It was a long, hard winter which, honestly, now that I’m looking back on it, I managed to block most of it out. But dare…
Still Some Tix Up for Grabs at Vulture’s Poptastic Culture Festival this Weekend
We were so busy sifting through the mounds of stuff out there to keep you out-n-about this weekend– from Essex Street Market’s Block Party to…
Hail Mary, Not so Full of Grease: Upscale Grace-y Spoon Comes to Greenpoint
Plenty of upscale diners have hit the food scene as of late– for one, there’s Juno, the Bushwick restaurant that John Barclay (founding dude at…
‘Passport’ to Planet Booze, Where Rivers of Craft Cocktails Flow Free (Er, Two-for-One)
It’s forecast to rain all weekend (boo), but today the weather gods are giving us a pretty tantalizing taste of the summer vibes around the corner.…
Slava Ukraini Y’all, It’s the 40th-Annual Saint George Ukrainian Festival
It’s officially feelin’ like almost-summertime, and you know what that means– more ice cream and more murders. We trust you’re all aware that higher temps…
Get ‘Gentrifucked’ in Bushwick With Sunset Park ‘Boom Bap’ Hip-Hop Crew
Rising rents and changing neighborhoods got you down? Tonight head over to Bushwick’s main-squeeze community space, Mayday, for an art and music fest to commiserate…
Benefit Tonight for W-Burg Fire Victims; Top NYC Vintage Shops
IDIO Gallery will host a musical benefit tonight for those displaced by March’s Dekalb Avenue fire. Tickets are $8 to $10. [Bushwick Daily] The Department…
Yer Fast-Approaching Future in Music
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Tuesday May 24, 8 pm at the Marlin Room, Webster Hall: $25 Goblin– the late ’70s Italian band best known for their…
The Gentrification Art Show That Inspires ‘Intentional Awkwardness’
In New York dingy, overpriced studio apartments manage to command bidding wars, while longtime city-dwellers with sweet rent-regulated deals have come to expect landlord harassment. Meanwhile, archaic affordable-housing…
Citi Bike’s Getting Generous With a Slot-Happy Expansion Plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that, starting in August (er, just in time for the end of summer), Citi Bike will be installing new docking stations for their…