Our glasses-wearing New York State Senator Daniel Squadron, repping parts of North Brooklyn and the LES not just in style but also in substance, posed…
Bernie Sanders Nabs Critical Jim Joe Endorsement
Hot on the heels of a Fader piece about “How Artists Have Helped Sustain Bernie Sanders’ Run To The White House”, another NYC-based creative type is…
Gaggles of Heartsick Fans Will Descend on the LES Searching for The 1975 Tomorrow
If you’re in the Lower East Side tomorrow don’t be surprised if you come across roaming packs of rabid fans suffering from raging crushes. Twitter…
In New Novel, Youngblood, the Iraq War is a Ghost Story
I’d just barely cracked Matt Gallagher’s debut novel, Youngblood, and, to my surprise, I was really, sincerely into it. Don’t get me wrong, some of my…
5 Performance Picks: Corey Haim, Mary Shelley, and ‘Bad Theater’
THURSDAY I’ll Never Love Again Continues through March 19 at The Bushwick Starr, 207 Starr Street, Bushwick. Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm. Tickets are $18…
Bowie’s Recording Studio Closes; Death By Audio Doc Releases Trailer
A 33-year-old man sustained two stab wounds in the neck while riding the M train in Bushwick on Tuesday evening. His injuries were considered non-life-threatening. [DNA…
L Train Coalition Mulls Looming Shutdown: ‘Options on the Table, None of Them Good’
Are we ready for the impending L-pocalypse? Last night the L Train Coalition, a growing group of community stakeholders, met to confront the specter of a year-long L train shutdown and…
You Can Bank On the Chase Building at St. Marks and 2nd Being Demolished
St. Marks is now bereft of the Sock Man and soon Trash and Vaudeville, and now it looks like the Chase bank building at 130 Second Avenue will also be…
St. Mark’s Bookshop Will Close For Good This Sunday
The St. Mark’s Bookshop has made it official: after nearly 40 years in business, the beloved East Village bookstore will close for good at the…
Magic Words: FREE FOOD, FREE BEER Tonight at Whiskey Burger’s Grand Opening
Whiskey Burger serves exactly what you’d expect– whiskeys and burgers– and at the Greenpoint restaurant’s grand opening tonight, they can be yours for freeeeeee. That’s…