Four local street artists sued designer shoe and clothing maker Vince Camuto this month for using their work in the brand’s recent “Bushwick Beats” ads.…
Art This Week: Father + Son Collab, VR World, Hairy Domesticity
Virtual Insanity™ Opening Monday, July 17 at VR World NYC, 7 pm to midnight. I think we can all agree that reality as we know…
George Romero Was America’s Bram Stoker
Since he passed away on Sunday, tributes to George A. Romero have been pouring out like a ravenous undead horde escaping from a government research…
Diner Death Notice: Cup & Saucer Goes Dark
Last week we reported that LES/Chinatown stalwart Cup & Saucer — one of the last of the New York luncheonette old guard — is closing…
The Bean Is Expanding Into the Former St. Mark’s Bookshop Space
As East Villagers fight another Starbucks, a more homegrown chain has announced that it’s expanding in the neighborhood. The Bean, which started in the East Village…
This Souped-Up Truck Serves Free Food With a Side of Social Services
A $340,000 “Angelmobile” has started cruising the streets of North Brooklyn, handing out free meals in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick. The state-of-the-art food truck– funded…
Cup & Saucer Shutters Today; 100-Year-Old Greenpointer Released from Prison
Today is Cup & Saucer‘s last day of serving customers at 89 Canal Street. [Bowery Boogie] The oldest prisoner in U.S. custody, 100-year-old Greenpoint-born John…
Alejandro Jodorowsky On Poetry, Psychomagic, and How to Get Free of Trump
When surrealist auteur Alejandro Jodorowsky makes a rare trip to New York City— to promote his new autobiographical film, Endless Poetry— you know it’s an occasion.…
Bitterness Over St. Marks Starbucks
Hell no, we won’t Frappuccino. Nearly 50 residents, small business owners, activists and crusties alike attended an anti-Starbucks rally Thursday evening in the East Village.…
Legal Victory for Sheldon Silver; Fire Above Zum Schneider
Sheldon Silver, the former state assembly speaker who also answered to Lower East Side constituents, had his 2015 corruption verdict overturned by a federal appeals…