Calling all members of the Rhythm Nation: Janet Jackson was seen filming a music video in Williamsburg yesterday, and the shoot continued today with none other…
The Museum of Pizza Wants to Seduce You With Free Slices
The Museum of Pizza promises to have a “pizza beach” and “pizza cave” when it opens in the fall. In the meantime, how about a pizza rooftop?…
Don’t Miss These Beach Bashes in Coney and Rockaway
It’s not like you need a reason to hit the beach, but these two festivals offer extra incentive. New York Women’s Surf Film Festival July…
Williamsburg Hotel Opens Rooftop Pool, Water-Tower Bar Coming Soon
It’s been three and a half years since we first brought news that the Williamsburg Hotel would feature a rooftop bar inside of a faux…
Chicago Artist Embeds Trump in East Village, Gets the ‘Welcome to NY, Now Leave’ Treatment
In his hometown of Chicago, artist Jim Bachor is known for covering up unsightly potholes with mosaics depicting things people actually like: ice cream cones,…
Dark Tourist Takes You Away to Messed-up-aritaville
In Kent Russell’s wild yarn, “The Disaster Tourist,” the gonzo journalist enlists the tour operator that was showing Otto Warmbier around North Korea when the doomed American was…
East Village Thai Has Closed After Two Decades
Pour out some milky, sweet iced tea for East Village Thai, a tiny, beloved neighborhood fixture. The East 7th Street hole-in-the-wall has been known to take…
New Doc Explores The Integratron, California’s Most Other-Worldly Structure
The late Anthony Bourdain described it as “a special place where an inexplicable confluence of people, magnetic forces, extra terrestrials, and otherwise strange shit came together.”…
Tim and Eric Want to Put You to Sleep
Looks like the whole cult leader thing didn’t work out, because Tim and Eric are now mattress salesmen. The absurdist satire duo– best known for Tim and Eric…
Massive Mowing Picasso Will Stay in Brooklyn a Little Lawnger
Picasso’s green period ain’t over yet. A 10-foot-tall sculpture of the Spanish artist cutting grass was supposed to be taken down this week, but the massive…