The Union Square/Nomad/Flatiron area has become an epicenter of health-minded, chef-driven fast-casual joints, what with Sweetgreen, Dig Inn, Danny Meyer’s Daily Provisions, Franklin Becker’s Little…
Pie an Artist in the Face and Then Eat the World’s Biggest Bagel and Lox
If you’ve ever wanted to throw a pie in someone’s face, now’s your chance. Jennifer Rubell, the conceptual artist who built a giant cookie jar resembling…
New Yorkers Share Stories of Union Pool, Williamsburg’s Notorious ‘Boyfriend Store’
In a story for The Cut that describes Union Pool as the “horny utopia of 2000s Williamsburg,” Allison P. Davis highlights what’s probably the main attraction of…
Mr. Throwback, Giant of Jerseys, Isn’t Doing the Super Bowl Shuffle This Year
Whether you’re rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles or New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII this weekend, or just want to see if Justin Timberlake…
Listen to the Premiere of ‘White Noise’ By CHAPPO Before They Tour With Flaming Lips
Shortly after appearing to hit their stride, Brooklyn’s psychedelic garage trio CHAPPO were hit with band-shaking tragedies– three, to be exact. In short succession, the…
Airbnb Drives Up Rents in Gentrifying Neighborhoods, New Study Finds
Is Airbnb as a gentrifying villain or a neighborhood ally? The ongoing debate rages on with a newly published report from McGill University. The study found…
Freemans Opens Banzarbar, a Tiny Weekends-Only Cocktail Bar
The Ace-designed “micro hotel” isn’t the only new development along Freeman Alley. Its forthcoming hotel’s neighbor, Freemans, has opened a second-floor cocktail bar that promises…
Performance Picks: Clickbait, Cults, and… Miss Frizzle
America Is Hard To See Now through February 24 at HERE Arts Center, 8:30 pm: $35-45 Do you ever have an idea and sort of less-than-halfway…
A Place to Bury Strangers Is Back With a Vengeance: New Album, Video, Tour Dates
A Place to Bury Strangers may have lost its home base when Death By Audio closed in 2014, but it hasn’t lost its mojo, as…
The Early Word On Six NYC Films That Premiered at Sundance
Skate Kitchen Crystal Moselle won the grand jury prize at Sundance in 2015 for her shocking, Lower East Side-set documentary The Wolfpack. Skate Kitchen finds…