The city is awash in purple as New Yorkers mourn the death of yet another music legend this year. Last night, cries of “Purple Rain” and…
A Secret Dinner Proves ‘It Can Be Cool and Hipster and Greenpoint to Be Jewish’
Last Friday around dusk, a group of Russian speakers met near McGolrick Park in Greenpoint. The women were tarted up and the men dressed to…
How Was Prince’s Times Obituary Written? A New Documentary Sheds Light
Sometime before 1:45 p.m. yesterday, the New York Times reported that Prince had died, via a bare-bones, two-paragraph squib citing the Associated Press. By 4:30 p.m., music…
Bushwickers Fight MTA Displacement; Purple Rain at Village East Cinema
Both 77 and 79 Rivington Street are being auctioned off in a lot where bids start at $11 million. [Bowery Boogie] Bushwick residents in danger of…
The Olsen Twins Art Exhibit You Never Knew You Needed Is Now a Reality
Congratulations, internet! That pop-up art gallery dedicated to the Ashley and Mary Kate has become a reality. “The Olsen Twins Hiding from the Paparazzi” has gone from being…
Hundreds Rally for the Right to Refuse Stop and Frisk
In 2013 Mayor Bill De Blasio was voted into office with pledges to reign in police violence and stop-and-frisk policing targeted at blacks and latinos. (Remember that…
Awkwafina All Around Us: Queens Rapper’s Doc Debut and TV Takeover
Queens-born rapper Awkwafina (the alter-ego of Nora Lum) says she’s been doing some serious “hustling” in the last couple of years: recording an album, putting out an…
Watch Me ‘lele: There Will Be Ukuleles and All That Jazz at The Unicorn’s B-Day Bash
Ukulele alert. The Unicorn, a music school and event space on the Lower East Side, will celebrate its first anniversary this evening with a combination open house/talent show/music performance.…
Tina Fey Will ‘Share a Grave’ With Her Kimmy Schmidt Co-Creator But Is Too ‘Alpha’ To Do a Show With Amy Poehler
Just how much does Tina Fey prefer filming Unbreakeable Kimmy Schmidt in Greenpoint to shooting 30 Rock in Long Island City? A lot, she told Damian Holbrook, of…
Rockaway Brewing Co. Brings a Beach to Bushwick and More Beer to the Beach
For several summers now, Rockaway Brewing Co. has been a fixture at the beach. Now the budding brewery is fixing to build a beach of its own, with…