Though he’s been a prominent artist for far too long to be saddled with labels like “meteoric rise,” it’s hard to fully convey just how…
Thank You, Come Again? Hari Kondabolu Explores ‘The Problem With Apu’
In the upcoming documentary The Problem with Apu, Brooklyn-based comic Hari Kondabolu explores what happens when a beloved cartoon character is also an offensive caricature for…
Russ & Daughters Shows Off Its Future Brooklyn Outpost, Opening Early Next Year
Back in February, Russ & Daughters announced that it was opening a multipurpose space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in a World War II-era building…
Unwrapping a New York Mystery: The Fluctuating Deli Sandwich Price
What I meant to say was, “Lettuce?! Who puts lettuce on a bagel?” But what I said instead was, “Sure.” That’s when I learned about…
Hear Jonathan Lethem Talk, Lee Ranaldo Play at Premiere of Sonic Youther Doc
Doc NYC kicks off today, and there are still tickets left to one of the documentary festival’s highlights: the New York City premiere of a…
Alamo Is Throwing a Gremlins Party, But the Ticket Order Page Has a Gremlin In It
“They put them in the watches, little teeny gremlins,” a drunken Mr. Futterman warns in Joe Dante’s 1984 Christmas classic. It looks like those wily…
Battered Big Bird Shows PETA Isn’t Down With Canada Goose
A giant bloodied goose was spotted outside of the Canada Goose store on Wooster Street shortly after noon on Wednesday. This was, of course, just…
Performance Picks: Comedic Compliments, Native Satire, All the Feels
WEDNESDAY This Isn’t Funny!: I, An Moron Wednesday, November 8 at CUNY Graduate Center’s James Gallery, 7 pm: FREE Comedy is a strange thing. Many…
Crazy Popular Taiwanese Taro Balls Are Bouncing Into the East Village
The East Village is already the dessert capital of New York, what with its donut ice cream sandwiches, marshmallows on a stick, egg-waffle ice cream…
This Man Has Spent 7 Years Unpacking the Mystery of ‘Who Let the Dogs Out?’
Who let the dogs out? Who, who, who, who? Ben Sisto spent an hour pondering that very question at Ace Hotel New York on Sunday night. Backed up by a…