Anahita Bradberry’s neon works have never been out under the sun at the Hester Street Fair before, but they’ve stood, bright and mysterious, under lots…
Jack Ridley III of Drowners Premieres ‘Never Sleep,’ Off His New LP With Threats
When I meet Threats frontman Jack Ridley III at his practice space on Rivington, he is drinking a Corona and smoking a hand-rolled cig. It’s…
What to Eat at Bacchanal, Opening On the Bowery Next Week
It’s surprising that there wasn’t already a wine and cocktail-focused restaurant in New York named after the debauchery surrounding the Greek god of the grape…
Downtown Artist Dan Colen Buried a Couple of Semis in a Greenwich, CT Lawn
Dan Colen, the downtown artist best known for his charming antics with Ryan McGinley and the late Dash Snow, opened a solo show, Help!, at…
The Brooklyn Artists Ball Had It All: Crocheted Skulls, Foam Butts, and Padma
“Doesn’t every day celebrate Brooklyn artists?” joked Manhattan-based artist John Gordon Gould at yesterday evening’s Brooklyn Artist Ball. Be that as it may, the decadent…
Is Adam Parker Smith Going to Bring It to the Brooklyn Artists Ball? Butt Of Course!
As in previous years, the Brooklyn Museum has handpicked a stellar group of Brooklyn-based artists to create site-specific installations for the Brooklyn Artists Ball, which…
Catch The So So Glos Tonight at Mishka’s 5th Anniversary
Mishka, the Williamsburg clothing store that’s “born in Brooklyn, raised in Hell” (you’ll remember it as the creator of the Katz’s salami snapback) turns five…
Two LES Galleries Get Out of Dodge
The art world was infinitely bummed to find out LES’s DODGEgallery will be closing its doors next month, on its fourth anniversary. Founder Kristen Dodge…
‘Small Explosion’ on Avenue C Leaves Victim With Serious Burns
A man was seriously burned earlier today following what a bystander described as a “small explosion.” According to the bystander’s second-hand account, “a guy engulfed…
The Definitive Guide to Ordering Weed Politely
Smoking weed is oft associated with “chilling” or “hanging out,” however there is a tendency to disregard the norms of social decency when obtaining it.…