A new exhibition at La MaMa brings together the various threads of New York City nightlife, art, and HIV/AIDS activism. The close ties were always…
Mystery Box Brings Bomb Squad to Firehouse On Eve of 9/11
There was cause for alarm (literally and figuratively) today, around 4 p.m., when we received a report that a firehouse on Second Street between Avenues B…
Aussie Invasion: 7 Acts to See at CMJ While They’re Up From Down Under
Nowadays, you can’t swing a dead wallaby by its tail without hitting an exciting new band from Australia. Are they putting something in the water…
Week in Film: Teenage Werewolves and Art-House Aliens
Get ready this week for films that are at once fantastical and grounded in sometimes harsh reality. Our top picks include an art-house sci-fi film…
Saul Williams On MartyrLoserKing: ‘I’m Trying to Redefine Gangster’
Saul Williams — the well-known poet, musician and actor who got his start at dark, intimate open mics throughout Brooklyn in the ’90s, rose to prominence…
First Flight Music Takes Off; NYC Yarn Crawl Coming
First Flight Music will close later this month after two decades on First Avenue. [EV Grieve] Paperwork was submitted for a 19-story, 234-unit residential building…
Movement + Location, a Sci-Fi ‘Love Letter to Brooklyn,’ Hits Theaters
Bodine and Alexis Boling had their first date at Cinema Village in 2014. Next week, they’ll head back there for the theatrical release of their award winning…
These All-Women Shows Bring Feminist Art of Now to Centerstage
Thirty years after the Guerrilla Girls put on their masks and started conducting “weenie counts,” women are still at a disadvantage in the art world.…
Shows: Flashback to the ’90s and Tropicália Nostalgia
Welcome back to reality. Now that summer’s officially over (the days seem shorter already, don’t they?) you’re going to need a serious hangover remedy for…
Gang Robbery on G Train; Museum of Food and Drink Coming to Williamsburg
Police released surveillance footage of two men punching and slashing a third with a box cutter around 2 a.m. yesterday at the One Stop Deli…