“I don’t wanna be buried, in a pet cemetery,” sang the Ramones. But that’s exactly what will happen to the blue-hatted hound atop the Slush…
Looking Back On 17 Pre-Halloween Parties As We Suit Up For the Big Night
While you may be under the illusion that Halloween starts tonight, the city’s hardest partiers have been filling clubs, bars, and warehouses since the weekend. On Saturday,…
Rally With Nan Goldin, Richard Hell, and Other Downtown Legends at This Protest Pop-Up
Are you into arts, crafts, or sharing primal screams with your fellow progressives? From now until Election Day you can go to Protest Factory and…
Julie Gaines Dishes On Fishs Eddy in a New Book About NYC's Quirkiest Dinnerware Shop
Julie Gaines loves doing dishes— which is good, because she owns a dishware store. In 1986, the 55-year-old and her husband Dave Lenovitz opened Fishs…
Art This Week: 'Anti-Nudes' and KKK Cannibalism
Hot Farce Opening Thursday, November 1 at Field Projects, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through December 15. Throughout centuries, one thing has remained…
Six Years After Sandy, Electeds Say Current Flood Protection Plan Doesn’t Hold Water
Six years ago today, Superstorm Sandy hit New York City. Streets were flooded, buildings were destroyed, some $19 billion in damage occurred, and 43 people…
Bike Kill!! The Wacky Wheels and Spooky Spokes of NYC's Craziest Demolition Derby
Last year the NYPD tried to shut down Bike Kill, and it could not be done. This year a goddam Nor’easter rolled into town, and…
Elizabeth Street Garden Ralliers to City: 'Hands Off My Bush'
To the residents of Nolita, Elizabeth Street Garden is an urban oasis. The garden, a schoolyard in a previous life, is a lush patchwork of…
I Joined the Cult of Luxury Watches and This Is Where I Wound Up
This summer, my father passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly, from a brain aneurysm. Almost immediately thereafter, I began collecting watches. There’s a school of thought which…
Blackface Isn’t the Only Halloween No-No: Some Pro Tips From the Experts
Halloween is basically another high school prom: People dress up and look completely different than how they do during the day, in hopes of getting…