Both touring bands and local music fans (aka members of an aloof subculture that you wouldn’t understand) have probably felt a shifting tide. Over the…
More than 700 Artists Say They are Nasty Women, and Proud of It
A new art show opening this week is just the sort of hopeful omen we need really, really need right now, just one week before…
Gone Daddy’s Gone, a Regular Remembers Her Favorite Bar
OK, we’re almost in the clear for anything New Year’s Eve-related. But before we hurdle head-first into 2017, there’s one more place we lost over…
Anthology Film Archives Adding New Library and Café, With Help from Sparkly Art Auction
Yesterday, Anthology Film Archives announced that, for the first time in their 46-year history, big changes are coming to the institution in the form of…
Bake Time is Up: Cake Shop Says Goodbye
Another venue spent New Year’s Eve saying their last goodbyes to regulars and anyone else with a drink in their hand. For the last few…
Week in Film: Spectacle Back to Pack it in With ‘Best of’ + See This Doc or Else
Doomed Love Friday January 6, 7:30 pm at Spectacle: $5 It’s been an awful long time since I’ve seen a movie at Spectacle… who am…
It’s All Over Now for Williamsburg Bar Over the Eight
Last year was a rough one for cultural spaces of all kinds in New York City, so it was somewhat fitting (if not totally sad)…
Week in Shows: Get Runny, Feel Good + Take a Trip to Synthicide’s Triple Threat
Synthicide: Three-Year Anniversary Thursday January 4, 10 pm to 4 am at Bossa Nova Civic Club: FREE Even if right now the weather’s making you…
RAE BK Had an Old-School Art Party With DJ Kool Herc and It Went Like This
The last time I saw a bunch of RAE BK‘s work all in one place was in 2015, just after the street artist and Brooklyn-native…
Will the Pain Ever End? 2016 Died and Took the Creator of Bambi With it
Even if the actual ball drop is kinda hazy, as long as you’re reading this, you’ve made it to 2017. Congratulations. Seriously though, 2016 was the worst. Case…