Olek is the prolific crochet artist known best for disrupting public spaces by swathing dull stone, concrete, and brick with enormous, sometimes intricate yarn hoods. While she’s…
Book Sale! Spoonbill Moves Warehouse to an Area That’s ‘What Bedford Used to Be’
This weekend Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers is hosting a sale at its Williamsburg warehouse, soon to be replaced by a new facility on Montrose Avenue.…
Bruce High Quality Foundation Leaving East Village, Shows Off Brooklyn Base
Last night the mask-wielding artists of the Bruce High Quality Foundation opened up the doors of their epic new studio space in Sunset Park. The excuses were a party and…
Ryan McGinley’s New Photos: Walking Buck-Naked in a Winter Wonderland
Ryan McGinley’s seventh opening at Team Gallery was just like all the others: at any given moment, there were just as many people on Grand…
A New Gallery With Epic Views of Shit Creek Will Host the Next Wild Torus Event
I’m not gonna lie, when I heard Wild Torus— the aggressively psychedelic Bushwick performance art duo– would be hosting their “most ambitious event yet” this…
Tombs Found Under Washington Square Park; Hotel For Greenpoint Terminal Market?
On Tuesday and Wednesday, city contractors uncovered two tombs filled with human skeletons in Washington Square Park. [NY Post] Renderings and a $24.5 million listing…
Who Said St. Marks Is Dead? It Just Got a Brand Spankin’ New Sex Shop
Trash and Vaudeville is going, St. Marks Sounds is gone, and a Caffe Bene is on the way. But, as noted in a new history, St. Marks Place “will…
Secret Project Robot Team Opens A Bar-Cafe-Gallery With ‘Zine Vending Machines’
Erik Zajaceskowski and Rachel Nelson, the husband and wife behind art/music space Secret Project Robot and hoppin’ Bushwick bar Happyfun Hideaway, are putting the finishing touches on their latest…
Landlord Tells Ella Cafe and Sujo to Pay Up and Clear Out
Turns out El Beit isn’t the only Bedford Avenue spot that recently bit the dust. After replacing Ella Cafe with Korean gastropub Sujo and then briefly…
GQ’s ‘Best New Menswear Designer’ Opens a Williamsburg Flagship
With shops like Kai D., Feltraiger, and Robert James, Williamsburg is increasingly becoming a destination for discerning dudes seeking dashing duds. The latest local designer to…