Edge of Eden Opening Wednesday, June 20 at Fridman Gallery, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through July 20. Maybe all your friends have…
A Trailblazing Tailor Offers the Wrongfully Convicted a Stitch in Time
Mark Denny went to prison when he was 16, for the robbery and gang rape of an 18-year old inside a Burger King in Brooklyn.…
Will Your Lamb Gyro Survive NYC’s New Styrofoam Ban?
Along with pillowy heaps of steaming rice, hot sauce and shredded meat, Styrofoam containers are practically ubiquitous among the city’s halal food carts. The foam…
Cynthia Nixon Joins Rally Against Cuomo’s Housing Policies as Guv Gets ‘Master Builder’ Award
Hundreds of tenants and activists for renters and the homeless marched from the New York Public Library to Park Avenue and 63rd Street last night,…
‘He’s One of the Good Guys’: Lower East Siders Recall Filming With Anthony Bourdain
Back in April, Anthony Bourdain visited some of his old stomping grounds (and new ones) in the East Village and Lower East Side for an episode of…
Bushwick’s Marathon Free Rock Show Survives a Cancer Scare
We Color Live celebrates their fifth annual Color Me Bushwick this weekend with 24 bands starting this Friday through Sunday. Held in Pickthorn Salon’s back room, the three-day concert will celebrate its fifth year as…
Performance Picks: Pride, Daddies, Teenage Richards
THURSDAY Teenage Dick Now through July 15 at The Public Theater, 7:30 pm (weekend matinees at 1:30 pm): $50+ As I’ve discussed several times before,…
Astor Place’s Insta-Famous Rhino Sculpture Trots Off
“Oh no, Jerry!” The 93-year-old woman in Washington Square Park called out to her husband, who was similarly distraught. I had just informed the passing couple…
How Kiefer Stopped Being a Jazz Snob and Started Making Boundary-Breaking Music From the Heart
About halfway through our conversation, Kiefer Shackelford launches into one of his favorite jokes: “Can you imagine Duke Ellington teaching a piano lesson and going, Now remember,…
Pretty Sweet: Williamsburg’s New Waterfront Wonderland, Domino Park
South Williamsburg’s Domino Park is finally finished and open to the public, and it is a gleaming example of what approximately $50 million can do…