The law has spoken: leggings are not pants and the sidewalks of New York are not your yoga mat. So toss out the athleisure wear and take advantage of these two shopping…
Shows: Take a Big Bite of Kraut, Then Cool Off With Icey Cold Wave
Gigawatts Fest is happening this weekend, which is great and all — I need my pop fix as much as the next guy. But sometimes I want to be…
Sonic Youth: Where Are They Now?
It’s July 21, 2015: do you know where the members of Sonic Youth are? Alas, there’s still no sign of a “fare thee well” show…
The Lives of Hamilton Fish: A ‘Strange In-Between’ of a Rock Opera, Music Video, Art Piece
Multidisciplinary artist Rachel Mason’s album turned surreal rock-opera film The Lives of Hamilton Fish owes its life to coincidence. In January 1936, two men from upstate…
Cat Circus Photos Galore; B&H Aims to Reopen This Month
The East Village proprietor of Mr. Charlie’s Pet Services, Charlie Romonofsky, died last Friday at the age of 57. [EV Grieve] No one was injured and…
K-Town Favorite Brings Beer Towers, Fried Chicken, and Vinyl DJs to the East Village
Turntable, a second-floor Koreatown hideaway specializing in retro vinyl and Korean fried chicken, has opened a second location (its first at street level) in Alphabet City. Chef Lee…
This Dance Series Is About to Give New Meaning to Flexing On the Beach
Like the rest of Bushwick, Black & White Project Space is making a weekend escape to Rockaway Beach. On Aug. 1, the studio (part of Black & White…
From Squat to Rooftop Squash: A New Garden Blooms at Umbrella House
After a visit last year to ABC No Rio, a former squat building turned community space still very much awaiting its day for the ambitious makeover…
Bring a Rod to Governors Island and Catch Some Haring
You used to be able to see Keith Haring’s art just by ducking into the subway — now all you have to do is catch…
Do Hold Your Breath For Mac DeMarco’s New ‘Mini-LP,’ Another One
If you had a chance to swing by Our Wicked Lady in the hours before their grand opening then maybe you found the loopy singer-songwriter Mac…