FRIDAY Halloweird Comedy Hour Friday, October 26 at Pete’s Candy Store, 7 pm: $8 Before you get properly spooked at whatever party you go to…
JR’s New Houston Bowery Mural Takes Aim at ‘Guns in America’
It’s a weird sight: families and high school tour groups smiling and posing against a wall of activists with guns slung on their shoulders, or…
Don’t Waffle, Go Eat Some Insects For Free On the Streets of NYC
Insects, here! Get your fresh roasted insects, here! No, it’s not a Beetlejuice-themed Halloween stunt, it’s a marketing campaign for The Economist. The magazine, which…
Josh Cheuse’s Photos of NYC Music Legends Hang in Shoe Store, And Don’t Clash
A Neil Young song is playing in the background of the small space on Christopher Street where black lacquered furniture and snakeskin-print seats are adorned…
Neighborhood Longtimers Anella and Nai Reopen in Greenpoint and EV
Two neighborhood standbys have reopened their doors–one in Brooklyn, the other in Manhattan. Nai, the Galician tapas bar that closed in July after eight years in…
Kat Cunning Explores the Dark Side of Sleeping Beauty in CNTRL
In the past years, we’ve seen Kat Cunning on the stage with Company XIV singing Lana del Rey’s songs better than Lana del Rey, in…
New Bar Brings Sliders Back to the Corner Where Williamsburg's White Castle Once Stood
When the White Castle on Metropolitan Avenue closed in order to make way for a luxury apartment complex, it attracted graffiti that read “RIP LATE NIGHT…
Jaguar Dreams Unleashes an ’80s-Tinged Ode to the Real Women of NYC
Jaguar Dreams burst onto the indie scene this summer with their modern, lucid cover of Fleetwood Mac‘s “Dreams” and their well-received original singles “Just Life”…
Academy Award Winner Gets Trapped in Fake Rock, Holds Hundreds Captive
Two-time Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway) descended into a courtyard in Madison Square Park and climbed into an…
Smorgasburg Is Launching a Williamsburg Night Market With Vice
You couldn’t help but guffaw when it was announced that uber-hip media empire Vice was planning to launch a food court in New Jersey, but this one’s for…