Every year, the people of Tultepec, Mexico gather for a fireworks festival that culminates in the burning of colossal, handcrafted toros. As it turns out, the running…
For His Next Trick, Magician Derek DelGaudio Will Free Your Mind
In his Off-Broadway show In & Of Itself, magician Derek DelGaudio has no interest in pulling rabbits out of top hats or turning wands into…
Performance Picks: Conspiracy Puppets, Thomas Paine, Synth Improv
THURSDAY Thomas Paine In Violence Now through November 18 at HERE Arts Center, 8:30 pm: $25 While Paul Pinto may be known by some for…
New Museum Announces Star-Studded Lineups For 40th Anniversary and Triennial
As New Museum preps for its expansion, it’s also celebrating its 40th anniversary with a series of conversations between some of the artists who’ve shown…
Don’t Let the East Village Become ‘Silicon Alley,’ Say High-Rise Haters
East Village residents and activists want to keep their neighborhood from becoming “Silicon Alley.” Around 50 people gathered yesterday evening across from the site of…
How Do Bushwickers Feel About Living in America’s Second Coolest Neighborhood?
Congratulations to the people of Bushwick! Your neighborhood was just named the second hottest in the United States, falling closely behind The Mission in San…
Scorsese Continues Little Italying LES For Irishman Shoot
Work continues apace as Orchard and Broome Streets turn into 1970s Little Italy for the upcoming filming of The Irishman. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the…
Beloved Brooklyn Dive Hank’s Saloon Will Close Next Year
It’s been just a little over a week since the Continental revealed that it would close and now another scrappy holdover has announced that it’s…
‘Oh, Hi Mark’ Your Calendar: The Room and The Disaster Artist Take Over Theaters
I gotta tell you something. It’s about The Disaster Artist. In case you didn’t see the billboard, James Franco’s adaptation of Greg Sistero’s tell-all book…
Inside Nitehawk’s Revamp Of the Park Slope Pavilion Theater
Fourteen months before the 1929 stock market crash, a 1,516-seat theater struck someone as a good investment. Most of a century later, Park Slope is…