Strawberries Need Rain Friday September 2, Friday September 9, Saturday September 17, Saturday September 24, midnight at Spectacle: $5 Throughout September, Spectacle is screening a…
You Don’t Need to Be a Mind-Reader to Know Psychic Twin From Psychic TV
Ok, give me your hands and I’ll read your mind. Hmmm. Interesting. You don’t know the difference between Psychic Twin and Psychic TV? That’s understandable,…
Bliss Out to Modern Masters Glenn Branca, La Monte Young, and Steve Reich
This fall, fans of modern classical music will basically be rolling in a sonic leaf pile, as three modern masters make the scene. Glenn Branca…
Straight Outta Providence: H.P. Lovecraft Spawns Theater Fest and Ghoul School
Celebrations of H.P. Lovecraft—the master of weird fiction and favorite son of Rhode Island—are poised to take over the city this fall in the form…
Nuyorican Gets a $10M Expansion; Model ‘Sweatshop’ in EV
According to police, the man in this surveillance video cut one man’s eyebrow and knocked out another man’s teeth in Williamsburg. [DNA Info] On the…
Can This New Bar Reduce the East Village’s ‘Douche Factor’?
When word first emerged that Abby Ehmann, an East Village party organizer and neighborhood chronicler who’s resided in the hood since 1989, would be opening a…
Week in Music: Jammin’ Out With Her Clams Out, No-Fi Fitting of The Glove
Chain of Flowers, Bootblacks, Ritual Humor Wednesday August 31, 8 pm at Saint Vitus: $10 With a band name like Chain of Flowers, you might…
Performance Picks: Womanhood, Rihanna, Cake, and Fashion
WEDNESDAY Womanhood Live! At Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 7 pm: FREE. If you’re not the type to sit around watching short-form video clips all day,…
The 11 A-holes You Meet in Renderings
Whenever we ogle the renderings of future buildings slated for construction, our eye is drawn to the aspirational humans within. They’re always pretty good for a laugh, and an idea…
Aviv Closing in October; W’Burg Rent Could Drop By $450
Music venue Aviv will close its current location in October, less than two years after arriving in Greenpoint. [Brooklyn Vegan] In Bushwick, paperwork was submitted…