First the sad news about St. Mark’s Bookshop, and now this. Spoonbill & Sugartown’s three-legged cat, Rainer, a perpetual fixture in the nooks and crannies…
Crack the Code For Classic Cocktails at New LES Speakeasy, Garfunkel’s
When 2nd Floor on Clinton closed last July….a lot of people had no clue (it was a speakeasy, after all). But for those who liked to head…
Shake Off the Winter Blahs and Jet to This Grand Paradise of Immersive Theater
Waiting to board my plane, I flipped through a Time magazine sitting on the table nearby. Nixon was traveling to China, people were wondering whether or…
East Village Community Board Mulls How to Tighten the Taps On Liquor Licenses
The abundance of bars and nightclubs on the Lower East Side and the East Village is a perpetual source of grousing at Community Board 3 meetings.…
WeWork Co-Working Drops Down Next to Future Williamsburg Whole Foods
WeWork‘s expanding co-working empire has touched down in Williamsburg at 24o Bedford Ave, around the corner from the future Whole Foods and hovering over Scotch & Soda…
Grab a Lotto Ticket With Your Indie Erotica at This Bookstore and 99-Cent Shop
“Retail diversity” is taking on a whole new meaning in the Lower East Side. Scrappy indie publishers Badlands Unlimited, launched in 2010, recently moved from a studio…
Watch This Trump Piñata Get Bashed at WhiteBox’s #Makeamericagreatagain Show
A baseball bat swung through the air and collided with Donald Trump’s torso. The bat-wielding child laughed, the crowd cheered, and the piñata of Mr. Trump, by artist…
Talks + Readings: Glitter Heels, the Art of Memoir, and Some Firebreathing
TUESDAY Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature Feb. 2nd at 7:00 p.m.…
Ippudo Reboots With Frozen Beer Slushies, Plus Four New Ramen Spots to Try
It’s still raining ramen out there– it seems we can’t go one week without a new opening. Here’s a round up of some of the…
Is the International Center of Photography Coming to Essex Crossing?
Nearly a year after the Andy Warhol Museum announced that it would not be part of Essex Crossing as planned, we’ve been wondering what other…