Walking into the Company Gallery on the Lower East Side feels like stepping inside a Tumblr. Photographs of painted people, tinted by sunlight flooding in through…
East Village Gets Its First Kava Bar, Kavasutra
A flurry of activity at 261 East 10th Street last week signaled the arrival of Kavasutra, a 10-seat bar serving tea made with kava root,…
Bowery Tenants Protest Landlord They Say Is Pushing Them Out
About 100 people came out to the Bowery today for a press conference, where 27 families living in 83 and 85 Bowery spoke out against…
Italian-Turned-Spanish Spot Turns Italian Again
Well, that was fast. Just a handful of months after Giulio Adriani transformed his Italian spot Forcella into a tapas bar named Espoleta, he’s bowing…
Rockin’ in the Not-So-Free World: W-burg Luxury Building Adds a Recording Studio
With places like Glasslands, 285 Kent and [in a couple of days we’ll insert the next one here] shuttering left and right, you’d think the…
Dina Gadia’s Collages Are Chopped and Screwed Visions of a Golden Age
Dina Gadia’s pulpy, graphic collages, now on view at Greenpoint’s Owen James Gallery, bring to mind a ’50s wholesomeness and tropical kitsch while at the…
Abbi and Ilana Share Some Nuggets About Season 3 of Broad City
It’s been a very Abbi Jacobson couple of days: Saturday at Irving Plaza we saw her sit in with Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas during…
Inside the Bowery Bank Art Show That Nobody Got Into
When Vito Schnabel announced that he was hosting an art show in the iconic Germania Bank building at 190 Bowery, his invite made clear that…
Shooting On Avenue C; Bushwick Coffin Mystery Solved
Saturday night an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg on Avenue C near 5th Street following an argument. [NY Daily News] Authorities have determined…
Photos: Dance Parade Shimmies, Shakes, Raves Its Way into the East Village
The ninth annual Dance Parade rolled into the East Village this afternoon. Click through our slideshow to see what you missed, or head over to…