When surrealist auteur Alejandro Jodorowsky makes a rare trip to New York City— to promote his new autobiographical film, Endless Poetry— you know it’s an occasion.…
Bitterness Over St. Marks Starbucks
Hell no, we won’t Frappuccino. Nearly 50 residents, small business owners, activists and crusties alike attended an anti-Starbucks rally Thursday evening in the East Village.…
Legal Victory for Sheldon Silver; Fire Above Zum Schneider
Sheldon Silver, the former state assembly speaker who also answered to Lower East Side constituents, had his 2015 corruption verdict overturned by a federal appeals…
Julie Orlick Debuts Her Surreal Opus, Silent Lovers
Two androgynous sisters, their cheeks caked with jewel-sized tears, embracing in silvery black-and-white. Contrasted against the downtown street, with its storied past muzzled by high-priced…
Honor Among Thieves Wants to Give New York ‘Its Sense of Adventure Back’
Even on Memorial Day weekend, when half the city seemed to be out of town, Gramercy Theatre drew a boisterous crowd to see Honor Among Thieves supporting Ten Ton…
Can We Talk About the VitaminWater Jukebox On Bedford Avenue?
When Williamsburg longtimer Bliss Cafe closed at the end of last month, Free Williamsburg snarked that it “will be missed when it’s replaced by Zara,…
Di Fara Preps for W-Burg; The Bean Will Replace St. Mark’s Bookshop
The man who attacked a set of college-age brothers with brass knuckles and a knife this February on Hester Street will serve community service, per…
Performance Picks: MTA Love Poems, Jeb Bush Meets Sam Shepard, and More
WEDNESDAY Holding: A Queer Black Love Story Wednesday, July 12 at Secret Project Robot, 9 pm: FREE (donation suggested) This performance is presented as part…
LES Stalwart Cup & Saucer to Shutter After 75 Years
Cup & Saucer, a throwback luncheonette that has occupied the same quiet spot on Canal Street for more than 75 years, is likely closing, Bedford…
George Clinton On His Role in Flying Lotus’s Kuso: ‘I Thought I Was On Drugs Again’
We warned you that Flying Lotus’s debut feature, Kuso, would be one of the grossest, weirdest movies in recent memory. Sure enough, after last night’s Rooftop…