Deep pockets don’t impress Shannon Walker and Tony Castle, two of the directors of the upcoming LES Film Festival (and co-workers at Noho production company…
‘There’s Beautiful Light’: Meryl Meisler’s Snapshots of Disco-Era Bushwick
The ’70s were a wild time to be in Bushwick: following a major blackout in 1977, shops and homes were devastated in a wave of…
7 Local and Not-So-Local Ones to Catch at the Brooklyn Film Festival
“Brooklyn is exploding right now,” says Nathan Kensinger, and he should know. For months, the documentary filmmaker and photographer has been working hard on the lineup…
Memorial Day Shooting in East Williamsburg
A man was shot in East Williamsburg shortly before 11 p.m. last night. The 25-year-old victim was in front of 236 Meserole Street, near Bushwick…
A Tribeca Winner With Brooklyn Roots Opens in the Village Today
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors follows a 13-year-old autistic boy who wanders into the subway system, leading his mother — an undocumented Mexican immigrant…
Hold On To Your Seats: Stephen Hawking, Yoko Ono, and Pussy Riot Get Ionescoed
If your dream answer to “Guess who’s coming to dinner?” is Pussy Riot, Stephen Hawking, Yoko Ono and Gertrude Stein — or if you happen…
Montana’s Trail House Brings Mountain Soda, Black Magic Cuisine to Bushwick
Come May 30, an awesomely rustic bungalow will be purveying “Appalachian east coast country food, and some black-magic inspired dishes” to the woodsmen (and -women)…
First Look at The Black Ant, Now Serving Insect-Dusted Margs and Guac
The Black Ant, opening tonight in the East Village, doesn’t look much like any other Mexican restaurant in town, and that’s the way the owner…
A Look Inside Miss Lily’s 7A Cafe, Now Jerking and Juicing in the East Village
Calling all jerk-loving downtown scenesters! The new location of Miss Lily’s, in the old 7A space, is open for business.
For a Group Show Titled ‘POLISH,’ This Photographer Got Raw [NSFW]
Last time we bumped in photographer Anna Bloda, she was trying on clothes. This time, she’s stripping them off. Bloda is baring all for a…