What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the East Village in the 90s? Junkies passed out on Avenue A while…
Official Art Gallery of Satan Comes Back With Its Tail Between Its Legs
As is JJ Brine’s way, he’s hesitant to speak about the past. Even the very recent past, when Brine– Satanic gallerist, practitioner of “Post-human” art, founder…
Offices Replaces Brewery; Party to Save The Muse
A female cyclist claims she was physically assaulted by an Uber driver at a busy intersection on August 4, but the police officers who witnessed…
Ketamine: The Musical Proves Much More Stimulating Than Expected
Admittedly, when I heard House of Yes was doing a show called Ketamine: The Musical, I wanted to roll my eyes. I imagined a glitzy…
Backyard Wrestling Has Come to Brooklyn
If you were recently enjoying a peaceful night in your quiet apartment in Park Slope when, all of a sudden, a crowd of nearby 20-and-30-somethings…
New Millennial-Friendly Hotel Threatens Historic East Village Tenements
Yesterday afternoon a group of vocal protesters gathered along East 11th Street, facing a row of historic brick buildings they’re intent on saving from demolition at the…
Four Readings: Margo Jefferson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Americans in Revolt
TUESDAY Margo Jefferson and Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah August 23, 7pm at Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th Street. Margo Jefferson’s acclaimed memoir Negroland, which The New…
Richard Kern Warps Back to ’80s East Village For an Exhibit That Promises to Be Polarizing
Last year, when Richard Kern was revisiting his series New York Girls for a gallery show, he told us of the photography: “It was so long ago, almost seems…
New Thai Spot in Noho; Gun Bust in LES Shooting
East Village magician Stephen Konzen died on August 11. [EV Grieve] Three days later, neighborhood photographer Patrick J. Eves died at age 41. [The Villager] Timothy…
Still No Date For Alamo Drafthouse’s NYC Debut, But Here’s a Look Inside
Ever since Tim League revealed that he was opening an Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn this summer, we’ve been waiting for an exact opening date with…