People have always said that the New York of the present is nothing like the old New York. If you compare today to just one…
Bushwick’s RV Radio Station Shifts Gears, But the Wheels Aren’t Coming Off
The cream-and-brown colored RV from which KPISS.fm broadcasts every day is now quiet — and empty. The online radio station doesn’t fall under the category…
Coronavirus Shrinks ‘World’s Smallest Venue,’ But It Doesn’t Plan to Disappear
Last week, when New York City ordered bars, restaurants and venues to reduce their capacity by half, the self-declared “world’s smallest venue” became even smaller.…
Last Day of Disco: Crawling Brooklyn’s Bars Hours Before the Shutdown
There’s been a few “last nights of normal” this past week: the night the national emergency was declared, the last night of church services, and on…
This Tattoo Artist Created a Timely Tarot Deck For the End of an Empire
Artist-designed tarot decks have become increasingly popular in recent years—and it’s no coincidence. “Politically, culturally and socially, we are in a very kind of crumbling-of-the-Roman-Empire…
A Studio 54 ‘Reject’ Was One of the Only People to See Brooklyn Museum’s Exhibit Before It Closed
If you know anything about Studio 54, it’s that it was hard to get into. Yesterday, the coronavirus scare made a new exhibit about the…
Pop-Up Exhibit Shines a Red Light On the State of Sex Work
In Greenwich Village this week, a sex workers pop-up exhibition is attracting attention. Bondage rope draped loosely from the ceiling along with objects like high…
To Close or Not to Close? That Is the Question For NYC Cultural Venues
It’s hard to imagine our arts venues emptying out, operating at half mast, or going dark completely, even in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.…
A Visually Impaired Dancer Asks You to Take a Closer Look at His Work
You may have never seen live dance in a museum. But on the first Saturday of March, visitors flocked to Brooklyn Museum’s Great Hall to…
Art This Week: Hong Kong Video Art and Filipino Oceans
Mother BoatOpening Thursday, March 12 at Pintô International, 6 pm to 9 pm. On view through April 30. Unfortunately, there’s a lot to feel nervous…