Two of New York’s iconic businesses cleared their shelves last weekend as East Village’s Gem Spa had its signage removed and Little Italy’s police supplier…
Haring on the Side of Caution: Downtown Artists and Dealers (and Their Bartenders) Persevere
Downtown Manhattan’s galleries and bars have started to hum again after almost two months of silence brought on by coronavirus. With most artists working from…
Hnry Flwr Hopes This Is the Uplifting Song About Confronting Mortality You’ve Been Waiting For
HNRY FLWR was breaking onto the Brooklyn scene just before the coronavirus pandemic shut the city down. Now the band, fronted by singer-songwriter David Van Witt,…
A Strokes Sibling Says Meet Me in the Virtual Gallery
If you’re looking for something resembling your usual Thursday night gallery hop in these unusual times, sit back with your own box wine tonight as The…
Last Day of Disco: Crawling Brooklyn’s Bars Hours Before the Shutdown
There’s been a few “last nights of normal” this past week: the night the national emergency was declared, the last night of church services, and on…
Great News: Good Room Opens Good Bar
Good Bar grand opens tonight right at the start of Bedford Avenue on the Greenpoint/Williamsburg border. The self-described “record listening bar” hopes to add to the local…
Project Parlor Reopens With Art Shows, Concerts, and Pinball
Bed-Stuy “boozerie” Project Parlor had its grand re-opening Friday after closing up for a month of renovations. The bar originally opened in 2009 under the ownership of Megan…
Gordo’s Cantina Crosses the Brooklyn-Queens Border
Gordo’s Cantina quietly opened in Bushwick a month ago after leaving Long Island City last summer, and it’s been a good move for owner JR…
Our 36-Hour New Year’s Party Crawl
From the far reaches of Red Hook to downtown Manhattan and back again to Bushwick’s warehouses, our New Year’s was a 36-hour race against time…
Brooklyn Bazaar Did Not Go Quietly Into That Good Night
In the almost two months since Brooklyn Bazaar announced that it would close, the venue’s fans had one wild opportunity after another for a blowout farewell. After…