Arts and music rag 1.21 Gigawatts has announced the lineup for its annual music fest, going down July 24 to 26 at The Wick, The Well…
Abbi and Ilana of Broad City Will Kick Off 420-Friendly Internet Week
With Internet Week booting up Monday, organizers of the annual tech-stravaganza have just sent word that none other than Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer will do the opening keynote conversation.…
40-Story Tower to Rise in Greenpoint; James Murphy of LCD Opening Wine Bar
Two men were treated at Bellevue Hospital this weekend after a woman with a box cutter slashed them in the face and neck on Kent…
Jon Fine Talks Glory Days of Indie Rock as Recounted in Your Band Sucks
In a matter of a few years, Jon Fine, formerly of the band Bitch Magnet, went from an indie rock lifer cavorting from Williamsburg warehouse party…
New Play Brings Together Slasher Films and Beckett For Some ‘Blissful Confusion’
It’s hard to imagine how Title: Point productions crams not only an audience of up to 40 people into a tiny room (now known as…
Brooklyn Barge Bar Floats Its Hope of Opening This Month
Despite a stalemate with the local community board, it looks like Brooklyn Barge Bar isn’t dead in the water just yet. Aiming to be Brooklyn’s…
Marvel Over ‘Mawencol’ Artist Mark Hogancamp’s Largest Exhibit Yet
Last time we admired the art of Mark Hogancamp, subject of the fantastic documentary Marwencol, it was in Red Hook, at a Pioneer Works exhibit…
Get to ‘No’ Normal Bob Smith, Union Square’s Chronicler of Kooks
“No Your City,” Nicholas Heller’s brilliant YouTube series of short docs, normally focuses on colorful street characters like Ms. Colombia (the neon-bearded cross-dresser with the…
Hammer Attack in Union Square; Free Ice Cream Cones
Police are searching for a man who attacked two woman (ages 28 and 33) with a hammer last night one block apart near Union Square.…
Talks + Readings: Duff McKagan, Galway Kinnell, and a Living Female Rock Critic
Monday History buffs, take note: Battle Lines is not your ordinary Civil War read. This books is a team effort by graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm…