The Night Before: Retail, White Rope, Deli Girls Thursday January 19, 8 pm at The Gateway:$5 in advance/ $8 at the door Well, there’s a…
Make American Gay Again, Theater As Light, and More Performance To Ease The Pain
WEDNESDAY Make America Gay Again Wednesday, January 18 at Ars Nova, 8 pm: $15 By now, the phrase Make America Great Again pretty much seems…
Celebrate Leonard Cohen With a Tribute Concert and Film Series
The next month or so will bring many an opportunity to honor the late, great Leonard Cohen. You’re already aware that Film Forum is screening…
Gowanus BBQ Joint Pig Beach Opens a Grown-Up Spot, Pig Bleecker
Just a couple of months after Gowanus barbecue joint Pig Beach converted itself into a seasonal burger joint, the restaurant remains on Eater’s “heat map”…
New One From El Cortez; Egg-Waffle Cones Hit LES
Members of the Williamsburg Montessori School community are advocating for a crossing guard, speed bump and school zone signs on Kent Avenue, where a 21-year-old…
A Trump Voodoo Doll and 7 Other Highlights of the Nasty Women Show
By the time I arrived at Knockdown Center on Saturday night for day two of Nasty Women– the four-day, all-women exhibition and giant middle finger directed at Trump–the place…
Last Look at Fong Inn Too, Gone After Eight Decades in Chinatown
One of Chinatown’s oldest businesses, Fong Inn Too, shuttered over the weekend after 82 years in business. It was thought to be the oldest family-run tofu shop…
Jennifer Rubell, Art By Animals, and More Art Openings To Investigate
Emergence: Emerging Artists in New York Opening Tuesday January 17 at The Living Gallery, 6 pm to 9 pm. One night only. The term “emerging…
Browse Recipes and Laze Away the Day at Brooklyn Kitchen’s New Library
Where there once was a butcher, there now are books. Williamsburg cooking store Brooklyn Kitchen has decided to scrap (get it, scrap?) its butcher counter…
LES Residents Are ‘Rent Burdened’; Cookie Pantsuit For Hillary
According to the real estate brokerage firm MNS, Lower East Side tenants are among the city’s most “rent burdened” because on average, household incomes are lower…