It was a tough summer for Brooklyn’s DIY scene. There was the sudden shutdown of Palisades, followed by the closure of DIY-gone-legit venue the Acheron;…
Performance Picks: Interplanetary Educational Comedy, My Old Man, Joey Arias
WEDNESDAY Pop Roulette Presents: Amazing Earth Wednesday, October 5 at UCB Chelsea, 8 pm: $5. Musical comedy group Pop Roulette is out of this world.…
Mayor de Blasio Dropped in on Mayor La Guardia at Fiorello!
If this year’s horrorshow election has left you longing for something fun and inspirational, look no further than Fiorello!–a spirited production now wrapping up its…
Week in Shows: Ween Face Flops into Town, Sounds of the Floppy Disk Era, and More
Lazeyes, PC Worship, Gingerlys, RIPS Wednesday October 5, 8 pm at Rough Trade: $10 in advance/ $15 at the door According to our social media…
St. Marks Is Dead Ringer For ’50s Macdougal St., Thanks to Amazon Shoot
Last week Page Six aired the grievances of some East Village residents who were none to pleased that Amazon’s new pilot, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, was shooting in their…
Trader Joe’s Comes to LES; New Norbert’s Spot Opens With Free Pizza
Two Williamsburg residents were tricked into giving more than $13K in cash and gift cards to phone scammers last month. [DNA Info] At 300 Nassau…
Martha’s Country Bakery Brings Homemade Sweetness To Williamsburg
Martha’s Country Bakery, a local Queens-based baked goods store and coffee shop with locations in Astoria, Bayside, and Forest Hills, has just opened their first…
You Choose Who Lives in New Slasher-Circus-Dance Show Slumber
It’s not every day you see a show where the cast ends up covered in fake blood and has to run to the venue’s backyard…
The Golden Probes Honored Some of the Biggest Douchebags in Politics
Sunday night, the Golden Probe Awards recognized “outstanding achievements in sexism and anti-abortion extremism” at Le Poisson Rouge. In what was billed as “misogyny’s most…
A ‘Barebones’ Bushwick Open Studios Drew a Smaller But Stronger Crowd
This past weekend, attendees of Bushwick Open Studios had their pick of more than 400 participating art spaces around the Bushwick-Ridgewood area. The weather for the new October iteration of…