Two of Top Chef’s blondest, Southernest contestants, Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth were making the rounds at Root & Bone‘s opening party last night. The…
Cruising the Bijou, a Hidden Underground Cinema and Sex Den
It took me three passes before I could bring myself to open the unmarked black door on East 4th Street, the one an older man…
Greenpoint Comic Strip: ‘People Always Forget It Started With the Trucker Hats’
Attention all Greenpoint dwellers who aren’t yet sick and tired of talking gentrification. Longtime Greenpointer Tony Wolf is putting the neighborhood’s urban renewal woes on (virtual) paper…
MOVES Is a Rising Fashion House With a ‘Raw, Rowdy Edge’
“For people who really value New York design culture, this is the place to be,” said R. Mackswell Sherman, half of the design team behind MOVES.
The Trap Lord Cometh and More Upcoming Shows
Here’s what’s good in live music this week. Sacred Bones has kind of been killing it lately, and Crystal Stilts is no exception. They’re on…
We’d Like to Get Into Your Pants (Via Our New App!)
Last week, we celebrated our first anniversary by unveiling a new events calendar and promised still more exciting news. Well, here it is! Get the…
Bushwick’s Most Controversial Building; Free Gelato Today
Police are searching for a 21-year-old man who was swept away by an East River current after jumping from a Williamsburg pier early yesterday, following…
Cameo’s New Sister Restaurant Is a Caribbean Queen
Last week Jify Shah opened up a namesake restaurant next to his venue Cameo Gallery, where Lovin’ Cup Café once stood. The chef there has stayed along at Jify’s, but the menu,…
Good Talks: World Cup Buzzkill, a ‘Live Documentary,’ and Shakespeare Star Wars
Upcoming talks and readings. Because sometimes, you just want to watch C-3P0 soliloquize in Early Modern English. Thursday, June 26 Nathan Deuel and Friday was the Bomb…
Morbid Anatomy’s Divya Anantharaman Shows Us DIY Taxidermy
Since we profiled Divya Anantharaman and her taxidermy shoes last summer, she’s become a “taxidermist in residence” at Morbid Anatomy, an enterprise dedicated to “cool stuff that’s at the intersection of…