In one of Liana Finck’s cartoons, a man and a woman sit at a bar. “I want to be upfront with you. I am a…
Inside the Lululemon That Has Of Course Opened in Williamsburg
Following on the heels of Whole Foods, Equinox, Flywheel, and other aspirational bourgeois health brands that have planted their flags in once-edgy Williamsburg, Lululemon today…
Go Watch Seth Meyers Have a Frank Discussion With Franken
If you missed Al Franken shaking his damn head at Trump’s “stupid” budget a few weeks ago at Barnes & Noble Union Square, don’t worry:…
Williamsburg Shopping Weekend Launches With Free Drinks and Sweet Discounts
With rents going up, an L Train shutdown imminent, and chains like Lululemon moving into the ‘burg, retailers are tasked with drumming up more business…
And Now You Can Drink a Beer While Watching Jodorowsky’s Endless Poetry
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical film, Endless Poetry, opened last Friday at the Landmark Sunshine and did enough business to top that weekend’s specialty box office rankings.…
LES Protests New Towers; Bushwick Schooling Sticker Shock
On the Lower East Side in less than an hour, elected and community leaders will rally against the construction of three planned skyscrapers. [Bowery Boogie]…
Legendary Art Duo McDermott & McGough Are Building an ‘Oscar Wilde Temple’
Legendary New York art team McDermott & McGough — known, among other things, for spending 15 years living in the East Village while dressed as…
The VW Traffic Jam Is Gonna Be Absolutely Vantastic
Today Volkswagen agreed to pay California another $154 million in its dieselgate scandal, but the German carmaker wasn’t always the face of pure evil. Fifty…
Bowery Tenants Hit the Streets Again to Protest Dr. Jay’s Owner Joseph Betesh
Tenants of 83 and 85 Bowery poured into the streets of Chinatown yesterday afternoon to protest their landlord Joseph Betesh, again, who they say is…
Bushwick Directors On What It’s Like to Bring Civil War to Brooklyn
Cary Murnion and Jon Milott have teamed up to direct Bushwick, an action movie about a Texas army that invades the Brooklyn neighborhood. Starring Brittany…