How many times have you had to keep from laughing as a Brooklyn server unloaded a mouthful of pretentious banter about some overpriced specials? Well, feel free…
Bell House Brings Summer Concert and Comedy Series to Industry City: Guided By Voices, Luna, and More
After getting a courtyard tugboat bar from the Frying Pan last year, Sunset Park work-play complex Industry City is upgrading with an outdoor bar from the…
Stephen Malkmus and Kim Gordon Team Up For a Country Song About Infidelity
Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus just released a new one from his forthcoming album with The Jicks, out May 18. “Refute,” a duet with Kim Gordon, is a country…
Ahoy! Some of New York’s Boat Bars Are Back on the Waters
We had a hell of a winter, and now it’s going to be a hull of a spring. That’s because two of our favorite floating…
This Man Will Iron Your Spring Wardrobe For Free at a Brooklyn Bar Tonight
He… is… Iron Man. And he’s coming to a Greenpoint bar tonight. James Hook, the Greenpoint resident who’s gotten a ton of press by pressing…
Donald Trump Was Inevitably Compared to Tony Montana at the Scarface Reunion
After the 35th anniversary screening of Scarface at Beacon Theatre last night, director Brian De Palma told the packed house why he decided to remake the 1932 film:…
SummerStage Lineup: Bowie Tribute, Femi Kuti, San Fermin Among 100+ Free Outdoor Shows
Hot on the heels of last week’s summer music festival announcements, the big daddy of them all– SummerStage– just dropped its dizzying lineup of more than…
You Talkin’ to Paul Schrader? Your Chance to Ask the Director About Taxi Driver
Paul Schrader will be back in movie theaters May 18 with First Reformed, a new one starring Ethan Hawke as a conflicted upstate priest who’s “cut from…
LES Scores City’s First Public Squash Court
When NYU shuttered its Coles Sports Center, we mourned the loss of its squash courts– one of the only downtown places where you could reenact the racquetball…
Listen Up, Maggots: 3 Chances to See the Late R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
R. Lee Ermey died of pneumonia complications on Sunday at the age of 74. The former Marine Corps drill instructor started his acting career as…