The way I’ve always understood them, psychedelics are much more than extremely potent drugs– far from being toys for recreational escapism, they’re actually a means of temporarily nullifying…
Ave A Bar Berlin to Celebrate their One-Year by Getting ‘Really Freakin’ Drunk’
There are three things that are really difficult to do in Manhattan (in ascending order): maintaining a bar, maintaining a music venue, and maintaining your…
Four Readings: Alt-Comedy Collective to Tear Up the Strand + Actor Winos, Winot?
TUESDAY Hyperallergic IRL 2 August 16, 7 pm at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, The super stylish Hyperallergic, the online magazine for all your arts-and-culture-related thinkpiece…
Kristin Dombek on to How to Write a Book About Narcissists Without Becoming One
Kristin Dombek’s legendary essay “How to Quit,” published in the winter 2013 edition of n+1, garnered heated word of mouth and praise from the likes of Brooklyn Magazine’s…
Troll Museum Briefly Returns; Two Dog-Themed Fundraisers in Bushwick
Beginning tonight and continuing for the next week, the recently-shuttered Troll Museum will be remounted at Orchard Street art space Chinatown Soup,. [Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY]…
Masks Not Mascs at the Femmequerade Ball, a Party to Cure ‘Toxic Masculinity’
Dozens of women and femmes will descend upon the Good Room in Greenpoint this Thursday to party until that oppressive cis-white-male toxic-masculinity is done for. Or at…
Fire Hydrants Flowin’, Vegan Feasts, Beating that Heat: Last Weekend on Insta
Soaring temperatures, brunch plans, hangovers of various kinds, cute outfits, and sundry pictures of food and iced beverages: if you had an awesome weekend but…
Muralist Returns for Third Try after Bad Luck Streak of ‘Biblical’ Proportions
After a false start three weeks ago, street artist Logan Hicks is ready to give his Bowery Graffiti Wall mural another shot. The stencil mural,…
Art Hearts: Daughters of Mercury + Pieces of Women + Liar, Liar Art’s on Fire
Close Hamm Opening Monday August 15, 7 pm to 9 pm at ROOQ Fine Arts and Framing. On view through January 17. Artist Sharon Spell…
Yer Week in Shows: Let NYC Shake + Get Summertime Ratchet While You Still Can
MONDAY PJ Harvey Monday August 15, 7:30 pm at Terminal 5: $55 We can’t guarantee that the rest of your week won’t be filled with…