Turns out the Communal Spaces theatrical festival isn’t the only cultural happening adding some color to local community gardens next weekend. The annual “harvest festival,” hosted by Loisaida United Neighborhood…
Activist Adam Purple Has Died; 25-Cent Coffee at Whole Foods
Adam Purple, the 84-year-old best known for his attempt to save his community Garden of Eden on the Lower East Side, died of an apparent…
Talks + Readings: Parisian Mingling, Micro-Apartment Living, and More
TUESDAY It’s so ‘Tres Brooklyn!’ Francophiles, listen up: Be Electric Studios is hosting a Parisian-themed evening of readings, conversation and “mingling.” The evening stars Brooklyn-based…
9 Types of Love You’ll Encounter at the 2015 Bushwick Film Festival
“It’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all” always struck me as a pretty shitty consolation. I guess it…
Royal Young Taps into Death, the Damned, and ‘Lost Generation’ for Lush Doom
Royal Young is currently living in his grandparents’ attic in Long Island. While that may not sound like the most inspiring place for a 30-year-old writer and…
Author Joshua Mohr Hopes San Francisco Gets Destroyed by a Radioactive Lizard
While New Yorkers can be blind to events in other cities, there are many reasons to sympathize with San Franciscans in Joshua Mohr’s new novel…
Bushwick Getting a Dog Run; Vegan Wine Bar Opens in East Village
(Photo: Benjamin Curry) A 63-year-old Bushwick man was found dead inside a grocery cart at his apartment Sunday afternoon. [NY Daily News] As of yesterday,…
Smorgasburg and Brooklyn Flea Are Wintering in Sunset Park
After announcing that its Dumbo location was moving to Prospect Park, Smorgasburg is making further inroads into South Brooklyn by spending the winter in Sunset…
Will the New Sheen Center Be the Catholic 92nd Street Y?
Historically, arts and the Roman Catholic Church have enjoyed a fruitful working relationship. Good branding, divine inspiration – whatever you wanna call it, most will…
We’re Still Waiting For the ‘Last Special Nights’ of Lit Lounge
We waited with bated breath last week for what we expected to be an epic reopening of Lit Lounge. Last month the bar, which is…