Don’t pour out that sangria just yet. Last week, we brought word that Francisco’s Centro Vasco had suddenly closed after 38 years in Chelsea, bringing…
Bloody Fight at a Bushwick Shelter; Drake Invests in MatchaBar
According to police, two men seeking shelter at Bushwick’s Eddie Harris Residential Facility were hospitalized Tuesday night after one bit off the other’s index finger,…
East Village Community Gardens to Host Screenings of National Security Docs
Does government surveillance really get your goat? (To be honest I have never really understood that expression but I am just going to run with…
Performance Picks: Magicians, Flashlight Ghost Stories, and Queer Debauchery
WEDNESDAY Wondershow Wednesday, August 2 at House of Yes, 8 pm: $20 Ok. I know what you’re thinking. You want to see a magic show,…
The Road Movie Applies a ‘Fly on the Wall Concept’ to Russian Highway Insanity
While the United States ratcheted up sanctions on Russia, a crowd of Russians and Americans alike came together on a Williamsburg rooftop last night to participate…
Great Jones Cafe Reopens: ‘Reports of Our Demise Were Greatly Exaggerated’
We reported last week that beloved Cajun eatery and longtime Bowery hangout Great Jones Cafe was temporarily shutting down — and, according to cryptic information…
One of the City’s Trippiest Troupes, Company XIV, Has Found a New Home in Bushwick
For the past years, Company XIV has twirled, leaped and pranced– and not just during their bawdy, outre reimaginings of Snow White and The Nutcracker.…
LES Gets Living Gallery; Boss Tweed’s Saloon Closes Amid Controversy
The company that owns the garbage truck that recently killed cyclist Neftaly Ramirez in a hit-and-run, Action Carting, has reportedly been responsible for a dozen…
Brandon Harris Talks Gentrification, Race, and the Perennial Struggle of Making It in NYC
In his first book, Making Rent in Bed-Stuy (HarperCollins, 2017), New York-based writer and filmmaker Brandon Harris uses his memoir of “trying to make it…
Take a Time-Traveling Ferry to Fire Island With These Photos and Films
Now that Fire Island is the subject of a TV series that’s been described, albeit lovingly, as “guilty-pleasure reality filth,” you have to wonder whether…