Looks like Caracas has some competition. Over the weekend, a new Venezuelan restaurant took over half of the old Café Pick Me Up space on Avenue A and 9th Street. Monica Muzzo,…
This Year’s Lit Crawl: Less Crawling, Still Plenty of Drinking and Thinking
At first glance, PEN America’s Lit Crawl 2015 might look like a family-friendly affair, with innocuous activities like face painting and board games. But take…
Hang Onto Yourself: This 7-Year-Old’s Bowie Tribute Will Blow You Away
Nevermind recent indicators that he has retired from touring — David Bowie fans have a lot to be excited about, including a new photo book, a forthcoming…
Can These Magic Crystal Dildos Crack Open Your ‘Sexual Blocks’?
“I was very logical for my whole adolescence until I got a little older and I moved to LA. I started to reintroduce myself to…
Empty Spaces: What’s Up With Wreck Room’s Old Place?
Empty Spaces takes a closer look at the buildings that used to house well-loved establishments, shuttered due to inevitable rent hikes or an unfortunate turn…
Worst Subway Stations Named; Breaking Bad Cafe in Greenpoint?
A 24-year-old woman died this morning following a shooting outside Motivo nightclub at Broadway near 21st Street. Two more women, ages 25 and 30, are…
Like the Sound of This? Your Personal Music Curator Sends a Song a Day
Tired of hearing the same artists over and over again on your Pandora or Spotify channels? Fort Greene resident Shannon Byrne, 27, has come up…
85-year-old French Dominatrix and Her Concubine Let Us Into Their Chateau of Cruelty
When I first arrived at the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) I filed into one of the few empty stadium seats left save for the…
Peggy Guggenheim’s Great Grandson Opens Gallery in Former Williamsburg Bank
The Rumney Guggenheim gallery may be the best thing to happen to Brooklyn’s art scene in a long time. The gallery celebrated the opening of…
Bill Nye the Science Guy Boogied Down at the Reopening of Swing 46
Now there’s nothing to stop you from living the life of a 1920s libertine. Swing 46, where you can dance to live big band music…