As I strolled over to IFC Film Center earlier this month to watch a screening of dystopian thriller Bacurau, I wondered if anyone would even…
Dissident Musician Mai Khoi Knows What It’s Like to Be Kept From Performing in Public
On a recent Thursday night, a woman of petite stature walked onto the stage at Joe’s Pub. Her straight, glossy hair was part black, part…
Virtual Performance Picks: Queer Bedroom Comedy and a Cannabis Cabaret During Quarantine
WEDNESDAY High ConceptsWednesday, March 25 on @highconcepts Instagram Live, 9 pm: FREE (suggested donation) People who regularly go to bars are surely having a hard…
Chinese Businesses Hit By Crime Believe Coronavirus Is to Blame
On a late afternoon on March 18, an employee at the St Marks Place Gem Bing Shop went outside for some fresh air and saw…
NYC Hotels Are Hanging Up Their ‘Do Not Disturb’ Cards
Ian Schrager has a heavy heart. Closing his PUBLIC hotel until further notice was an “agonizing decision,” he wrote in an email sent out yesterday,…
Livestreamed Shows Are Facilitating Community and Creation (With Some Technical Difficulties)
People have always said that the New York of the present is nothing like the old New York. If you compare today to just one…
Bushwick’s RV Radio Station Shifts Gears, But the Wheels Aren’t Coming Off
The cream-and-brown colored RV from which KPISS.fm broadcasts every day is now quiet — and empty. The online radio station doesn’t fall under the category…
Coronavirus Shrinks ‘World’s Smallest Venue,’ But It Doesn’t Plan to Disappear
Last week, when New York City ordered bars, restaurants and venues to reduce their capacity by half, the self-declared “world’s smallest venue” became even smaller.…
Last Day of Disco: Crawling Brooklyn’s Bars Hours Before the Shutdown
There’s been a few “last nights of normal” this past week: the night the national emergency was declared, the last night of church services, and on…
This Tattoo Artist Created a Timely Tarot Deck For the End of an Empire
Artist-designed tarot decks have become increasingly popular in recent years—and it’s no coincidence. “Politically, culturally and socially, we are in a very kind of crumbling-of-the-Roman-Empire…