About halfway through our conversation, Kiefer Shackelford launches into one of his favorite jokes: “Can you imagine Duke Ellington teaching a piano lesson and going, Now remember,…
Musician Rafiq Bhatia On Throwing Out the Manual to Make His New Album, Breaking English
For the past five years, Rafiq Bhatia has been pushing out from the style and instrument that has made him a highly coveted collaborator. A virtuoso…
Throwback Bar-Venue Coney Island Baby Fights ‘Vegan Socks and Gluten-Free Toilet Bowls’
photo by Ilaria Conte Coney Island Baby soft-opened on Thursday with performances by a host of downtown music staples: Murphy’s Law, Craig Finn of the…
Clint Michigan On Making His New Album With Members of The Moldy Peaches and Julie Ruin
Clint Asay has a chipper demeanor, as you’d expect from a former cocktail waiter at Sidewalk Cafe and bartender at Metropolitan. But he also records heart-heavy, semi-biographical folk as Clint…
Brooklyn Stands Against ‘Punish a Muslim Day’
Interfaith leaders and city officials gathered in Brooklyn’s “Little Pakistan” yesterday to decry a flier promoting April 3rd as “Punish a Muslim Day.” With City Council…
Youth Arts Program Campaigns to Take Over Silent Barn Space
Could the Silent Barn’s soon-to-be former home live on as an all-ages venue with an educational bent? Educated Little Monsters, a Bushwick-based program serving under-resourced…
Rats! NYU Sushi Staple Sharaku Closed By Health Department
Shakaru, a reliable East Village destination for reasonably-priced sushi and Japanese fare for more than 20 years, has been temporarily shuttered by the health department.
It’s Bone Broth Weather, and Brodo Has a New Location in Soho
With a bomb cyclone in full effect this afternoon (no, these aren’t sweet hydraulics), what could be more warming than a hot cuppa bone broth?…
The Levee’s New Mural Strikes at the Heart of Our Social Media Addiction
Over the weekend, The Levee, a staple of the Williamsburg scene, unveiled its newest mural: the aptly-titled “Anti-Social Media.” This is the second Damien Mitchell piece to grace The Levee’s wall,…