Here are the month’s best avant-garde concerts [NY Observer] An East Village building where units go from $1 million to $6 million is expected to…
America Got You Bummed? Bounce Back at These Brooklyn Benefit Shows
Marches can be exhausting. When you need to recover, here’s where to rock out to bands or get down to beats while supporting organizations fighting…
Philip Glass Premiered a Symphony On His 80th, and There’s More to Come
Last night, a bunch of Glassholes (including Paul Simon, who was spotted ducking into the stage entrance) descended on Carnegie Hall to celebrate the birthday…
How Two Bushwick Movies Are Doing at Sundance
Last week, two films set in Bushwick premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Here’s the early word. The Incredible Jessica James Directed by Jim Strouse…
What Happens When You Stop and Talk to a Clipboard Person
I can come up with a handful of half-decent excuses to not talk to a canvasser on the street, ranging from the whiny to the…
Yemeni Bodega Workers Fear Trump; 180-Year-Old Building Demolished
Yemeni workers at a Bushwick bodega are fearful about Trump’s executive order on immigration. [DNAinfo] Here’s a look at the history of protest in the…
Now You Can Have Your Liquid Dinner and Eat it Too, Food Returns to Tørst
When Tørst opened along Manhattan Avenue back in 2013, as the official bar but not exactly brew pub of Evil Twin brewery, the brewmaster Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø…
Week in Music: Put Your Goth Pants On, ‘Opti-Mystic’ Beach Rock, and More
Sharkmuffin, Def. GRLS, Stringer, The Wants, Taottss Tuesday January 31, 7:30 pm at The Knitting Factory: $10 Here’s a great way to get an early-week…
Fancy Food Court, Gotham Market, Plunks Down in Fort Greene
With the opening of Gotham Market in Fort Greene this weekend, Brooklyn gained yet another fancy food market, adding to our city’s ever-growing assortment of what…
Video: Hundreds ‘Rally Against Hate’ in Tompkins Square Park
Hundreds gathered in Tompkins Square Park last night in a “Rally Against Hate,” responding to Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration. The president’s directives last…