At the Sundance Film Festival, you expect to see artful indies and quirky dramas — the next Little Miss Sunshine or Mudbound or Precious. What…
After 20 Years, Greenpoint Standby Enid’s Will Close at the End of March
Enid’s, the bar whose motto was “since before you moved here,” is leaving Greenpoint after 20 years. Its final day will be March 31, according to…
Snarkitecture Is Now Selling Tickets For Snark Park, Their Artsy ‘Enchanted Forest’ at Hudson Yards
A lot is happening uptown at Hudson Yards, the so-called “neighborhood of the future.” This week alone, developers unveiled the installations by Frank Stella and other…
Chris Stein of Blondie On His New Photo Book and ‘The Biggest Problem in the World’
Still too punk rock to hang it up, Chris Stein of Blondie fame has a new book out, Point of View: Me, New York City,…
Art This Week: Food-Covered Faces, Chinatown Locals, and Witches
Fake Smears and Facial Food Fiascos Opening Thursday, January 31 at Contra Gallery, 6 pm to 9 pm. On view through February 15. While playing…
Tim Heidecker Made Another Album of Wall-to-Wall Anti-Trump Songs
After dropping an album of Trump dis tracks last year, Tim Heidecker is still fighting that good fight and turning our president’s verbal poop slurry…
Will Laundry Day Be the Next NYC High School Band to Clean Up?
I first met Laundry Day in October. That morning, the band had hit a million streams on Spotify. With around 50,000 monthly listeners, they’ve been…
Long Live the Half King: The Chelsea Literary Bar’s Final Week, in Photos
Chelsea lost its Cheers on Sunday morning as The Half King closed up shop after 18 years. Some knew the bar for its journalist owners– Sebastian Junger, Nanette Burstein, and Scott Anderson— but…
Big on Tidal: Jon Solo Makes Ocean Music From His Railroad Apartment
We all have those musician friends we never hear from until their band is pulling a gig that starts at 2 a.m. in Bed Stuy.…
This ‘Totem’ Artist’s Living Room Isn’t Like Your Living Room
Walter Markham Jr., an artist and employee of the city’s Department of Parks, has lived in a cheerful five-floor walk-up just south of Prospect Park…