In Greenpoint, the WNYC Transmitter Park volunteers, who want the city to turn an empty building on the premises into a botanical learning center, were…
Benefit Show Gives a Leg Up to Artist Who Lost an Arm in Subway Accident
Back in February, David Nordine, a mainstay on the street art scene of his native Lower East Side, lost part of his left arm after being struck be a subway…
VR Meditation, A Day to Combat Rape Culture, and More Art Affairs This Week
Mind Portals Opening Thursday, April 27 at Babycastles, 8 pm: $10-15 sliding scale. On view through May 12. Babycastles has done a pretty good job…
Shadowman Sheds Light On Richard Hambleton, Banksy of the ’80s East Village
During a recent trip to Denver, I noticed that the city’s Museum of Contemporary Art was hosting two exhibits celebrating downtown New York: a solo…
Hell Square Squabble; Domino Park’s Projected Reopening
Satish Patel, owner of the weeks-old JuiceGo on E. 9th Street, died on April 10. [EV Grieve] Multiple people were involved in a violent, post-concert…
Help Chinatown Favorite Spicy Village Celebrate Its New T-Shirt Line
Despite being one of the lone neighborhoods in Manhattan to preserve its heritage and verve, Chinatown sometimes seems unaware of its cultural cachet. Whether it’s…
In Flames, a Failed Couple Airs ‘The Dirtiest of Dirty Laundry’
You know you’re not at a typical post-screening Q&A when someone in the audience asks the filmmakers, “Do you still love each other?” Zefrey Throwell…
Could More Be Done to Stop All the Suicides at the George Washington Bridge?
Around 4 a.m. on Oct. 5, Daniel Lomtevas slipped out of his Dyker Heights home. Eight minutes later, the 17-year-old hailed an Uber to take…
4/20 Show at Don Pedro Ends in a Blaze as Fire Sparks Up Next Door
A fire broke out next to Don Pedro last night, seriously harshing a 4/20 show scheduled at the Williamsburg venue. The blaze started at the closed Lantingua’s…
Two More Women Assaulted in Subway Stations; Cheeto Fried Chicken Bao
Early Saturday evening, an 18-year-old woman was threatened with a knife and spat on (in the face) at the Essex Street-Delancey Street subway station. No…