Good Bar grand opens tonight right at the start of Bedford Avenue on the Greenpoint/Williamsburg border. The self-described “record listening bar” hopes to add to the local…
Performance Picks: Clowns and Musical Trauma Comedy
THURSDAY Piano BoyThursday, February 27 at Vital Joint, 8 pm: $5 Billy Joel made a name for himself by being a Piano Man, or at…
ReFashion Week Puts Thrift-Store Finds on the Runway
While the runway models strut their stuff at Paris Fashion Week today, the New York scene is decidedly more down-to-earth and eco-conscious. At the second…
Art This Week: The Power of Posters, Light-Activated Paintings, and More
The Sleeping Giant / The Swiss GridOpening Thursday, February 27 at Poster House. On view through August 23. We see posters frequently in our everyday…
A Rubber-Stamp Maker Leaves His Mark On the East Village
The world might be going digital but John Casey is still standing his ground by making rubber stamps in his old-school East Village store. Since…
An Ambitious Newcomer Brings Cuban-Asian Food and Music to East Williamsburg
Everyone wants to design the most Instagrammable restaurant. But the team behind Aura Cocina & Bar wants you to put your phone down and appreciate…
Latinx DJ-Producer Riobamba Wants to Break and Remake the Industry
“Maternal” is the last adjective you’d associate with a Bed-Stuy-based DJ and producer. But that’s how Sara Skolnick, who goes by the stage name Riobamba,…
With a Nod to Freud, ‘Semi-Fluid’ Artists Grapple With Asian and Queer Identities
At an art show in Chinatown, a middle-aged Chinese man stared at an ink painting, in which a god-like Asian figure was circled by children…
Performance Picks: Black Friday and Socialist Comedy
THURSDAY Paid ProtestThursday, February 20 at Secret Loft, 8 pm: $10 suggested donation It’s getting to be that time of the year, the time where…
With a New Gallery, iPhone Repair Guys Show They Have Art-World Juice
After Brendan McElroy, the founder and previous owner of Dr. Brendan, reopened the beloved East Village bar St. Dymphna’s in November of last year, one…