Last week saw the release of Ten Thousand Saints, which we’ve been looking forward to ever since the film reenacted the Tompkins Square Park riot last year. The…
Hardcore Tattooist Inks Deal For His Own Place in the East Village
Tattoo artist Baz is bringing 16 years of experience to his new shop, Clash City Tattoo, opening today in the East Village. He had hoped to…
Anti-Trump Busboy Grew Up in Bushwick; Williamsburg Gets a New Concert Venue
Ricardo Aca, the Mexican immigrant now working as a busboy in the Trump Soho hotel who posted a much-seen video criticizing the presidential candidate, spent…
It’s a Miracle! Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Begins Filming Season 2
Last month, Tina Fey and the cast of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt said the new season would start production August 17 and, like clockwork, the crew…
Drone Performance With ‘Sexy Undertones’ at First Person View
“All the drones were dead and gone by the end,” my friend laughed, filling me in on the last hour of opening night at First Person View,…
Joe’s Pizza Now Doling Out Lou Reed-Worthy Slices in Williamsburg
While we’re talking about tourists flocking to Bedford Avenue, we should probably note that the Williamsburg outpost of Joe’s Pizza has opened at 216 Bedford Avenue, on the corner of North…
Shows: a Fest For Grade-A Grating Noise and a Change-Up at Nothing Changes
Our only utterance of advice for this week: pack em in, kids. If you’re as unsettled about the end of summer as we are, consider…
Tourist Tally: 1 in 3 People On Bedford Avenue Are Not From Around Here
With hotels, Airbnbs, and gifty boutiques popping up all over Williamsburg to serve an influx of out-of-towners, one has to wonder: how many people strolling Bedford Avenue at a given…
Meet the Subway Buskers Who Set Off a Viral Hootenanny
One of the few fun things to come out of the subway last winter was that viral video in which a little girl inspired a…
Attack Outside of Williamsburg Strip Club; Zum Schneider Turns 15
After suffering a beating at the hands of multiple attackers, the homeless man found unconscious in Bushwick’s Hope Ball Field on Monday morning is not…