High-end fashion retailers are staking out Noho like there’s no tomorrow. First there was A.P.C., then Filson landed, and Phillip Lim scored a still-under-construction spot.…
Talking Dating and Drama With the Writer and Director of ‘Get Me a Guy’
New Yorkers are not only constantly dramatizing their own already rather dramatic love lives, but also adore consuming dramatizations of other such love lives: see…
Dine With Lena Dunham in the Confines of the Lowline!
The Lowline folks are on a roll. Less than a month after a lucrative benefit netted them $30,000 for their ambitious underground park project, they’ve…
Here’s How Locals Are Feeling About Williamsburg’s First Starbucks
In case you hadn’t heard, Williamsburg finally got itself a Starbucks location this morning—on Union Ave near the Lorimer/Metropolitan L and G station. The neighborhood…
At Last, a Look Inside the New St. Mark’s Bookshop
After a spate of setbacks and slowdowns, St. Mark’s Bookshop has reopened in its new digs at 136 East Third Street. It’s the beloved book…
It’s Gonna Be ‘Shwick: Brooklyn’s Newest Maker Market Is Born
All ye makers of artisanal Sriracha and hand-crafted jewellery and normcore t-shirts, rejoice! Come August 23, there’ll be yet another market in New York City’s most…
Readings and Talks: Post-Apocalyptic Pregnancy, Kafkaesque Erotica, and More
Wise-up about the underlying structures of the Israel-Palestine conflict, lust in the style of Kafka, and hear about California’s (fictional) dystopian future at this week’s worthy readings and talks. …
This Jeweler Isn’t Big On Gems, Is More Into Transatlantic Cable
“I find gems to be really boring” is not something one expects a jewelry-designer to say, but Erica Weiner says it and means it. “It’s…
25 Images From New Museum’s Arresting Survey of Contemporary Arab Art
For the last fifteen years, Massimiliano Gioni has enthusiastically observed the increased presence of the work of artists of Arabic origin at various biennials and…
James Franco’s Debut as a Theater Director Is a Little Bit Alien-ating
Near the end of “The Long Shrift” — James Franco’s debut as a theater director — one character says to another, and to the audience at large:…