By now you’re well aware that David Bowie has died, just days after his 69th birthday and the release of his 25th studio album. During the wee hours of…
Shops and Union Square Theatre Vacate Tammany Hall, Clearing Way For Makeover
There was a closing sale today at Frank’s Wine and Liquor store on 46 Union Square East, one of four stores forced to leave the historic…
Week in Shows: Throbbing Gristle Revival and a Dance Party Most Dark
Yin Yangs, Sexy Neighbors, Citizen Blast Kane, World’s Greatest Friday, Jan. 15, 8 pm at Shea Stadium: $10 The Yin Yangs were busy bees in…
Mamoun’s Is Taking Its Falafels Down the Block
First came word of Sock Man’s closing and now we get wind that Mamoun’s Falafel Restaurant is leaving its longtime digs at 22 St. Marks…
Listen to Bowie on EVR, and Do Not Pay $1,320 For That Lazarus Ticket
East Village Radio has been playing David Bowie all day, thanks to a broadcast and rebroadcast of “The Lost Breakfast Show,” and the marathon continues…
Kembra Pfahler Launches a Voluptuous Weekly Party at Berlin Tonight
Kembra Pfahler’s archive was recently acquired by NYU, but that doesn’t mean the East Village firebrand is gathering dust in the halls of history. Tonight, the performance artist, future…
LES Purse Thief; End Near for BP Gas Station on Houston?
Reinvigorated by a fatality that occurred at 131 Broome Street on New Year’s Eve, legislators are trying to pass a long-stalled Elevator Safety Act. [Bowery…
Galapagos is Already Making Frenemies in Detroit
If there’s one stereotype about New Yorkers that Detroiters can generally agree on, it’s that we’re all a bunch of rich assholes. Of course, this…
A New Noise Blows in From Outside, Dreamcrusher Jostles the Scene
Luwayne Glass, better known by the stage name Dreamcrusher, and I decided it would be best to meet somewhere “grungy.” Even though such places are becoming…
Greenpoint Gets New Knightlife
Greenpoint cartoonist Tony Wolf spotted this “very creepy looking Knight In Shining Armor” outside of Polish standby Krolewskie Jadlo on Manhattan Avenue and immediately tweeted…