New Yorkers today learned some shocking news: beloved Cajun/Creole restaurant Great Jones Cafe will close tonight and may or may not reopen. Tipsters told EV…
Pour One of These Out for the Kosciuszko Bridge
After several weeks of delays the long-awaited demolition of Greenpoint’s old Kosciuszko Bridge began yesterday, despite the intercession of a band of sword-waving and wolf-wielding…
Performance Picks: A Trap Musical, Butoh in the Park, Steven Tyler’s iPad
WEDNESDAY Trap Musical Wednesday, July 26 at Bizarre Bushwick, 9 pm: $7-15 suggested donation I have to be honest, I find this event extremely baffling.…
Talk to the Two Directors Whose New Movies Pay Homage to NYC Record Shops
A while back we noted that bygone East Village record shop Other Music makes an appearance in Landline, Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate’s follow-up to…
New York Costumes Buys Space for $25 Million; Muji is Coming to Wythe Avenue
New York Costumes purchased its Fourth Avenue residence of 21 years for $24.5 million. [The Real Deal] Japanese lifestyle brand Muji will open it’s first…
Walk With David Lynch, Via These Special Screenings
Yesterday, Vulture noted that Twin Peaks: The Return constituted “a renewal of the entire Lynchian spirit.” Local movie theaters are definitely embracing it. In April…
Pols Condemn Hit-and-Run Drivers After Weekend Deaths of Two Brooklynites
“There is a no more senseless or inhumane action than to leave a body in the street,” declared city councilman Ydanis Rodriguez at a news…
This Jerry Saltz Beach Towel Will Soak Up Your Nutcracker Spills
Lena Dunham said we can always rely on him “to bring the visual thunder,” and that’s definitely what this new Jerry Saltz-emblazoned beach towel does.
Drink All the Drinks at These Two Coffee Competitions
New York has become such a cutthroat coffee town that baristas have to grace their latte foam with dancing hot dogs in order to stand…
Williamsburg Fire Under Investigation; LES Playground Updates
The cyclist killed by a trash truck in Greenpoint this weekend has been identified as East Village resident and Paulie Gee’s employee Neftaly “Neffy” Ramirez.…