If you’re among those who feel like the East Village is looking more and more like Murray Hill, you’ll get a kick out of this…
Wanna Fake Stab Someone in Dumbo On Friday? Come Out and Play!
Stick with me here for a sec. OK, so you’re blindfolded and holding a “knife” (retractable) in a “graveyard” (technically, Manhattan Bridge Archway Plaza), stalking…
Line Up to Get Your Slab Poked at Meattt, Bushwick’s Freshest Tattoo Shop
Another tattoo shop. In Bushwick. Next to an esoteric record shop. OK… you might be thinking. But your attention please, because the mind of Marina Heintze, bled…
Talks and Readings: Dissecting Warhol, a LES Eat Pray Love, and More
TONIGHT Overcoming the past is a key theme in young authors’ Edan Lepucki and Mira Jacobs debut novels, both published last year to great acclaim, so it…
Rockaway’s Palm-Tree Paradise Will Have Mud Baths, Films Picked by Greta Gerwig
If you missed the boat on Amy Poehler’s sold-out rooftop film festival at the McKittrick Hotel, buck up: we just got word that Greta Gerwig is bringing outdoor…
Roberta’s Faces Lawsuit; Charleston Bar Brawl Ruled a Homicide
Michael Sapp—the 33-year-old who died three days after receiving a head injury outside Williamsburg’s Charleston bar—was a homicide victim, according to police. [Brooklyn Paper] Former…
Experimental Filmmaker Gets Year in Prison For Bank Heist
Experimental filmmaker Joseph Gibbons was the focus of multiple camera lenses this afternoon — not as part of one his projects, but because he had…
Shows: Trip Metal Metastasizing and Sweaty Dance Party in a Bathtub
Here’s to hoping you took this past weekend to cram your butt, beach umbrellas, and coolers full of malt liquor onto the A train, also…
New Skate Shop Caters to ‘Men Riding On Useless Wooden Toys’
Walking into a skate shop for the first time can be intimidating. Habitat pro Al Davis once likened the experience to walking into a neighborhood…
Video: Witches Swoop into the Village For a Pagan Street Faire
Who says all the witches are in Bushwick? This past Saturday, we visited Witchsfest USA, the annual “pagan street faire” on Astor Place. Play the…