At some point after launching his Langos Truck a couple of weeks ago, George Prepuk put up a sign explaining what the heck a langos…
Cabbie Gets 20 Years For Rape; Blondie Plays Rough Trade
Above: a look at the new Cope2 mural on the Bowery wall. Gurmeet Singh, the cab driver convicted of raping a passenger he was transporting from Williamsburg to…
Downtown Artist Dan Colen Buried a Couple of Semis in a Greenwich, CT Lawn
Dan Colen, the downtown artist best known for his charming antics with Ryan McGinley and the late Dash Snow, opened a solo show, Help!, at…
Girls Returns to Williamsburg, and It Isn’t the Only HBO Show Filming There
If you missed Lena and the gang outside of Toby’s Estate in Williamsburg on Friday you’ll have another chance to stalk them later this week,…
SXSW Winner Fort Tilden Will Show at Northside and LES Film Fest Next Month
While many spent their glorious Saturday afternoons rolling out to the Rockaways, we spent it in a darkened movie theater, watching a film about a…
Didn’t Make It to NADA or Cutlog? Here’s a Fairly Comprehensive Tour
There were at least a dozen art and design fairs all over the city this past weekend, anchored by the glitzy-beyond-belief Frieze NYC on Randall’s…
At Comedy Bang Bang, Wyatt Cenac Pandered to Manhattanites For a Change
Last night Scott Aukerman (Mr. Show, Between Two Ferns) once again brought his farcical Comedy Bang Bang podcast to NYU Skirball for a live taping.…
‘It’s Out of This World’: 18 Reactions to Kara Walker’s Domino Installation
For 22 years, Kara Walker’s work has probed the ugly issues of race, colonialism and power. But she’s never done something quite like A Subtlety, or the Marvelous…
Jay Ott Found Dead; $2.5M Coffee Shop Coming to Williamsburg
The body of 31-year-old Bushwick designer Jay Ott, who went missing on March 22, was found Thursday night in the New York Bay near Sunset Park.…
Disturbing Video: 68-Year-Old Attacked and Killed On East Sixth Street
The graphic surveillance footage below shows the brutal attack on a 68-year-old that happened Friday night in the East Village. It was sent to us…