As inevitable as your student loan bills, Valentine’s Day is once again around the corner. If you’re inclined to celebrate it ironically rather than romantically, fret not:…
Five Crazy Things I Learned at the Occult Humanities Conference
Last weekend marked a victory for goths, Tarot freaks, and magic nerds everywhere as the second annual Occult Humanities Conference convened at NYU for a…
City Council Grills Mayor’s Affordable Housing Plan, Fearing Williamsburg-Style Gentrification
City Council members pushed Mayor de Blasio’s new rezoning plan to prioritize deeper affordability during a hearing yesterday on a key pillar of his effort…
Arrest in East Village Stabbing; Surrealist Paintings Stolen From W’burg Gallery
Today a pair of men, ages 23 and 24, were arrested for stabbing a man in the back multiple times on East 9th Street this…
This Is the Meatballs-and-Panties Event of the Year
First sneakers and lingerie, now meatballs and panties. The twain shall finally meet at a pre-Valentine’s “boys night out” at Williamsburg lingerie store Brooklyn Fox. On Thursday, Feb. 11, from…
Williamsburg Gets Another Place to Live the #VapeLife
“The Future of This Great Nation Will Be Determined By Vapers,” declares Gawker, going on to quote conservative puppet-master Grover Norquist: “I think that the…
Edi & The Wolf Gets an Austrian Sister Spot in Greenwich Village
The folks behind Edi & the Wolf and The Third Man are venturing well west of their stomping grounds on Avenue C. Tonight they’ll open Freud in Greenwich…
We Can Eat Gyros, Just For One Day: New Greek Spot Heroically Keeps It Under $6
To Spiti, the name of Alma Selmanay’s new Greek takeout joint, means “my home” in her native language. Her home was Athens before she moved to…
Radio Station and Coffee Shop Ready to Spring Out of a Shipping Container
Over the weekend, a new radio station with a focus on the multifaceted New York City music scene entered what founder Francois Vaxelaire described as “beta…
Men With Cats, and 3 More Talks and Readings Not to Miss This Week
TUESDAY Kia Corthron + Robin D. G. Kelley Feb. 9 at 7:00 p.m. at The Strand, 828 Broadway Kia Corthron, playwright and writer for The…