Meryl Meisler turned heads last year with her photographs of Bushwick in the late ’70s and early ’80s, when the neighborhood was racked by arson,…
Lorimer Stop Gets a Nice New Place For Quaffing Coffee
The area off the Lorimer stop has never been as coffee congested as Bedford Avenue, but that’s starting to change. In the former home of…
Trader Joe’s Coming to Williamsburg; EV’s Last Pigeon Keeper
Tuesday morning a man was slashed in the face three times with a knife at a Williamsburg bodega. [CBS NY] Thirteen people were charged with…
Upcoming Film, From Bronxploitation to Queer Interventions
Our little corner of the world is indisputably changing in a lot of ways. Some of that transformation is so very “ugh” for so, so many people. But…
Get Gigli With It: The 128th Annual Giglio Feast Is Upon Us
This time, it ain’t a movie shoot. The 128th annual Giglio Feast is underway for reals in Williamsburg. Yesterday’s opening night brought a ferris wheel,…
Go See Billy Martin (Medeski Martin & Wood) Read Music Off of a Log
Tonight in the Drawing Center’s newly renovated gallery, Billy Martin and several fellow percussionists will perform a “visual score” painted by the Medeski Martin &…
In Chinatown, Mr. Fong’s Aims to Be Like the Old Max Fish, ‘With Better Cocktails’
Alas, Lit is closing, but could Mr. Fong’s keep hope alive for the downtown set? Lucas Moran, who just opened the neighborhood bar in the shadow of the…
Two Events to Celebrate Local Zines and Indie Publishers Approacheth
This is officially the season where all these people who describe themselves as your friends keep calling (on the actual phone, wtf), beckoning you to…
Lit Lounge Leaving East Village; Kids Reunion Redux
Lit Lounge is closing after 14 years in the East Village and will reopen in Bushwick sometime soon. Co-owner Erik Foss, who will be joined…
Two Chances to Soak Up Some Sun Ra
A little over a year after Sun Ra’s centenary celebration, the far-out work of the jazz musician, poet, and Afro-futurist who taught us that “space…