If you’ve left your V-Day shopping till the last minute and are already feeling that end-of-month pinch, don’t worry. Shophood, an app that culls products from some 180…
St. Mark’s Bookshop Gets Some Time, But Not Much
If things had gone as planned, the St. Mark’s Bookshop would’ve been closed for good by now. But the store has received a stay of execution and…
The Shirt Everyone Will Be Wearing at El Chapo’s Brooklyn Trial
As we’re sure you’ve heard, it looks like notorious escaped-then-captured-then-escaped drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán may be prosecuted in Brooklyn if extradited to the…
Ashok Kondabolu of Das Racist Curates a Show Inspired By Things That Make Him Go ‘Whoa’
Somehow, it makes perfect sense that Ashok Kondabolu‘s art exhibition and ideas convention puts fake Rolexes, early ’90s TV commercials, and the Ramayana (a Hindu epic poem that dates to…
Williamsburg’s New Mom-and-Pop Mexican Spot Has 234 Items on the Menu
Even if you’d eaten a meal at Tacoffee every day since it opened on January 30, you’d still only be 5 percent of your way…
Be a Bubble Boy Inside the New Rooftop Igloos at Bar 54
Last night I was the boy in the bubble. No, not like in Seinfeld. I was on the 54th-floor terrace of the Hyatt Times Square, in one…
Chill With Disaffected Youth at This Pop-Up Art Show
If you dare brave the cold this weekend and find yourself on Allen Street, you may come across Haruma Yanagisawa’s cultural exhibit/pop-up shop/crash pad. Photos…
Week in Film: Big Al, Reverend Badass and a Cameroonian Vampire Satire
Big Al: a Week in the Life of the Reverend Al Sharpton Wednesday February 17, 7 pm at the Wythe Hotel: $11.50 Hey, it’s Black…
The Cute, Forgotten Bathhouse in the Middle of Allen Street Is Becoming a Cafe
If you haven’t heard, the old Allen Street bathhouse (called “comfort station” in polite parlance) may be getting a long overdue facelift. The poor thing had a…
Sentencing in Torture Kidnapping; Greenpoint Hospital Plans On Hold
Three men were sentenced for kidnapping and robbing two victims in Greenpoint in December 2013. The assailants tortured one victim with a blowtorch and lit…