The Schamonchi, aka the Bushwick Boat, might be one of Brooklyn’s best-kept secrets: a former 650-passenger ferry docked in Newtown Creek, tucked behind a lumber…
BAM Is Latest Arts Institution to Face Union Push
As has happened in media, white collar employees in arts institutions are rediscovering the power of organized labor, as efforts to unionize the Tenement Museum…
Art This Week: A Mexican Collaboration and the Perils of Cross-Border Travel
Occupational HazardsOpening Wednesday, May 29 at apexart, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through July 27. The central concept of apexart’s latest exhibition is…
Why Trans Drag King Lee VaLone Would Never Go On ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Lela Graham shares a spacious two-bedroom prewar apartment with his partner Evan Dahm near Prospect Park. In theory, the couple shouldn’t lack for space and…
Performance Picks: Queer + Trans Stories, Violence in Nebraska
WEDNESDAY In Living Color!Weekly on Wednesdays at UpNorth, 9 pm: FREE There are so many drag shows in the city, they can be hard to…
Meet Indie-Rock Multitasker Pronoun
One of the topics Alyse Vellturo, who makes music under the name pronoun, mentions most during our interview is how she’s not that great at playing…
The ‘Wild, Funny, and Super Strange’ World of Insta-Famous Dogs
As Maxine walked in to Joe’s Coffee Company near Lincoln Square, everything came to a halt. With her butt swinging from left to right, people…
Rockaway’s Wave of Activity: Fresh Sand, Concerts at Rippers, New Food at Riis
The Rocakaway concessions were already gearing up this past weekend, with Caracas and the 97th Street fam (Low Tide Bar, La Cevicheria, Edible Island, and…
The New Essex Market Celebrated Its Opening, 79 Years in the Making
The new incarnation of Essex Market was so packed during its grand opening Saturday that one could barely walk down the crowded aisles of the…
Art This Week: Extinct Fish and Playable Simulations
fish mystery in the shift horizonOpening Wednesday, May 22 at Rubber Factory, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through June 23. The natural world…