Last time I saw a shoot in Tompkins Square Park, Alia Shawkat and Rosie Perez were doing a scene for Search Party. How can you…
This Woman Is Lying in a Coffin For 24 Hours to Protest the Repeal of Obamacare
For the next 24 long, hot hours Rosary Solimanto will lie lifeless in a coffin outside of the offices of senators Kirsten Gellibrand and Chuck…
Stop Railing Against the MTA and Hop Aboard These Vintage Trains
With Penn Station commuters in for a “summer of hell” and L train riders bracing for the L-pocalypse, it sure would be nice to travel…
Paul Major of Endless Boogie Saw Some ‘Crazy Stuff’ as a Record Store Clerk in ’70s NYC
Record collecting isn’t what it used to be, now that the only way to experience Other Music is on the big screen. But Paul Major,…
Brooklyn Welcomes Katz’s Deli Friday, W-Burg’s Beer ATM
Five tenement buildings on E. 11th Street were leveled to make room for the forthcoming Moxy Hotel, set to rise across from Webster Hall. [EV…
Bowery Wall Tagged After Getting Mural By Controversial Pick, David Choe
Taggers wasted no time marking up the Bowery wall’s newest mural. The wall, on Houston Street and Bowery, has featured work by artists like Keith…
Radical Hospitality, Political Stitching, and More Art Affairs
Radical Hospitality Opening Thursday, June 15 at IDIO Gallery, 6pm. On view through July 15. “Art is my life,” you’ve probably heard so many people…
Can Cupcake Market’s Flower Cones Heal a Nation?
During the election, Cupcake Market made headlines with its cookie portraits of Clinton and Trump. But what’s a whimsical cupcakery to do now that politics…
We Went to the Jazz Age Lawn Party and Boy, Are Our Flappers Tired
Michael Arenella’s 12th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party finished off its summer’s first weekend on Governors Island with a healthy heat that was free of humidity. The comfortable…
Two Controversial Second Avenue Lots Sold; Lenin Statue Resurfaces on LES
Two empty Second Avenue lots where the buildings were razed by the Spring 2015 gas line explosion were sold by their owner (who faces manslaughter…