Excuse me, do you like live comedy? Well, good news! The EastVille Comedy Club– a low-key spot frequented by Janeane Garofalo and other downtown comics–…
Photos: Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson Block Party Was a Real Thriller
Michael Jackson would have been 60 years old this Wednesday, and as has become custom in Bed-Stuy (for the past eight summers, anyway), Spike Lee…
B&H Dairy Celebrates 80 Years of Being the ‘East Village Cheers’
Green and yellow banners and balloons festooned the doorway of B&H Dairy on Wednesday night as it celebrated 80 years in the East Village. And…
Slip Off Your Shoes and Enter This Kyoto-Inspired Hideaway For ‘Deconstructed Omakase’
The literal translation of omakase is “I’ll leave it up to you”– meaning the chef– but at Williamsburg’s new Japanese restaurant, Ume, chef Danny Zhang…
Mister Rogers Is Getting Roasted, Just in Time For Sweater Weather
If you’ve seen the touching documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the words “The Roast of Mister Rogers” might seem like an oxymoron. Roasted? The national…
First Look at NYC Ferry’s New Line, Cruising Into the LES Next Week
With the hotly anticipated Lower East Side ferry line finally set to launch next Wednesday, Aug. 29, we took advantage of this breezy, sunny day to board the…
Go On a Sonic Youth Tour of NYC On the 30th Anniversary of Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth isn’t touring and won’t be anytime soon, but now you can at least go on a Sonic Youth tour of downtown Manhattan.
Tribeca TV Festival: Anthony Bourdain, Tracey Ullman, Rosario Dawson and More
The Tribeca TV festival, from the folks behind the film festival, is returning for its second installment Sept. 20-23. De Niro et al just dropped this…
Surrealist Artist Dom Dirtee Thinks Both Sides Are Drinking the Kool-Aid
It was a boiling-hot day in Brooklyn when I strolled by a dull gray electrical box and glimpsed vivid shades of red, purple and blue. The square…
This Coffee Tricycle Is Peddling Nitro Cold Brew to Greenpointers
At this point every other business in New York City is a coffee shop, but what happens when you’re stuck on that rare block that doesn’t have a…