New York Fashion Week might be wrapping up, but Fashion Month, showcasing the Fall 2015 collections, has barely started: London, Milan, and Paris are next.…
Manitoba’s Will Stay Open; Silkys Holds Fundraiser For Injured Pug
Warehouse-turned-apartment complex 184 Kent Avenue is under contract from Jared Kushner and partners for $275 million. [NY Post] Alphabet City bar Manitoba’s crowdsourced $31K during…
People Got Their Ashes Everywhere, Even On the Train
The East Village is filled with ashes today as Christians prepare for 40 days of self-restraint, atonement and fasting. Even if you’re not the religious…
Founded in 1894, Third Street Music School is Getting a 21st Century Facelift
Fresh off its 120th anniversary celebration, Third Street Music School Settlement is ready to face the future with a $5.3 million construction project. Proposed renovations…
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes At SIGNAL
Walk into Bushwick’s SIGNAL Gallery and you might feel as if you’ve just stepped off a spaceship onto the surface of some distant moon. A…
A Beginner’s Guide to the Frigid Festival
The Frigid Festival hits the stage today, and in case you still haven’t checked out the offerings, we’ve decided to make things easy for you.…
Meet the Williamsburg Warehouse’s Landlord, Whose Home Went Up in Flames
When a seven-alarm fire broke out at his Williamsburg storage facility early in the morning of January 31, Norman Brodsky didn’t just lose his office…
Listen Up, Philanthropists: Alex Ross Perry’s Cat Needs Some Scratch
We’ve all heard of directors crowdfunding their movies (see: David Cross), but this one’s new: Brooklyn filmmaker Alex Ross Perry, the ex-Kim’s Video clerk who…
Woman Shot at Greenpoint Laundromat; Sheldon Silver Faces $120K in Fines
On Sunday morning, a 36-year-old man was shot in the stomach while cleaning his clothes at a Kingsland Avenue laundromat in Greenpoint. [Brooklyn Paper] A…
Meet the Newest Superspace for Bushwick Artists
Looks like architect Gene “the Baron of bland” Kaufman is keeping busy and embracing his artistic side with yet another new project; in addition to ongoing construction of…