A pioneer in lo-fi weirdo cinema– Spectacle Theatre aptly calls it “psychedelic splatterpunk”– Charles Pinion is in the grand tradition of opportunistic exploitation filmmakers. An artist…
Italian Anti-Capitalists, Bobby Cannavale at an Opening, and More Art This Week
Arte Povera Opening Tuesday, September 12 at Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through October 28. When you think…
Former Village Voice Scribes Gather to Say, ‘That’s All She Wrote’
It seemed more like a wake than a party for Village Voice alums at the renovated 19th century firehouse on 87 Lafayette Street that’s known…
‘Party Talk’ Will Make You Want to Corner Someone at the Teen Commandments Release Show
Even after trying to sort out all of those “Teen” bands, we still don’t know the difference between TEEN and The Teen Age. But this…
16 Years Later, a Photographer Remembers 9/11
On Sept. 11, 2001, I was sophomore at Hunter College. In the first hours after the attack, I walked roughly 80 blocks to Ground Zero.…
Man Struck by Bushwick Subway; Kosciuszko Bridge Blast is Back On
A man was hospitalized with serious injuries Saturday after sitting on the edge of Bushwick’s Kosciuszko Street subway platform, obstructing an incoming train. [NY Post]…
Whole Lotta Lethem, as Jonathan Appears in Docs and in Person
If you’re a Lethem lover, get ready for a jolt of Jonathan. As you’d expect, the Motherless Brooklyn writer is appearing at the Brooklyn Book…
Bushwick Parent Assaults School Employee; Cafe Orlin Closing
According to police, in Bushwick this week a father punched a school safety officer in the face when told he couldn’t be in an employees-only…
The Bean Opens in the Former Home of St. Mark’s Bookshop
Three years after the St. Mark’s Bookshop left its longtime home on the corner of Third Avenue and Stuyvesant Street, The Bean has opened up…