We just got word via a press release that Carvel is celebrating the opening of its “newest Lower East Side shoppe” with free ice cream.…
Bushwick Residents Take Notice as New Restaurant Opens Next to Quieter L Stop
Except for the case of a fire, I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed so much active interest in a single building as I did on…
Summer of Blood Director Returns With Winter of Marinara Sauce
Onur Tukel’s uber neurotic writer-director-actor shtick has earned him comparisons to Woody Allen, and he’s turning out to be just as prolific: a year after the Brooklyn…
19-Year-Old Shot in Williamsburg; Game of Thrones Parties Get Squashed
Murals have returned to the corner of Bowery and Houston, as you can see in the above photo. Ron English broke in the new wall. [Animal] On Saturday…
‘We Call It Mutt Food’: Pokito Now Serving Latin-Asian in South Williamsburg
The group of Pratt alums who opened Pokito were tired of the typical Williamsburg look — “it’s all the re-claimed woods, steel, dark, all the…
Comedian Sue Smith Wants Your Vag to Save the World
If you haven’t heard of comedian Sue Smith yet, you likely will soon, because Time Out New York named her one of the 10 funniest women in…
Nirbhaya Takes On Rape: ‘The Gift of This Play Is That It’s Not Fucking Palatable’
On its face, Nirbhaya, which had its American premier at the Lynn Redgrave Theater in the East Village last night, is about the 2012 gang rape…
Record Store Day Is Almost Here, Here’s How to Spend Your Money on Not-Alcohol For Once
Everyone knows the quickest way to turn your lame tech-bro pad from drab to authentic cool is to fill it with a bunch of vinyl.…
Candle-Lit Altars and Cunnilingus On Display at This All-Female Punk Art Exhibition
On Wednesday night the Living Gallery in Bushwick was abuzz with punk kids and curious passersby who had stepped inside to soak up the atmosphere…
Attend Your Own Funeral, Via This ‘Fantasy Burial Workshop’
Everybody dies. But there’s a high probability you won’t get to experience your own funeral, unless of course you’re imagining it during a Bushwick ayahuasca…