It was nine months ago that Apostrophe, a Bushwick , was shut down after cops busted its anniversary celebration. Undeterred by a night in jail and a lengthy probation, brothers Ki…
First Look: Dressler’s Chef, Polo Dobkin, Opens a New One in His Old Home
It was almost a year ago that Colin Devlin closed his pioneering restaurant Dressler and shook the Williamsburg restaurant community by taking his own life. Tonight, Dressler’s…
The Eddy’s Kelvin Uffre Showed Us His Shrub
During his stints at Aldea and Maison Premiere, Kelvin Uffre started building an array of shiny vintage gadgets that are now behind the bar of The Eddy—which opened in the East…
New Doc: Has a Bushwick Man Served 29 Years For a Murder He Didn’t Commit?
Ray Klonsky first encountered David McCallum nine years ago, when Klonsky (now 29) was in college and McCallum (now 44) was 19 long years into…
War, Marxism, Nannies and Crime: Serious Stuff at This Week’s Talks and Walks
If the fun and frippery of summer are wearing you out already, explore a darker side of life at these readings, talks, and historical walks.…
Seeking Apartment: North of Houston, South of $6 Million
The B+B offices are right here in Cooper Square, so we spend a lot of time walking the cobblestones of NoHo, wondering if we’ll ever…
Hear Jack Ridley of Drowners Play While Your Mind Is Flooded With Photos of NYC
When photographer Pete Voelker first arrived in New York, he found the city overwhelming—and immediately began to document the constant movement and shifting surfaces of…
‘Official Art Gallery of Satan’ Gets Burned By Its Landlord
The devil went down to East Broadway? VECTOR Gallery, the self-declared “Official Art Gallery of Satan,” has been cast out of heaven — or at…
Make an Escape From New York Via These Films and Fests
Welcome to Reel Psyched, our weekly rundown of movies we’re especially excited to see. Escape from New York Get served Greenpoint brews and an array…
A Documentary Turns the Camera On Nan Goldin
Nan Goldin shot to fame with her visceral, heart-wrenching photographs of the drug-addled, sex-strewn lives of her East Village “tribe” in the late ’70s and early…