In the past year and a half, the East Village has grown accustomed to the presence of candles, messages of remembrance and fresh flowers outside…
Robo Rosé! At a Wine Shop Aiming to ‘Disrupt,’ Machines Let You Sip the Goods
Are wine stores getting away with “highway robbery?” Gary Landsman, owner of Taste Wine Company, thinks so. To put an end to this crime, he…
Film Right Now: Male Muscle Epics and Transmutation by Jazz
This week our film picks are all ones in which context weighs heavily on the experience. While two of these movies are rendered incredible beyond…
Step into a Pitch-Black Box For Some Truly Enlightening Art
We’re all familiar with the traditional “white box” art gallery— it’s bright, clean, sterile, artificial and unshadowed. Keeping this in mind, BFP Creative made a…
Free Films in Tompkins Kicked Off Last Night, James Franco’s Pick Coming Soon
While we’ve been packing our picnic baskets for SummerScreen, Rooftop Films, Nitehawk’s Summer Series, Films on the Green, and the films at Socrates Sculpture Park, one of…
La Churreria Has Closed; Guess They Weren’t Making Enough Dough
Well, this is a bummer. One of our favorite Spanish spots, La Churreria, has called it a day. Just a month after we got all…
Stray Bullet Hits Car in Bushwick; Greenpointers Not a Fan of Compost Bins
Ray’s Candy Store owner Ray Alvarez, 82, was back at his Avenue A spot this week for the first time following heart valve replacement surgery…
Premiere: Watch Sharkmuffin Get Played By the ‘Tinder King’ in Their New Video
We’ve been waiting for Sharkmuffin’s new album to drop ever since we talked to them pre-SXSW and got their thoughts on being named one of…
‘Trail of Tears’ Is a Clear-Eyed Look at America’s ‘First Genocide’
“This is a chance to look at the first genocide,” said director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj as he opened last night’s performance of “Trail of Tears” at The…
Con Artist Has Art So Cheap You Can Eat It, Trust
I’d never seen art move so quickly off the walls as I did last night at Con Artist Collective‘s Lower East Side gallery. Things were…