka
In the 1950s, before LeRoi Jones would change his name to Amiri Baraka, the poet soaked up the sounds of jazz in bars throughout the…
Will Fussell of Mood Rings Got His Bucket Hat Stolen By a Groupie
Last month I had the glorious opportunity to see Atlanta-based band Mood Rings open for Cults but I didn’t because I was too busy getting…
NYU Is, Of Course, Appealing That Expansion Ruling
To the surprise of no one, NYU has announced that it will appeal a State Supreme Court judge’s ruling that it must get the state’s…
Judge Says Yippie Building Tenants Must Peace Out
A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled that the venerable Yippie Museum be cleared for new tenants and has handed yippie leader Dana…
Live From East Williamsburg, It’s SNL’s New Hire! Sasheer Zamata Is ‘Going to Kill It’
Sasheer Zamata learned she was SNL’s newest cast member just minutes before you probably did. “It was pretty wild because that day they called her…
When Amiri Baraka Was LeRoi Jones, ‘King of the Lower East Side’
Amiri Baraka may have been a “son of Newark,” but in between his birth there in 1934 and his death there yesterday following post-surgery complications,…
Beards are Everywhere; LES Pier Closer to $92 Million Revamp
Beards have gone mainstream, argues Alex Williams. That’s right: the “L-train look” is now appearing on “corner-office types.” [NY Times] Speaking of the L train,…
7A Closes Jan. 26; Liquiteria Will Replace Gray’s Papaya
There’s more to report today about the loss of two corner institutions: a manager at 7A confirms the rumor that the East Village all-nighter will…
Alex Prager Used 20 Tons of Sand (and Her Sister) to Stage This Beach Scene
Alex Prager is not especially intimidating. The Los Angeles-based photographer is often smiling, rather petite and generally endearing. So it’s amusing to envision her atop…