Fear not, NYU students! No longer will you have to log on to Seeking Arrangement in order to pay your student debt. In a memorandum sent…
2 Great Excuses to Check Out the Galleries, Eateries of Bushwick and E W’Burg
If you’re a Manhattanite who has bunkered down for the winter, it’s probably been a while since you’ve gotten out to East Williamsburg and Bushwick.…
At Big Al Screening, Sharpton’s ‘Right Hand Man’ Hashes Out Black Lives Matter
The Reverend himself was supposed to be at the Wythe Hotel for Wednesday’s screening of Big Al: a Week in the Life of the Reverend Al Sharpton, but he ended…
Meet the Bodega Cats of Bushwick
For most people, drunkenly stumbling into a bodega at 2 a.m. for a hot sandwich is mostly, if not entirely, about acquiring and eating said…
Chopt Opens at 51 Astor, and Jeff Koons Bunny Gets Some Lettuce to Eat
The long vacant retail spaces at 51 Astor got a CVS back in December, and now the futuristic office building that’s home to Jeff Koons’s balloon…
Chinatown Protesters Call Mayor’s Housing Plan ‘Nothing But a Big Scam’
It was freezing outside, but the 60-odd Chinatown community activists gathered in front of Gracie Mansion yesterday were fired up. In English, Spanish and Chinese, they…
4 Performances Not to Miss This Weekend
FRIDAY Lear Continues through February 20 at New York Live Arts, 219 W 19th Street, Chelsea. 7:30pm; Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here. …
Bushwick Open Studios Moves to Fall; Mr. LES Returns Next Month
Bushwick Open Studios will take place in October this year, instead of its usual summer date. [Bushwick Bomb] Despite lackluster support from Community Board 4…
Police Release Photo of Suspect in Silver Spurs Slashing
Investigators believe this is the man responsible for a bloody slashing at Silver Spurs yesterday evening. The NYPD says the unknown man is “black or Hispanic, 15-18 years old and was…
Food For Thought (and For Tummy) at This Ice Creamy Art Show
Who knew ice cream could be so socially charged? In an exhibit entitled “Who Owns the Cone?”, UK-based curatorial collective VERBureau is determined to dig…