Jad Abumrad is a genius. Really. In 2011, he received the ridiculously prestigious MacArthur Genius Award for creating “engaging audio explorations of scientific and philosophical…
Watch Nirvana Reunite — With Kim Gordon, St. Vincent and Lorde As Kurt
It’s not every show that Peter Gabriel, Cat Stevens, Hall and Oates and freaking Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are merely the warm-up…
Williamsburg Apartment Fire; Bushwick Hit-and-Run Driver Caught on Video
More than 100 firefighters fought a blaze at a Williamsburg apartment building. Two police officers were hospitalized with smoke inhalation before being released. [The Brooklyn…
Near Joey Ramone Way, De Blasio Touts First 100 Days As ‘Rockaway Beach’ Plays
Today while the rest of us were celebrating Stephen Colbert’s succession of David Letterman, Mayor Bill de Blasio was celebrating himself. Specifically, his first 100…
Three Bookselling Institutions Get Ready For Their Next Chapters
There’s real estate news from three of the city’s book-selling institutions. The rumors about Shakespeare & Co.’s possible closure are getting harder to ignore. The space…
Surprise, Surprise: Half Off All Housewares at Two East Village Goners
If you’re looking for cheap housewares, today’s your day: everything is 50 percent off at Surprise! Surprise!, which will close at the end of this…
Could This Rat-Riddled Lot Become Your New Picnic Spot?
Could your next kale salad come from what’s currently a trash-strewn, rat-infested lot in Williamsburg? The Gardeners of Hooper Street Park believe so. The group…
The ‘Ultimate Stoner Cupcake’ Is Coming to Bedford Avenue
Tara and Billy Koenig met while working as managers at Balthazar in 2006. Two years later, they moved to Charlottesville, VA, where they opened a…
Fatal Hit-and-Run in Bushwick; Kickstarter’s New Greenpoint HQ
A 46-year-old man on a bicycle was struck and killed by a BMW in Bushwick. Before the car fled the scene, it also struck a…
DJ Spooky Will Spin Some Seoul Music This Weekend
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, aka the busiest man alive, is just back from a couple of months in Seoul (where, during our own…