Over the weekend fancy people in an “acquisitive mood” milled around Frieze Art Fair, discreetly making it rain while rubbing shoulders with art dealers, the dapperly dressed, and…
Polish Restaurant Replaced By Polished Restaurant in Greenpoint
Recently, Greenpoint has gained a handful of restaurants opened by alums from notable Manhattan spots like Babbo (Naked Dog) and the Lambs Club (Le Fond).…
Week in Music: Sounds for Satanic Rites and a Whole Lotta Party
Diamanda Galas: Death Will Come and Will Have Your Eyes Thursday May 12 and Saturday May 14 at Red Bull Music Academy at 258 W 118th…
There’s a Pinkerton Listening Party and It’s Not at Pinkerton
Even as Urban Outfitters continues to market fresh new record players to the masses, record shops seem to be on their way out (RIP, Other…
Frenchman Attacked in Williamsburg; Sports Bar Coming to Bushwick
A French man was assaulted and robbed on N. 10th Street early Sunday morning. [Brooklyn Paper] The long-gestating Allen Street Hotel sold for $30.75 million…
‘Say It Ain’t So’: New Yorkers React to Other Music’s Closing
By now you’re probably past the denial stage of grief and it has started to sink in that Other Music is closing at the end…
4 Talks: The Rolling Stones, The Science of FB Likes, and Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam
TUESDAY Book Launch: Rich Cohen’s The Sun and the Moon and the Rolling Stones May 10 at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street Rich…
‘Skid Row No More’: These $6.5M Units Are Replacing a Bowery Salvation Army Shelter
While low-income tenants at 83-85 Bowery have been fighting tooth and nail to stay put in their rent-stabilized tenements, just up the street it’s easy…
Facing Pressure From Pols, Dr. Jays Mogul Backtracks on Evicting Bowery Tenants
Landlords are on notice–yesterday Steve Croman was charged with 20 felony counts and using illegal tactics to push tenants out of his buildings. Today Public…
Can This Sprawling, Immersive Exploration of Surveillance ‘Change the Face of Culture’ in Bushwick?
On May 20, the 50,000-square-foot Knockdown Center will become the site of a bold new experiment in live performance. Authority Figure, directed by performance/dance/sound artists Monica…