Carmen Rivera, a 71-year-old seamstress, needed 20 stitches yesterday after she was slashed while waiting for the D train at the Broadway-Lafayette subway station in…
And Now, Your Moment of Jonas…
The Chinatown snowman is back in the New York groove. The oldie but goodie, spotted at Canal and Essex this morning, joins our other favorite…
A ‘Quite Unorthodox’ Artists Residency Puts Bushwick into Global Perspective
I had a hard time believing I was in the right place, what with shattered glass scattered everywhere and the absence of a sign. I’ve…
Pass a Tortilla Factory and Enter a Phantasmagoria of Art
Rice paper aerobics exercises, blotchy watercolor eeriness, and vast colorful landscapes all intermingle in a dance of shapes and shades in Phantasmagoria, an exhibit of…
Bummer: Lost Weekend Waves Goodbye to LES
If you were bummed when the Parks Department declared no surfing during the blizzard, you’re probably familiar with Lost Weekend, the Lower East Side’s haven for surfheads and poseurs…
Facebook Censors a Bushwick Gallery Over Artist’s Toilet-Squatting Stunt
For the second time since his eponymous Bushwick gallery opened, Christopher Stout logged onto Facebook to find that his account had been frozen. The gallerist, whose…
Talks + Readings: Radical Mutants, Hanya Yanagihara and Choose Your Own Misery
Ramzi Fawaz + Phil Jimenez Thursday, January 28 at 7:00 p.m. at The Strand, 828 Broadway “Dissecting comic book history through the lens of queer theory” is probably…
Arrest in Williamsburg Stabbing; Police Shooting in East Village
One of two suspects, Dante Malary, 19, turned himself in Friday for the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Jovani Cubias in Williamsburg’s Sternberg Park last week. [DNA…
Gather Your Coven, This Witchy Film Series is Required Attendance
It’s no wonder February is shaping up to be the perfect time to binge on witchy happenings– the start of the month is marked by…
Blowfly (Briefly) Got ‘Rusty Trombone’ Into The New York Times
We never thought the Original Dirty Rapper would meet the Old Gray Lady, but there it is: a proper Times obituary for Clarence Reid, the…