I’m a member of the “blank” generation– the generation that grew up copying albums onto blank cassettes. But for all the vinyl heads, Record Store Day’s…
While Urbanists Imagine NYC’s Retreat From the Coast, It’s Already Happening
There were shocked murmurs at this year’s Municipal Art Society Summit when the crowd was shown a visualization of the Rockaways after the ecological displacement…
Art This Week: Lasers And Dust, Queer Art Auction, Bodies Reimagined
Particulates Opening Tuesday, October 17 at Dia:Chelsea. On view through June 2. The space at Dia:Chelsea is big and expansive, as it used to belong…
Mudbound Director Dee Rees on What We Can Learn From her Jim Crow-Era Epic
Mudbound burst onto the film scene during this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered to near universal acclaim for its nuanced depiction of race…
Tallest Essex Crossing Building Tops Out at 26 Stories
Days after announcing that the International Center of Photography would move to Essex Crossing, developers of the Lower East Side urban renewal area have announced…
Chuck Schumer Hits Lower East Side to Blast Trump’s Proposed EPA Cuts
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stopped by La Plaza Cultural Community Garden in the East Village Thursday afternoon to rail against the Trump administration’s proposed…
Why Venezuelan Immigrants Approve of Trump’s Latest Travel Ban
New York’s Attorney General is demanding a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s third travel ban, it was announced today. But while A.G. Eric…
In Joan Didion Doc, Griffin Dunne Shows His ‘Funny, Fierce’ Aunt Isn’t Just a ‘Mistress of Gloom’
“I pictured this, I really did,” Griffin Dunne told the crowd at Alice Tully Hall last night, his voice quivering with emotion as he introduced…
Mashonda Tifrere’s New Group Show Tells Women: ‘You Can Be a King’
Mashonda Tifrere walks in Pen + Brush’s gallery just as a tall poster of a black lobster with 24-karat gold bands around its claws is…
What Can the Night Mayor Do? The DIY Scene Discusses
There’s a new (Night) Mayor in town, or at least there will be soon. On August 24, City Council member Rafael Espinal’s bill to establish…