Today Volkswagen agreed to pay California another $154 million in its dieselgate scandal, but the German carmaker wasn’t always the face of pure evil. Fifty…
Bowery Tenants Hit the Streets Again to Protest Dr. Jay’s Owner Joseph Betesh
Tenants of 83 and 85 Bowery poured into the streets of Chinatown yesterday afternoon to protest their landlord Joseph Betesh, again, who they say is…
Bushwick Directors On What It’s Like to Bring Civil War to Brooklyn
Cary Murnion and Jon Milott have teamed up to direct Bushwick, an action movie about a Texas army that invades the Brooklyn neighborhood. Starring Brittany…
Videology Takes Landlord to Court; Failed LES Bank Robber in Custody
To avoid eviction, Videology‘s co-owners sued their landlord of six years Tuesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court. [The Real Deal] A New Jersey man, 22, was…
Astor Place Now Home to Mexican Ice Cream Stand From Creators of Dough
Do you have a sweet tooth? Do you, like me, require a daily allotment of chocolate or ice cream in order to forestall the possibility…
Performance Picks: AI Theater, the ‘Courtney Love of Comedy,’ and More
THURSDAY Not Dead Yet Thursday, July 20 at C’mon Everybody, 8:30 pm: $5 advance, $7 doors This comedy show, hosted by the multi-talented and highly…
Slipper Room Owner Faces Criticism After Dropping N Bomb On Stage
Lower East Side vaudeville venue the Slipper Room is at the center of a controversy over offensive speech which began Wednesday, July 5, when host…
Absinthe and Jazz Party Dispels the Green Fairy’s ‘Strange, Outlandish Reputation’
The Red Room above KGB— the former black box that you were probably dragged to by college friends doing DIY theater in the early aughts— has…
East Village Lands Himalayan Salt Cave; Williamsburg’s Bacon Omakase
Paperwork has been submitted to replace two previous Driggs Avenue marble yards with these mixed-use buildings. [Brownstoner] Online luxury consigner The RealReal will make its…
Mud Coffee Back on Astor Place, Same Same But Different
The Mudtruck is gone, but a kiosk that just opened on Astor Place is serving Mud coffee, smoothies, and $2.25 double egg sandwiches all day…