While walking with his wife Friday night, Greenpoint resident George Carroll was fatally stabbed on Monitor Street by a stranger. No arrests have been made.…
Girl Gangs, Dildo Nunchucks and More at the East Village Queer Film Festival
Who will win the Golden Raspberry? The answer will be determined at the inaugural East Village Queer Film Festival, coming to The Wild Project Aug…
Sun of a Beach! Free Sunscreen Towers Are Coming to Rockaway
Now that beachspreading is the new manspreading and you’re bound to get dirty looks (or, even worse, get dragged on Twitter) if you bring your…
Confederate Flags Draw Ire in EV; Bushwick Lot Sells for $23 Million
Police guarded E. 8th Street and Avenue D on Wednesday, where a man had thrown rocks at apartment windows festooned with Confederate flags. [DNA Info]…
Carlina Rivera Is a ‘Shero,’ and Now She Wants to Be East Village and LES Council Rep
Lifelong Lower East Side resident Carlina Rivera is a frontrunner to be a City Council member representing District 2, where her current boss Rosie Mendez is…
Lemon Is Not Just Another Film About a ‘White Guy Who Everything Works Out For’
In Lemon, opening Aug. 25, Brett Gelman plays a man every bit as broken as the film’s title implies. Isaac is a failed actor whose agent (Jeff…
Stop Clowning Around and Check Out These Brooklyn Horror Festivals
It’s not yet September, but it already feels like Halloween, thanks to the release of Darren Aronofksy’s Mother! and a remake of Stephen King’s It.…
New Wythe Avenue Tower; Cup & Saucer Mulls Return
On Wythe Avenue, a proposed 19-story building that would dwarf most of Williamsburg secured a $35.5 million financing package. [The Real Deal] This past Monday…
PMS Got You Down? This Masseuse Wants to Give You a ‘Moon Cycle Massage’
Rachel Beider, owner of Massage Williamsburg and Massage Greenpoint, is making your monthly visit from Aunt Flo a whole lot easier. Yesterday Beider and her…
Performance Picks: Demystifying Sex, Activist Storytelling, Adolescent Witchcraft
WEDNESDAY The Sex Myth: A Devised Play August 16-20 at HERE Arts Center, 8:30 pm (Sunday at 4 pm): $35 I don’t think it’s hyperbole…