Though he was a semifinalist, Carlo Mirarchi won’t be in the final running for a Beard Foundation Award when they’re doled out on Monday (Maison Premiere and…
30+ Bushwick Galleries Will Burn the Midnight Oil Next Saturday
When Bushwick Open Studios hits the neighborhood May 30, the hood’s artists will once again show off their workspaces well into the night. (And all…
Watch Rare Footage of Amiri Baraka and the New York Art Quartet at Anthology
Speaking of Sun Ra, his fellow pioneers of avant-garde jazz, the New York Art Quartet, are the subject of a new documentary playing at Anthology…
Watch The Pizza Underground at Brooklyn Bowl, Then See Their Variety Show at LPR
The Pizza Underground played Brooklyn Bowl this past Saturday and footage just hit Youtube, courtesy of Sixdust. Check it out above, and note the cameo…
A Car Slammed Into a Hardware Store in the East Village
A car jumped the curb and slammed into Saifee Hardware in the East Village this afternoon.
Dan Savage Did It at The Vatican, Has an Amazeballs Story About a Sex Party
Last night, before screening 20 of the best shorts that have been submitted to his Hump! Film Festival since it launched in Seattle in 2005, Dan Savage…
City Will Grant Tax Breaks For Affordable Housing at Domino Site
With the City Council’s final vote on the Domino development set for Tuesday, we’ve managed to glean some more details about the deal struck yesterday…
Get Up Close and Personal With Chuck Close
Last time we saw Chuck Close, the photorealist painter was rocking an unreal outfit at the Brooklyn Artists Ball. If you didn’t have the $1,000…
City Goes After Aggressive Landlord; Schumer Pushes Brooklyn ‘Nerd Bus’
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development are trying to remove landlord Joel Israel from a Bushwick building where he’s accused of destroying…
City Council Set to Approve Domino Sugar Factory Development
The City Council’s Land Use Committee put its seal of approval on a plan for the site of the Domino Sugar refinery today, bringing it…