The man behind EV Grieve is finally out and about in the East Village. “Hello, my name is John Elsasser,” he posted last night, “and I…
Nirbhaya Takes On Rape: ‘The Gift of This Play Is That It’s Not Fucking Palatable’
On its face, Nirbhaya, which had its American premier at the Lynn Redgrave Theater in the East Village last night, is about the 2012 gang rape…
A Wine Bar and a San Loco Are Opening in Williamsburg’s Marbleworks Lofts
A former marble factory on the corner of Metropolitan and Driggs is about to get a biodynamic wine bar, a new location of San Loco…
Williamsburg Watch Group Members Arrested in Vigilante Gang Beating
Five members of the Williamsburg Safety Patrol Unit, a neighborhood watch group also known as Shomrim, have been charged in the gang assault of Fort…
Brooklyn Borough President Aims to Crack Down On Scuzzy Landlords
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has a message for predatory landlords: Watch out. In a conversation with reporters today, Adams announced a new initiative to…
This Is The End: A Bushwick Label That’s Become a Destination For ’90s Acts
When Nina Persson of the Cardigans signed with Bushwick-based indie label The End Records, she joined a handful of other established indie artists who had…
Clayton Patterson Had a Farewell Show: Is It Really Goodbye For the LES Legend?
Word that Clayton Patterson was leaving the Lower East Side for Austria really rattled those who considered him the neighborhood’s “last bohemian,” as the Times…
Bowery Mission Residents Will See Their Art in New Museum, a Couple Doors Down
Andres Serrano isn’t the only artist to have recently worked with homeless New Yorkers. Polish sculptor Pawel Althamer, whose running New Museum show “The Neighbors”…
Andres Serrano’s Portraits of Homeless New Yorkers Will Live On the Streets
Andres Serrano, the photographer and artist best known for his controversial 1987 photograph, “Piss Christ,” has turned his attention to the homeless of New York…
The Commodore’s Stephen Tanner Will Open El Dorado in Bushwick
As Pies ‘n’ Thighs readies its Lower East Side location, one of its founders, Southern-grub virtuoso Stephen Tanner, is making moves of his own.