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Du’s Donuts Does Soho This Fall
Wylie Dufresne is keeping busy these days. Not only has he resurrected his legendary Lower East Side restaurant via a pop-up at the Seaport Food…
The Ai Weiwei Installation in Washington Square Park Already Has People Talking
The metal-wire Ai Weiwei installation that will reside underneath the Washington Square Arch from October 12 to Feb. 11 isn’t completed yet, but it’s already…
Jianbing’s the Thing at Chinese Crepe Slinger, Mr. Bing
A former investment banker is hoping diners and late-night bar hoppers will drop the familiar comfort hot dogs and pizza slices for jianbing, a Chinese…
At NY Film Festival, Caniba and Voyeur Delve Deep into Sexual Depravity
Two documentaries at the New York Film Festival show just how dark human sexuality can be, getting disturbingly up close and personal with the forbidden…
Performance Picks: Lingerie, Cuddly Comedy, Trans Is Magick
WEDNESDAY Little Garden Guys: An Evening of Comedy About Ducks and Rabbits Wednesday, October 4 at Babycastles, 8 pm: $5 Joe Rumrill and Andrew Tisher…
Boom For Real Considers Jean Michel-Basquiat While Another Doc Recalls His Shadowman
Two new documentaries take a look at downtown New York City in the late ’70s and early ’80s, each through the eyes of a different…
Notorious Landlord Steve Croman Sentenced to a Year in Rikers, Which ‘Ain’t Exactly the Ritz’
Steve Croman has been sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay a $5 million fine– an almost unheard-of punishment for a Manhattan…
Noah Baumbach On Shooting in Brooklyn: ‘It’s Like a Conversation I’m Having with Myself as a Child’
The Squid and the Whale hinges on a Natural History Museum finale. While We’re Young includes a memorable Bushwick block party. Mistress America follows the…
Woody Allen Films His 50th in the East Village Next Week
The Woodman cometh. Woody Allen continues to shoot his WASP2017 (that’s “Woody Allen Summer Project, 2017,” if you’ve been baffled by the filming notifications around…