Get ready this week for films that are at once fantastical and grounded in sometimes harsh reality. Our top picks include an art-house sci-fi film…
Saul Williams On MartyrLoserKing: ‘I’m Trying to Redefine Gangster’
Saul Williams — the well-known poet, musician and actor who got his start at dark, intimate open mics throughout Brooklyn in the ’90s, rose to prominence…
First Flight Music Takes Off; NYC Yarn Crawl Coming
First Flight Music will close later this month after two decades on First Avenue. [EV Grieve] Paperwork was submitted for a 19-story, 234-unit residential building…
Nostalgic For the Twin Towers and Tower Records? Mark Your Calendar
After you’re done reminiscing about the Twin Towers by watching Man on Wire outdoors and The Walk in IMAX, head to City Reliquary to peruse…
Movement + Location, a Sci-Fi ‘Love Letter to Brooklyn,’ Hits Theaters
Bodine and Alexis Boling had their first date at Cinema Village in 2014. Next week, they’ll head back there for the theatrical release of their award winning…
These All-Women Shows Bring Feminist Art of Now to Centerstage
Thirty years after the Guerrilla Girls put on their masks and started conducting “weenie counts,” women are still at a disadvantage in the art world.…
Shows: Flashback to the ’90s and Tropicália Nostalgia
Welcome back to reality. Now that summer’s officially over (the days seem shorter already, don’t they?) you’re going to need a serious hangover remedy for…
CMJ Announces Lineup: Neon Indian, Titus Andronicus, Panda Bear and More
And here you thought the iPhone 6S was going to be the biggest announcement of the day. CMJ just dropped the initial lineup for this…
NYU Students Told Not to Mix With ‘CD Bullies’
It’s back-to-school time, which means hardened hustlers have a fresh crop of bright-eyed, bushy-tailed young things willing to stop, chat, and be talked into buying a genuine…
Gang Robbery on G Train; Museum of Food and Drink Coming to Williamsburg
Police released surveillance footage of two men punching and slashing a third with a box cutter around 2 a.m. yesterday at the One Stop Deli…