For the past dozen years, Toronto artist Ross Bonfanti has been buying thrift store stuffed animals, slashing open their backs, and replacing their plush insides…
Attack of the Goth Lolitas! Harajuku Girls Descend On the LES
That veggie burger wasn’t the only thing that brought bonkers crowds to the Lower East Side over the weekend. For one very kawaii afternoon, the…
The Line For Brooks Headley’s Veggie Burger Was Ramen-Burger-Worthy
Sunday afternoon a thick line of New Yorkers twisted down half of Eldridge Street and onto Stanton—all of them waiting for veggie burgers. A man…
Dumpling Man Gets Sued; World’s Most Hipster Neighborhoods
Lower East Side gallery 47 Canal will close on August 2 and relocate to 291 Grand Street, where it will reopen in September under its…
It’s Gonna Be ‘Shwick: Brooklyn’s Newest Maker Market Is Born
All ye makers of artisanal Sriracha and hand-crafted jewellery and normcore t-shirts, rejoice! Come August 23, there’ll be yet another market in New York City’s most…
Crocodiles, Phoxes, and How Not To Get Beat Up by Brody Dalle
Time again for Good Shows, our weekly roundup of what’s good in live music. Southern rockers signed to Sub Pop? OK, then. Lee Bains III and…
Rocker-Writer Elizabeth Cline of Mortals Shreds Axe and Pen Alike
The Brooklyn metal scene is thriving. “It’s really cool to see how many bands have done well coming out of Brooklyn in recent years,” metal…
Now Showing: Kickstarter Film Fest, Complimentary Absinthe, and More
That damn potato salad might be all you’re hearing about Kickstarter these days, but the Greenpoint-based crowfunding company is throwing a big party in Fort Greene…
‘I Said, I Need More; So I Got This Girl, This Female Gremlin’
If you’re hitting the Brooklyn Flea’s ice cream social or doing anything else in Williamsburg this weekend, you might just run into Juan Nisvis, Jr.,…
Cockroach Legs, Fantasy Pez, and Dick Pins: It’s Collector’s Night!
Last night Williamsburg’s City Reliquary teamed up with the Brooklyn Historical Society for Collector’s Night 2014, held at the latter’s home base in Downtown Brooklyn.