Lawrence Levine and Sophia Takal have gotten a lot of great attention for previous works like Green, directed by Takal, and Gabi On The Roof In July,…
We Went Uptown For the First Time in Two Years, to Preview the Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial, which opens to the public this Friday, attempts for the 77th time to offer a snapshot of contemporary art in America while simultaneously…
Domino Development Gets CPC Approval; the Girls Bus Tour You Knew Was Coming
As expected, the new plan for the Domino Sugar factory site won the approval of the City Planning Commission and will now be voted on…
An ‘Arabian French Bistro’ Opens On Avenue A Tonight
If the East Village didn’t already have enough restaurants which marry two seemingly disparate cultures, tonight it can add “Arabian French Bistro” Au Za’atar to…
Ian Vanek of Japanther: ‘If You Want to Say Fuck Williamsburg, You Better Not Be Talkin Bout the Southside’
Japanther, an art and rock n’ roll project established in 2001 by Pratt students Ian Vanek and Matt Reilly, might just be obsessed with phone booths.…
Buyer of Chinatown Fish, Beware!
No, it doesn’t all come from the East River. But there’s been an outbreak of a rare bacterial skin infection caused by handling live or…
Boys and Girls, Here’s the New Video From The Men, Playing Bowery Tonight
If that new movie about Fort Tilden didn’t have you longing for summer, this new video from The Men surely will: it involves a trip…
Win Tix to Teenage’s Opening Night or TEEN’s Album Release Party
It’s a teenage riot! We’re giving away tickets to the opening night of Teenage, a film adaptation of Jon Savage’s history of adolescence featuring music…
Bowery Getting an Ace Hotel; Oral History of Pyramid Club
223-225 Bowery has sold for $30 million and will become a 180-room Ace Hotel with a small number of residential condominiums. [Curbed] Unions want all…
Over 150 People Are Lined Up For Free Pancakes Right Now
These people are flippin’ insane. It’s National Pancake Day at IHOP and here’s what the line looks like on East 14th Street. Over 150 people…