We’re guessing the world would look a whole lot different if bad ass women like Penelope Gazin had been well-represented in animation and comics from the…
Watch This Giant Donald Trump Piñata Get Bashed to Bits
A flock of Trump groupies gathered on the eastern side of McCarren Park yesterday, but there was nary a “Thank You Lord Jesus” sign to be…
Elizabeth Street Garden Under Threat; Work Stopped at Ace Hotel Bowery
A 42-year-old man is in critical condition after being assaulted outside Bushwick’s La Fogata restaurant yesterday morning around 4 a.m. Police are looking for the…
Who Was Able to Wake This Sleeping Artist With a Kiss?
A young man with rich brown hair, soft lips and a blindfold reposes on a mattress. It will only take one quick movement of your wrist…
Chef-Driven Cantonese Spot Will Bring Venison Stir-Fry to Avenue B
The co-founder of what might just be “the best Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn” is setting up shop in the East Village. Ben Pope, former executive…
Read This Book Before You Snapchat That Masked Punk Musician
“What if on the outside of this picture, where this guy is sitting on a chair with his guitar, there’s a chained up hostage being…
Talks and Readings: Bourbon Guru, Top-Notch Poets, and a Professional Internet Person
TUESDAY Robert Goolrick’s most recent novel, The Fall of Princes, finds retired 1980s ad man Rooney writing his memoir after an era of American Psycho-style unrepentant debauchery and greed (but…
Tap Your Inner ‘Good Ole Boy’ in Bushwick This Weekend
“Boots and buckles, red clay and sand. My point ain’t subtle. I’m a southern man,” are the opening lines to The Cadillac Three’s song “The…
Lit Reopens September 11; Bernie Sanders Big in Bushwick
Police closed a Second Avenue convenience store, alleging stolen property and synthetic marijuana being sold on the premises. [EV Grieve] East Village landlord Rafael Toledano is being…
Shows: Proof That Phil Collins Still Inspires the Youth, Weird Country, and More
Hate to break it to you but the band to see this week, Royal Headache (Mark E. Smith and Morrissey moved to Australia and had a…