The owner of Trash Bar, who recently announced his music venue will be closing its doors this spring, faced a wall of opposition against his…
10 April Fool’s Day Jokes That Played Brooklyn For Lulz
Bushwick Spam wasn’t the only April Fools’ Day ruse that tested the limits of Brooklyn absurdity in order to pull the local alpaca wool over…
That Feeling When You Leave Your 200-Acre Tree Farm For a Tiny Greenpoint Art Studio
When Shara Hughes was born, her father bought her and her three brothers 200 acres of land each in rural Georgia. It was the early…
Brooklyn Street Artist RAE Taps a Dingy Chinatown Basement to Unravel a Strange Tale
A scowling woman shoved a plastic bag in my face and gestured toward the mound of grapefruits at a Chinatown grocery like any other. “No…
This Artisanal, Refined ‘Bushwick Spam’ Is Kind of Hard to Swallow
Wait how did this one not make Smorgasburg’s new lineup? In a new video by Brooklyn Independent Media, the minds behind the Bushwick Spam —…
It’s the Freaky Weekend at Gowanus Experimental Film Festival
The third annual Gowanathon III, an arts “marathon” including workshops, performances, and films, kicked off this past weekend, and this year, the organizers have added…
Explosion Building Had Fire History; Union Square’s Homeless Fashion Designer
Though still unproven, investigators say the working theory about the East Village explosion is that “one or more gas lines were surreptitiously tapped over several…
Noah Baumbach On While We’re Young: ‘I Go to Bushwick… in My Mind’
Noah Baumbach may have grown up in Park Slope (the setting of The Squid and the Whale), but his new movie, While We’re Young, finds him plumbing…
Bodacious Burlesque Tributes: Disney, the Bible, and Lil’ Kim vs. Nicki Minaj
Nothing’s sacred in the world of burlesque. This month, your favorite troupes take on everything from hip-hop to the Holy Bible. Brown Girls Burlesque: Lil’…
Come to Bed For Some Pillow Talk With This Artist
Sure, it was cool to see Tilda Swinton sleeping in a glass box, but what if the artist was present for some pillow talk? That’s exactly what’s…