When Williamsburg got a Toms shoe store and cafe last year, you knew a Warby Parker couldn’t be far behind. Well, here she is: Warby…
For Tim and Eric Fans, a Live Tour and a Very Trumpian Mockumentary
If you noticed that Tim Heidecker has a new movie coming out and thought, “But I want Tim & Eric,” well: You can haz both.…
Philip Glass Is Touring ‘Koyaanisqatsi’ and Working On a New Project With Its Director
The single most elucidating moment of my very expensive liberal arts education was the time my sociology professor popped a VHS in the VCR. He…
Mr. Peanut Has a Lot of Balls, Taking Over Astor Place
This is nuts! Mr. Peanut and his Nutmobile have taken over Astor Place and are dishing out free cheese balls.
There’s a Great Doc About ’80s Post-Punk Shows in the Desert, and Their Organizer Is Ready to Rock Again
The email from Rooftop Films came hours before last night’s screening of Desolation Center at Green-Wood Cemetery in Sunset Park: “No standing, sitting, or leaning…
13 Awesome Finds at the East Village’s New Asian Supermarket
The East Village lost a sprawling Asian grocery when M2M closed two years ago, but now, just a block away at 39 Third Avenue, the…
Debbie Harry Gave a Surprise, Somber Reading From Her Unpublished Memoir
“I just hope that all of you that take antidepressants have taken them,” said Debbie Harry after she took the stage at Club Cumming last…
Lower East Side Film Festival Returns With Hanksy, ‘Mind F*cks,’ and More
Hot on the heels of the Brklyn Film Festival, which continues mostly in Williamsburg-Greenpoint through June 9, comes the Lower East Side film festival, across…
Brooklyn’s Secret Party Boat Says ‘Save Our Ship’
The Schamonchi, aka the Bushwick Boat, might be one of Brooklyn’s best-kept secrets: a former 650-passenger ferry docked in Newtown Creek, tucked behind a lumber…
BAM Is Latest Arts Institution to Face Union Push
As has happened in media, white collar employees in arts institutions are rediscovering the power of organized labor, as efforts to unionize the Tenement Museum…