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In Williamsburg, Tenants Told to Clear Out For Demolition Dig In and Demand Repairs
The two-bedroom apartment that Jesenia Ventura shares with her three young children, her sister, and her mother Amalia Martinez is so run-down that some windows…
Who Was Able to Wake This Sleeping Artist With a Kiss?
A young man with rich brown hair, soft lips and a blindfold reposes on a mattress. It will only take one quick movement of your wrist…
Read This Book Before You Snapchat That Masked Punk Musician
“What if on the outside of this picture, where this guy is sitting on a chair with his guitar, there’s a chained up hostage being…
Tap Your Inner ‘Good Ole Boy’ in Bushwick This Weekend
“Boots and buckles, red clay and sand. My point ain’t subtle. I’m a southern man,” are the opening lines to The Cadillac Three’s song “The…
How Ten Thousand Saints Revived ’80s Punk in a ‘Very Sterile East Village’
Last week saw the release of Ten Thousand Saints, which we’ve been looking forward to ever since the film reenacted the Tompkins Square Park riot last year. The…
Meet the Subway Buskers Who Set Off a Viral Hootenanny
One of the few fun things to come out of the subway last winter was that viral video in which a little girl inspired a…
Straight Outta Brazil, Os Gêmeos Pay Tribute to Hip-Hop With This Mural
A massive mural on the side of 26 Second Avenue was completed over the weekend by Os Gêmeos, “the twins” known to their mother as Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo. Described on…
Race Meets Reality in a Powerful New Art Show, ‘Raciality’
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will scar me for life,” reads a framed art installation, the white cursive letters bleached onto…
Best Behavior’s Debut Album Came Out of a ‘Montel Williams-Style Breakup’
Bushwick band Best Behavior is already catching attention and touring nationally — even though it only formed in January. A self-described “60s garage rock, surf punk” band, the…