Many art shows can be classified as “trash” but a new sculpture garden takes it a step further. Part of the ongoing “NYC Trash!: Past, Present, &…
More Great Ghost Signs of the East Village and LES
We’re back with the fifth in our series of ghost signs. Click the photos to see artifacts of businesses that have long disappeared. Photos by…
City Seeks to Streamline Landmarking Process, But Public Doesn’t Want to Be Shut Out
The Landmarks Preservation Commission wants to speed up its approval of certain building modifications by eliminating public hearings, but preservationists argued yesterday that the move would silence…
UFO Cults, Modern Vaudeville, and More Performance Picks
WEDNESDAY Wondershow Wednesday, March 28 at Lot 45, 7 pm: $25 When you think of vaudeville, you may imagine charismatic and fast-talking magicians, jokesters, and other…
The Canadian New Yorker’s Dilemma: Am I a Yankees Fan or a Mets Fan?
As a baseball-loving Canadian living in New York, the 2018 MLB season presents me with an important question: should I root for the Yankees or…
Samesa, Flower Power and More Will Join Essex Street Market at New Location
Essex Street Market today named some of the vendors that will join the market when it moves to its new home in the Essex Crossing complex.…
Williamsburg’s Dime Savings Bank Is a Newly Minted Landmark
Williamsburg’s Dime Savings Bank has been declared a New York City landmark. The unanimous vote at a Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing today was cast two weeks after…
‘Downtown Was My Heaven’: Generations of Performers Revisit Club 57
Last Thursday, the theater at MoMA went back to the 20th century when Performing Difference: Gender in the 1980s Downtown Scene, a day of panel…
Youth Arts Program Campaigns to Take Over Silent Barn Space
Could the Silent Barn’s soon-to-be former home live on as an all-ages venue with an educational bent? Educated Little Monsters, a Bushwick-based program serving under-resourced…
O Canada or NO Canada? A Canuck Reviews Quebec-Inspired Bar UpNorth
A new Canadian-themed bar and restaurant just opened near the Bushwick-Ridgewood border. It’s called UpNorth, and features the unlikely combination of poutine and cocktails. Along with…