August Summer Residency Showcase Opening Wednesday, August 29 at Con Artist Collective, 7 pm to 11 pm. On view through August 31. It’s the end…
The Jazz Age Lawn Party Packs Up Its Picnic Baskets For Summer
The Jazz Age Lawn party said farewell to its 13th season on Governor’s Island last Sunday with gorgeous weather to aid in the transport of their attendees back in time. Party founder…
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–…
Photos: Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson Block Party Was a Real Thriller
Michael Jackson would have been 60 years old this Wednesday, and as has become custom in Bed-Stuy (for the past eight summers, anyway), Spike Lee…
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…
Slip Off Your Shoes and Enter This Kyoto-Inspired Hideaway For ‘Deconstructed Omakase’
The literal translation of omakase is “I’ll leave it up to you”– meaning the chef– but at Williamsburg’s new Japanese restaurant, Ume, chef Danny Zhang…
Mister Rogers Is Getting Roasted, Just in Time For Sweater Weather
If you’ve seen the touching documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the words “The Roast of Mister Rogers” might seem like an oxymoron. Roasted? The national…
First Look at NYC Ferry’s New Line, Cruising Into the LES Next Week
With the hotly anticipated Lower East Side ferry line finally set to launch next Wednesday, Aug. 29, we took advantage of this breezy, sunny day to board the…
Go On a Sonic Youth Tour of NYC On the 30th Anniversary of Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth isn’t touring and won’t be anytime soon, but now you can at least go on a Sonic Youth tour of downtown Manhattan.