Williamsburg activists are strengthening their calls for the city to acquire the site of a massive storage-facility fire even as the prime waterfront land has reportedly…
Experience Synesthesia Through Interactive Brain Wave Art at Reverse Gallery
For once count yourself lucky if you missed an art opening. Synaesthetics, a new exhibition at Reverse Gallery in Williamsburg opened last Friday; sure, there was…
A New German Beer Bar in Ridgewood Is Turning Patrons into Corpses
Bierleichen opened its doors in Ridgewood two weeks ago and is definitely turning heads on an otherwise chill block filled with barber shops and bodegas.…
Minimalist Master La Monte Young Drones On About His New ‘Dream House’
La Monte Young, the minimalist master whose trailblazing work with droning has influenced everyone from the Velvet Underground to Sonic Youth to Brian Eno, who…
This New Art Space Is Gangster About Preserving Chinatown’s Heritage
Gentrification is inevitable, the folks at Chinatown Soup know that. But Michelle Esteva, Jordan Hill, and Max Waldman are ready. Sleeves rolled up and muscles…
Women of Letters Brings a Lost Art to Joe’s Pub
Now that e-mails have been replaced by iMessages consisting mostly of poop emojis, a monthly show is trying to bring back the “lost art” of letter…
Sunshine Cinema Being Shopped For Development; Rooftop Lobster Bake
On Houston, developers are preparing to swoop in on the Sunshine Cinema. [The Real Deal] Common Ground packed it in on Avenue A after a…
The Raddest Stuff We Saw at BKLYN Designs, Up in Greenpoint This Weekend
BKLYN Designs 2015 kicked off today at the Brooklyn Expo in Greenpoint, where artisans from all over Brooklyn came to show off their functional art.
‘Avant Garde’ Vape Shops Double as Art Galleries, But Will They Ever Be Cool?
While the first generation of vape shops aimed to be bars peddling e-juice in place of booze, a couple of recent arrivals have also aimed to double as art galleries.…
Your Weekend Plans: a ‘Queer/Feminist Cyborg Time Travel Thing’
Forget the Marvel Universe — the ETLE Universe has just been birthed in Brooklyn. Faced with the challenge of how to make a career as…