Whether you’re craving a futuristic folk-rock-et-cetera musical, some cartoonish comedy, or an entire three-day performance festival, there is something here for you. WEDNESDAY Prelude Festival…
Richard Hell Is Not Interested in Ideology, ‘Punk’ or Otherwise
Most downtown Doc Marten stompers probably connote the name Richard Hell with his former bands—Television, the Heartbreakers, Richard Hell and the Voidoids—but for the last…
Greenpoint Gets a Cookbook Shop and Cafe, Archestratus Books + Foods
Last Friday, as Hurricane Joaquin blew through Greenpoint, more than 50 local foodies sought shelter in the cozy new cookbook store Archestratus Books + Foods…
Wilder Gets Two Stars; 50 Pizzerias Do Dollar Slices
In Alphabet City, 531-533 E. 12th Street is on the market for more than $35 million. [The Real Deal] East Village tech entrepreneur Brian Hall is…
Greg Barris and Bridey Elliott Are Roommates in This New Web Series
Two B+B favorites, comedian Greg Barris and actress/comic Bridey Elliott (Fort Tilden), have teamed up for a new webseries that plays like a millennial Odd Couple. The…
Shows: Return of the Post-Punk Lizard People and Badass Women Pushing Buttons
This week, the benefits continue for the Silent Barn– and c’mon, you wanna see those bands play anyway, right? Also on the docket: a still-warbling legend…
Spectacle Theater Seeks Help to Stay in Williamsburg After ‘Tumultuous Summer’
“There’s a lot that we’ve been able to accomplish in five years– in this space, in this neighborhood– and say, ‘We’re still here,’” explained Mark…
One Dead, Two Wounded in Bushwick Shooting
Three people were shot, one fatally, shortly before 8 a.m. today in Bushwick. A 53-year-old man was found dead near the corner of Knickerbocker Avenue…
Talks + Readings: Patti Smith, Eileen Myles, and Miranda July, For Starters
TUESDAY Nitehawk’s “Booze & Books” series is partnering with Abrams Books for a signing of Tom Shone’s Woody Allen: A Retrospective and screening of the director’s 1980…
Chicken-Poop Bingo in Bushwick; Kickball Altercation in Williamsburg
With more than 1,300 new units planned this year through September, Bushwick is the most active neighborhood in Brooklyn for residential construction. [The Real Deal…