On May 20, the 50,000-square-foot Knockdown Center will become the site of a bold new experiment in live performance. Authority Figure, directed by performance/dance/sound artists Monica…
16 Works We Loved at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
It’s pretty screwy that here, now, in the year 2016 many people still have a hard time grasping that Africa is an incredibly diverse continent…
Vans House Parties and Full Moon Festival Announce Lineups
Summer is really coming together, folks. Especially since two of the season’s highlights, for music lurvers, just announced their lineups. Vans House Parties Summer Series…
Naked Yoga in Bushwick; A High Line in Williamsburg?
A thief punched a Williamsburg liquor store employee in the face last Monday evening. [Brooklyn Paper] If a recently revived plan gains traction, Williamsburg neighborhoods…
21 Way Cool Things We Saw at Frieze Art Fair
If you made it to Frieze New York this weekend, chances are pretty slim that you managed to see everything the elite art fair had to…
Two Stabbed at a Chinatown Internet Cafe
Upstairs at 39 Eldridge Street, a dim, stuffy internet cafe is a refuge for hardcore gamers, glued to the computer screen for hours. This morning many…
Landlord Steve Croman Charged With Criminal Fraud and Pushing Out Tenants
Just a month ago we followed faith leaders and tenants as they tried to meet their landlord, Steve Croman of 9300 Realty (and honoree on The Village…
Gentrification Study: NYC Rents Have Risen Highest in Greenpoint/Williamsburg
A new report on the state of the city’s housing released today by NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy has a special…
Other Music, ‘No Longer the Heart of How We Consume Music,’ Will Close in June
I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who’s had this thought: “The day Other Music closes, I’m writing my Goodbye to All That essay.” Well, that day is upon…
Hester Street Fair Returns With Jerk Chicken, a ‘Plant Doctor,’ and More
Hot on the heels of Smorgasburg and the Riis Park Beach Bazaar, Hester Street Fair is the latest weekend food-and-shopping extravaganza to announce details of…