As one might expect, the 5th annual WitchsFest USA, which unfurled its freak flag over Astor Place on Saturday, was a hotbed for crazies. Oh, we’re not…
Black Lives Matter Marches and Arrests Continued Over the Weekend
Since Thursday evening, Black Lives Matter protesters have been on-and-off occupying the streets of New York City. Demonstrations were held almost continuously this weekend in New…
Moaning Metalheads and Weeping Punks Mourned The Acheron’s Closing
It was clear from the get-go things were gonna be seriously crazy at The Acheron’s very last show on Saturday night, what with another stellar lineup of…
Bushwick Inlet Park Advocates Camped Out, Demanded S’more Progress on Negotiations
On Saturday evening, about 40 neighborhood activists and elected officials braved the ominously dark clouds in the sky and gathered on the concrete slab adjacent…
Sultan, Your Lift Has Arrived: Scenes From Williamsburg’s 129th Giglio Feast
The annual Giglio Feast, a Williamsburg tradition since 1903, is going on right now on the blocks around Our Lady of Mount Carmel church. And…
St. Mark’s Ale House Is Closing; Bowery Gets an Outdoor Market
In the wake of numerous acts of police brutality nationwide, 1,000 NYDP officers will soon don body cameras to patrol as part of a test…
Get Consumed By A Death Womb at This Bushwick Art Show
Tonight, loft apartment turned art gallery Club 157 will be transformed into a tribute to the life of Mary of Cain. Who’s that lady?, you…
Secret Project Robot Says Goodbye Cruel World With ‘Rainbow Hugs and Kisses’
The name says it all– at Rainbow Hugs and Kisses: a Doomsday Celebration, Secret Project Robot will start saying their goodbyes to the neighborhood they’ve called…
Toto, We’re Not in the Theater Anymore: Metrograph Launches Outdoor Films With Wizard of Oz
The Lower East Side’s new cinephile paradise is joining the city’s summer tradition of (mostly free) outdoor film screenings. Next Tuesday, Metrograph will be showing The…
Protesters Occupy Streets in Response to Police Killings of Black Men
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of New York City last night, halting traffic and chanting throughout midtown Manhattan to protest the police shootings…