The lack of women-led, produced, and directed theater productions and companies is a well-known phenomena both in the theater world and beyond. Michole Biancosino, the…
Cyclist Struck and Killed By Trucker; Van Full of Robbers on Meeker
Saturday’s fatal shooting on Berry Avenue was one of three shootings that occurred last week in Williamsburg. [Brooklyn Paper] Yesterday morning, a 27-year-old female cyclist…
Want a Michelin-Starred Office? The Hostess Will Show You to Your Desk
Ah, the awkward cafe-based work meeting. You arrive at the cafe first– do you order or wait for the other attendees? If you all arrive…
Chilly Reception: New Liquid-Nitrogen Ice Cream Shop Gets a Cease and Desist
With liquid-nitrogen ice cream shops opening in Williamsburg, the Lower East Side, and now the East Village, it’s safe to say there’s an appetite for…
Howl’Ya Honor Ginsberg? By Going to This Beat Poetry Fest
If Allen Ginsberg were still croaking around today, he would’ve just celebrated his 90th birthday. I can see it now– the old man and his expansive beard,…
Brian Cranston Sneakily Opens a Bail Bonds Office in Williamsburg
Okay, that headline was a blatant SEO ploy, but it’s not totally untrue. Williamsburg’s steadily upscaling Grand Street strip got an anachronistic addition today, as…
4 Readings: A Hemingway Biography, The Replacements, and Poetry Hating
TUESDAY But What If We’re Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past June 7 at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble,…
Dog Stolen at McCarren Park; Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Returns
Nearly half of the students enrolled at P.S. 188 on E. Houston Street are reportedly homeless. [NY Times] Yesterday in McCarren Park, Merlin—a dog in…
Food Fests That Don’t Bite: Taste of Bushwick and Grub Street Beats & Eats
Sure, Smorgasburg used to satiate your eccentric food cravings, but, like everything else in this city, popularity got the best of it and now it’s a crowded, sweaty…
It’s #KanyeIceCreamWeek, So I Waited Nearly an Hour For This Panda Cone
If you were among the thousands who gathered outside of Webster Hall this morning for a surprise Kanye West show that never happened, and if…