Last night, during the latest installment of Nitehawk’s series The Deuce, James Toback revealed that there’s a reason the head-smashing scene in his debut feature looks…
What Are Eddie Murphy, Joey Ramone, and Rosie Perez Doing in Bushwick?
Celebrities are invading Bushwick — or its walls, anyway. Not only did Joey Ramone just show up on a Troutman Street building thanks to Bushwick…
And the Latest Chain to Hit Williamsburg Is…
Hot on the heels of Levi’s, Scotch & Soda, and G-Star Raw, yet another national chain is opening up off of the Bedford stop. The…
Film: Jayne County Leads an Outrageous ’80 German Trans Musical and Sisters Buck the Patriarchy
City of Lost Souls Friday Nov. 20th, 7:30 pm at Union Docs: $9 Juliet Jacques, the author of Trans: A Memoir, which accounts for her…
AUrate, Jewelry’s Answer to Warby Parker, Pops Up in Williamsburg
Sophie Kahn and Bouchra Ezzahraoui were brunching at Café Gitane in Nolita when Sophie mentioned the trouble she’d been having with a Pucci ring she’d…
Here’s What Happened at the Mudd Club Rummage Sale
Last night, the legendary Mudd Club made a slight return, as Steve Mass, the owner of the ’70s and ’80s hotspot, hosted a rummage sale…
Sheldon Silver Asks For Acquittal; $2.1 Million Condo in Greenpoint
Yesterday former state assembly speaker Sheldon Silver submitted paperwork asking a judge to acquit him of corruption charges. [NY Daily News] A developer who paid…
Major Tom Is ‘Maybe’ in David Bowie’s New Video, Says Director Johan Renck
The video for David Bowie’s new single, “★” (pronounced “Blackstar”), is now up on YouTube, but those who made it to Nitehawk this afternoon to…
Richard Kern Revisits New York Girls, Feels ‘a Little Pervy Now’
To honor the 20th anniversary of New York Girls and the re-release of Richard Kern‘s first book, the East Village photographer and Cinema of Transgression filmmaker is running two…
Gaby Hoffmann, Jennifer Tilly And More Perform 100 Monologues To Benefit PS122
Not all fancy benefit performances open with a casually-dressed Eric Bogosian nursing a Brooklyn Lager and proclaiming in a deep drawl to the cocktail-clutching audience,…