The ink has barely dried on the special election for Sheldon Silver’s 65th district state assembly seat and we’re already sprinting towards the general primary in September.…
This Passover, There’s Lots O’ Matzo at Museum at Eldridge’s Synagogue Tours
This is the first Passover in 90 years without Streit’s Matzo in operation on Rivington Street. So what do you do if you get hungry after seeing the new…
An Awkward Encounter With Prince at Lucky Cheng’s, When He Was a ‘Crazy Symbol’
Unless you’re one of the lucky few who rememeber “random encounters with Prince” while nightclubbing in the East Village in the early ’80s, then you’d…
Unibrow Brilliant: A ‘Movement Installation’ Goes Beyond the Frida Kitsch
What do you think of when you hear the name “Frida Kahlo?” Her lush, Tehuantepec-inspired dresses? Her flowered headdresses? Her unmistakeable unibrow? These days, one of the…
New Yorkers Pay Tribute to Prince
The city is awash in purple as New Yorkers mourn the death of yet another music legend this year. Last night, cries of “Purple Rain” and…
Hundreds Rally for the Right to Refuse Stop and Frisk
In 2013 Mayor Bill De Blasio was voted into office with pledges to reign in police violence and stop-and-frisk policing targeted at blacks and latinos. (Remember that…
‘Secret Spot’ Tiny Rabbit House Opens With ‘Tako Tacos’ and ‘Fake Sushi’
In Japan, a tiny studio apartment is often known as a “rabbit hutch”–usually a cramped little space for young people to get a foothold in the…
The After-Bern: Twitter Reacts to Neighborhood Primary Results
If you aren’t celebrating 4/20 right now, you’re probably still hashing out the winners and losers of New York’s Primary Day. Luckily for every election nerd,…
As Primary Results Come In, Head to This ‘Safe Space’ to See Hill and Bern Dance Off
It’s finally here: the day we’ll find out whether Hillbots or Bernie Bros prevail in New York. Don’t just admire #feelthebern street art or strut…
4 Talks and Readings: Pretentiousness, Bad Women, and How to Smoke Pot
TUESDAY Release for Jacob Victorine’s Flammable Matter April 19 at 7 p.m. at WORD Bookstore, 126 Franklin Street. Jacob Victorine’s first book of poetry, Flammable Matter, bears…