Police say three men participated in an anti-gay attack on a 27-year-old on East 15th Street and First Avenue. [NBC NY] After what looked like…
This Comedy Night Is Named After the Coz, And It’s For a Good Cause
If there’s dialogue at a comedy show, it’s usually between comic and heckler, and it usually ain’t pretty. Think Michael Richards meltdown or Dave Chappelle…
NY1’s Roger Clark Is In a Band, and Pat Kiernan Is One of His Groupies
While reporting from remote locations for NY1, Roger Clark has sung Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” and shredded on the air guitar for…
A Small Home For Tiny Taxidermy Is Coming to Williamsburg
A veteran of Brooklyn’s flea market circuit is making the jump to brick-and-mortar. New York City native Julia Small O’Kelly repurposes vintage objects into accessories…
Mr. Throwback Goes Nuts For Space Jam and Has the Custom Sneakers to Prove It
This week, Mr. Throwback ate an Oreo cookie inside of another cookie and hung out with Kid Cudi. He also selected the theme song from Space Jam as his…
Hear Gavin Russom’s New Mix Before He Spins at a Chocolate Factory
Last time we caught up with Gavin Russom of The Crystal Ark (he’s also played with LCD Soundsystem), he was DJing our own B+B Bazaar.…
Williamsburg Rental Building Fetches $40M; Mission Cantina Does Burritos
A recently built Williamsburg residential building, near the Domino Sugar Factory, just sold for about $40 million. [Crain’s] A historic synagogue on East 14th Street…
What Happens When Brooklyn Artists Hit Bergdorf’s? A Taxidermy Chandelier
Several Brooklyn-based artists transported their signature aesthetics uptown this week, creating window displays and in-store installations for Bergdorf Goodman. Intuitively titled Ten Artists for Ten…
Can Bushwick Bridge Unite the Old-Timers and Newbs?
When multimedia artist Sarah Quinter moved to Bushwick five years ago, the neighborhood known as Little Puerto Rico was already becoming richer, whiter and more…
At This Tribute to Marina Abramovic, the Stripper Was Present
A burlesque tribute to a pop culture meme is de rigueur in New York, from Nerdlesque’s esoteric minutiae to the long-running David Lynch Burlesque. But…