The signage that was covering up the goings-on inside of Galeria, Clinton Street’s new hybrid art-restaurant-concept shop, has finally been ripped down. Last night, we found Jairo Barros sitting…
Performance Picks: Bloody Celeb Humor, Motherly Folktales, Murder Mystery
If the The Fire This Time Festival and The Exponential Festival have you festivaled out, here are some other choice performances to check out. WEDNESDAY An…
Snowballing and Street Bocce: How Lower East Siders Escaped the Grit
How many times have you played street bocce or jumped off the dock for a dip in the Hudson? Pouring through some of the 180,000 hi-res…
Uber Baby Born in Greenpoint; Cafe-Barbershop to Replace Pink Poney
On Monday morning, a baby girl was delivered in the back seat of an Uber stuck in Greenpoint traffic on the BQE. [NY Daily News]…
New Footage of Suspect in ‘Random’ East Village Slashing
Here’s surveillance footage of the man suspected of slashing a stranger’s face in broad daylight in the East Village. Around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the man…
‘Hot Mary’ Houlihan is One Live ’N’ Good Comedian
If you’ve ever even considered seeing a comedy show at venues like Muchmore’s, Over the Eight, or the Annoyance, chances are you’ve seen Mary Houlihan…
Smile! Cafe Grumpy Is Coming to Nolita
Cafe Grumpy, the Greenpoint coffee roaster that shot to fame as Ray and Hannah’s place of employment in Girls, is opening a seventh shop in Nolita. The…
Two Different Stories at EV Bookstores: One Booms, the Other Busts
The St. Mark’s Bookshop has now officially announced what we broke news of two weeks ago — that it’s facing eviction by the New York City Housing…
Remember When Punk Magazine Made the East Village the Center of the Universe?
In 1976, a comic artist named John Holmstrom begot Punk magazine as an excuse to stalk his favorite bands from the downtown scene, and look cool in…
Talks + Readings: Scam Artists, Music Meccas, and Steve Jobs-O-Rama
The Confidence Game Tuesday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m. at The Strand, 828 Broadway New Yorker columnist Maria Konnikova is in her element with a deep dive…