Emelyn Stuart has run The Ocktober Film Festival, a showcase of emerging filmmakers, since 2013. Each year, she’s rented venues for it. One year, she…
Cheeseburger in Paradise: Ridgewood Gets a Tropical Spot With Food By Ed & Bev’s
As much as I and maybe you protest the idea, summer is coming to an end. What to do besides get mad at people who…
Where DIY Once Thrived, A Sicilian Restaurant Now Stands
When Bushwick DIY venue Palisades closed in 2016 after an unsuccessful quest to get up to code following a police raid, we briefly brainstormed what…
Ambrosia Elixirs, a ‘Home For Plant Medicine’ in Bushwick
Troutman Street between Evergreen and Central Avenues in Bushwick is a block awash with construction. Jackhammers, scaffolding, and dust make their home alongside the bar…
Dessert Club ChikaLicious Takes Its Crazy-Popular Churro Cones Over to Avenue A
Just like Saul Goodman was such a hit on Breaking Bad that he got his own show, the wildly popular churro cone at Dessert Club, ChikaLicious is getting…
They’re Giving Away Bikes in Williamsburg, But You’ll Have to Wait a Wheelie Long Time
Spiked Seltzer is just one of the brands that have been using the L train shutdown as a marketing hook (you may have also noticed Stuy…
Equinox Turns ‘Dusty’ Lower East Side Into a ‘Hub For Fitness and High-Performance Living’
Equinox’s colonization of the Bedford + Bowery zone continues. The gym chain opened locations in the Williamsburg and the East Village in 2016, with the…
Hank’s Saloon Won’t Go Down in Flames After All
Hank’s Saloon, the live-music dive in Boerum Hill that announced in 2017 that it would close this year, is getting a second life as part of…
New York Comedy Club Replaces EastVille: With Gaffigan We Can Laugh Again!
Excuse me, do you like live comedy? Well, good news! The EastVille Comedy Club– a low-key spot frequented by Janeane Garofalo and other downtown comics–…
B&H Dairy Celebrates 80 Years of Being the ‘East Village Cheers’
Green and yellow banners and balloons festooned the doorway of B&H Dairy on Wednesday night as it celebrated 80 years in the East Village. And…