Inside of a simple wooden box, elevated about five feet off the ground, sits a 16mm Elmo film projector. The sound of its spinning reels…
Steve Earle Gets Theatrical, Philippine Dance, and More Performance Picks
WEDNESDAY Samara Now through May 7 at the Mezzanine Theater at A.R.T. New York Theaters, 8 pm (select times at 3 pm and 5 pm):…
Dancing in the Moonlight: Nowadays Expands and Output Opens Roof
Looks like Brooklyn Mirage, the indoor-outdoor venue run by the embattled CityFox crew, has netted a liquor license and may actually, finally open in East Williamsburg this May…
Flashback to This 19-Year-Old Article About Williamsburg Turning into Yuppadelphia
“People are fleeing New York at an alarming rate,” a New York Post headline informed us Saturday. Some 1 million people have left the city…
Man Rescued from EV Subway Tracks; LES Tupac-Inspired Grub
Watch a Con Ed worker rescue a man from the L train tracks at the Third Avenue station this past Saturday night. [NY Post] According…
Two Micro Film Fests That Don’t Cost Big Bucks
Who says you have to score a $5,000 VIP pass or wait hours in “rush” lines to get the full film festival experience? At these…
Coming Soon: An Indian Film Fest and an Indie One, Too
Fly fashion, bloodshot eyes and hordes of young’uns two shades paler from not having seen the sun in a week: must be film fest season!…
Spaghetti Donuts Came to Smorgasburg and the World Did Not End
The hybrid haters came out in full force when Smorgasburg announced that its new crop of vendors would include Pop Pasta, a specialist in “spaghetti…
Bowery Presents Promises an ‘A+ Experience’ at Their New Venue, Brooklyn Steel
Yesterday dozens of construction workers milled about 319 Frost Street in Williamsburg, where The Bowery Presents has been turning a former steel fabrication plant into Brooklyn’s largest general admission…
Week in Shows: ‘Nihilist Queer Revolt,’ Princess Nokia, and More
Xiu Xiu, Dreamcrusher, Gold Dime Thursday April 6, 8 pm at Brooklyn Bazaar: $13 If you’re wondering what Xiu Xiu is all about, take Morrissey’s…