Tonight, The Tank turns off its lights for four days, for its annual DarkFest. The midtown theater has invited five known and emerging acts to…
Kooky East Village Newcomer Serves Ice Cream Sandos and… Gelato Sushi?
It’s officially ice cream sandwich season, meaning everything from the donut ice cream sandwich at Peter Pan to the babka ice cream sandwich at Russ…
This Beds-on-the-Beach Screening of Eternal Sunshine Is Going to Be Unforgettable
We’re kind of bummed that Alamo Drafthouse hasn’t brought its Jaws on the Water screenings to NYC, but here’s something equally beachy and immersive. The…
NYC Loses Another Old-School Spanish Spot
As East Villagers mourn the loss of Great Jones Cafe, a hidden gem that opened around the same time has quietly closed in Chelsea.
Broadway Triangle Protestors Arrested; Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo Academy Moves
Yesterday, police cuffed seven protestors aiming to halt the public hearing concerning a Williamsburg-bound, 1100-unit-plus apartment complex. [DNA Info] No arrest had been made in…
What’s Going On With the Great Jones Cafe?
New Yorkers today learned some shocking news: beloved Cajun/Creole restaurant Great Jones Cafe will close tonight and may or may not reopen. Tipsters told EV…
Pour One of These Out for the Kosciuszko Bridge
After several weeks of delays the long-awaited demolition of Greenpoint’s old Kosciuszko Bridge began yesterday, despite the intercession of a band of sword-waving and wolf-wielding…
Performance Picks: A Trap Musical, Butoh in the Park, Steven Tyler’s iPad
WEDNESDAY Trap Musical Wednesday, July 26 at Bizarre Bushwick, 9 pm: $7-15 suggested donation I have to be honest, I find this event extremely baffling.…
Talk to the Two Directors Whose New Movies Pay Homage to NYC Record Shops
A while back we noted that bygone East Village record shop Other Music makes an appearance in Landline, Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate’s follow-up to…
New York Costumes Buys Space for $25 Million; Muji is Coming to Wythe Avenue
New York Costumes purchased its Fourth Avenue residence of 21 years for $24.5 million. [The Real Deal] Japanese lifestyle brand Muji will open it’s first…