The 2018 Lower East Side Film Festival is announcing its opening night film, Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story, with this exclusive from Bedford + Bowery. The documentary is about…
We Followed the Clues to a Rooftop Storytelling Circle Hosted By Chaos Magicians
The emailed instructions, addressed to Cosmonauts of Narrative, said to look for the man in the red fez, which was easy enough, but his directions…
Marina Abramovic Caught Pussy Riot’s Tour Launch at Elsewhere
Pussy Riot launched their US tour at Bushwick’s Elsewhere last Thursday night with a bold display of their actionist performance art. Summoning the energy of a protest rally, Pussy Riot’s co-founder Nadya…
While They Keep ‘Talking’ About Spaceballs 2, Watch the Original On the Big Screen
The schwartz really has been with us lately. Just days after Mel Brooks brought a screening of Spaceballs to Newark and asked the audience if…
Punk Magazine’s John Holmstrom Doesn’t Think Music Matters Much Any More
While binging on the new season of I’m Dying up Here, catching up on The Deuce, or even streaming A Futile and Stupid Gesture, it’s…
Alamo and Nitehawk Announce Their Free Outdoor Films, With a Double Dose of Space Jam
Nitehawk and Alamo Drafthouse have released their lineups of outdoor movie screenings and– awkward!– both of them include Space Jam. Alamo announced today that it’s booking City Point/Downtown Brooklyn’s…
Meet the New Yorkers Who Might Actually Benefit From the L-pocalypse
With the L-pocalypse nearly a year away, the MTA and DOT have assured those living along the L train line that they’ll boost service on the G and…
Performance Picks: Wrestling With Friendship, Oddly Satisfying Content, and More
THURSDAY Singlet May 16-June 3 at The Bushwick Starr, 8 pm: $20-25 Singlet, the new show from the singular (get it, singular sounds like “singlet”)…
Riis Park Beach Bazaar Returns With Burgers and Burritos Reeled in From the Other End of Rockaway
After toughing out the winter with a seafood pop-up, the Riis Park Beach Bazaar is no doubt ready for some sun’s out, buns out. (Hot…
MTA Reveals Plans For Williamsburg Bridge Trains at L-pocalypse Town Hall
Last night’s Brooklyn town hall about the L train shutdown drew a smaller and generally more supportive crowd than last week’s contentious meeting in the…