While you were busy listening to Father John Misty or Fleet Foxes or whatever, Electric Zoo, the EDM music festival on Randall’s Island, became a…
Photographer Alex Harsley Created An Artists’ Hub In the East Village—And Now He’s Trying To Save It
All the roads in Alex Harsley’s life have led him to photography (many of these roads he traversed as a young man keen on tearing…
BK Wildlife Summer Festival Is the Labor Day Bash You Won’t Want To Miss
The Brooklyn Wildlife Summer Festival returns this Friday for a triumphant sixth year. The festival, which according to Brooklyn Wildlife founder Christopher Carr, is the…
Cuomo Announces ‘Marijuana Listening Sessions’ (Sorry, They Do Not Involve Pink Floyd)
Andrew Cuomo’s office has announced a series of “marijuana listening sessions”– and no, they won’t involve Dark Side of the Moon in quadrophonic sound. The governor wants to…
Performance Picks: Anarchist Emmas and Violent Ellens
WEDNESDAY Red Emma and the Mad Monk Now through September 1 at The Tank, 8 pm: $20-30 Nowadays, when one thinks about theater (particularly any…
They’re Giving Away Bikes in Williamsburg, But You’ll Have to Wait a Wheelie Long Time
Spiked Seltzer is just one of the brands that have been using the L train shutdown as a marketing hook (you may have also noticed Stuy…
Equinox Turns ‘Dusty’ Lower East Side Into a ‘Hub For Fitness and High-Performance Living’
Equinox’s colonization of the Bedford + Bowery zone continues. The gym chain opened locations in the Williamsburg and the East Village in 2016, with the…
Pablo Conejero López Is The Spanish Poet Haunting the Lower East Side
A slender man draped in a long coat and sporting coiffed dark hair descends a set of stairs, strolling along the South Street Seaport in a…
Black Art Matters and More Exhibitions This Week
August Summer Residency Showcase Opening Wednesday, August 29 at Con Artist Collective, 7 pm to 11 pm. On view through August 31. It’s the end…
The Jazz Age Lawn Party Packs Up Its Picnic Baskets For Summer
The Jazz Age Lawn party said farewell to its 13th season on Governor’s Island last Sunday with gorgeous weather to aid in the transport of their attendees back in time. Party founder…