As Congress shut its doors for the holiday today, New Yorkers convened at the doors of Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village, rallying for…
‘Battle For Bushwick’ Pits Grassroots Anti-Gentrification Plan Against City’s
Bushwick locals are desperately trying to save the neighborhood from the Department of City Planning’s Bushwick Neighborhood Plan— especially since they spent five years laboring…
Does ‘Artwashing’ Blur the Line Between Beautification and Gentrification?
Bushwick Collective held its annual block party this month in Bushwick, pairing blocks of street art with food trucks and performances by artists like rapper/pear…
‘Black Power Punk Girls’ Are Turning Brooklyn Into Their Musical Playground
A new organization wants to give New Yorkers a safe space– and Soundcloud recommendations. Through their “cozy concerts,” intimate shows featuring local artists, The Black…
Massive Street Art Show Immerses You in a Time Before It Was Selfie Bait
A new exhibition in Williamsburg wants people to know that there’s more to street art than “selfie backdrops”– and it’s taking up a block-long, two-story…
Less Gramming, More Gaming: This Pop-Up Confiscates Your Phone at the Door
It’s no secret that New Yorkers love to Instagram their social lives – just ask anyone who went to Rosé Wine Mansion, or the happy…
New Book Is Letting the Bodega Cat Out of the Bag
New York archetypes are not rare in fiction — from the (allegedly) starving Lower East Side artist to the millennial nanny thrust among Upper East…
The Gradient Wants You To Eat Vegan and Then Veg Out at Its Parties
Warm weather has come and has taken UpNorth, the Canadian-inspired bar at 17 Wyckoff Ave, with it. Replacing the poutine-packed restaurant is the Gradient, an…
A Street Artist Is Playing Hide-and-Seek With New Yorkers on Instagram
A Brooklyn street artist is sharing gifts across the city– if you can find them. See Me Tell Me, who prefers to go by this…
‘Forgotten East’ Pop-Up Wants to Transport You From Canal Street to Chinese Luxury
A pop-up at 310 Canal Street is promising an escape from souvenir shops and a journey through the sites, smog and splendor of East Asia.…