Between The Kevin Corrigan Show, the Lost Lectures, and Raising the Bar it’s pretty clear barrooms are the new lecture halls. If you’re looking for…
Din Yates of Cheeky Sandwich Shop Is Back in His LES Treehouse
Last year Bread for the Eater — the new one from Din Yates of Cheeky Sandwich Shop on the Lower East Side — debuted in…
Premiere: The Surreal Video For ‘Dreams Come False’ By A Man of Ideas
The music video for “Dreams Come False,” by A Man of Ideas, follows the journey of a young woman as she falls in love with…
Suspected Suicide On Williamsburg Bridge; Mayor Unveils Housing Agenda
Congrats to local winners at the James Beard Foundation Awards, including Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery, David Chang’s Lucky Peach magazine, and (soon to be local?) April…
Fort Tilden Beach Has Reopened, and Fort Tilden Is Showing at Vulture Festival
Pop the champagne! (Discretely, of course.) We just got word from the National Parks Service that Fort Tilden beach has quietly reopened.
Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune Sued Steve Croman Over a Restaurant That Wasn’t
That anti-Steve Croman parade isn’t the only headache the landlord is facing. Last week, the State Supreme Court ordered that he repay $57,075 to Gabrielle…
The Revelers at Holi NYC Really Got Some Color This Weekend
The city was awash in color Saturday. While the lucky few got to attend a party at Kenny Scharf’s Cosmic Cavern in East Williamsburg (peep…
Jennifer Esposito On Her Bakery, Her New Book, and Her Return(?) to Acting
Actress and Bensonhurt native Jennifer Esposito’s first apartment was in the East Village when she was 18. A little more than a year ago, the…
Video: Watch Liza Dye Do Stand-Up About Getting Hit By a Train
Last month Liza Dye spoke to us about getting struck by a subway train, becoming the subject of tabloid headlines and receiving donations from sympathetic…
Here’s Frank Ape Monkeying Around in a Former East Village Bodega
We knew Brandon Sines was taking over a former East Village bodega with a Frank Ape free-for-all. What we didn’t know until we got to…