Video Daughters, Quin Galavis, 2;Frail, Drome Wednesday November 16, 8 pm at Alphaville: $8 The good people at Alphaville haven’t been mincing words about their…
Own Jay-Z’s Brooklyn Loft; Video of Suspect in Williamsburg Shooting
Police released video of the suspected gunman from the Williamsburg triple shooting that occurred Sunday outside of Don Pedro. [DNA Info] The 2017 NYC Michelin…
David Mancuso, ‘Musical Host’ Who Shaped NYC Nightlife, Dead at 72
First Leonard Cohen, now this. David Mancuso, one of the most influential figures in New York City nightlife, has died less than a month after…
Latest Buzz: Vibrator Store That Unionized Now Faces Unfair Labor Charges
Just six months after becoming the first sex shop to unionize, Babeland has been accused of unlawfully firing an employee and engaging in practices that violate…
Artist Doug Young Attempts to Elevate ‘Low’ Art to Uplifting
It was an oddly apropos time to be thinking about “high” art and “low” art, which is what artist Doug Young and I discussed at…
Transgender Awareness Week: What To Do + Where to Donate
Life seems pretty bleak post-November 9, and even moreso when you consider that 2016 has been declared the “deadliest year on record” for transgender individuals…
McSorley’s Bounces Back From Health Dept Closure; Rezoning Nixed on Williamsburg Waterfront
The School’s Special Commission of Investigation found no one to blame for the October 2015 choking death of a 7-year-old girl at P.S. 250 in…
How a Bunch of Brave New Futurists Zapped the Old Pearl River Mart Back to Life
“Preservationist” has become something of a slur, used to denigrate the old-timers and neo-hippies who’d rather save ratty old tenant buildings and dusty mom-and-pop stores…
‘Style Wars’ Producer Henry Chalfant Offers Panoramic Views of Graffiti’s ‘Golden Age’
Since Thursday, the white walls at Eric Firestone Gallery have been wholly devoted to just a small portion of Henry Chalfant’s archive of “subway photographs.”…
First He Took Manhattan: Leonard Cohen’s Breakthrough Years in NYC
We remember him well in the Chelsea Hotel, but Leonard Cohen’s New York City existence spanned beyond just the hotel where a makeshift memorial sprung up…