The performance artist Penny Arcade called us back after getting out of a show that ran late. So, even in the midst of her own…
Mysteries: Mike Tyson Statue at NYU, Turkey’s Nest in Hell’s Kitchen
The Fillmore East’s new plaque wasn’t the only historical marker unveiled in recent days — last week, while we were trying to score tickets for Television…
Fillmore East Plaque Unveiled at Site of ‘Church of Rock ‘n’ Roll’
More than four decades after its closing, a commemorative plaque was unveiled last night at the site of the Fillmore East, the legendary East Village…
Drunk Driving Arrests Up in Bushwick; Beep Pushes Affordable Housing
An uptick in traffic checkpoints more than doubled the NYPD’s number of drunk driving arrests in Bushwick last month. [DNA Info] Starting Saturday, Cloak &…
Andrew WK Has a Surprisingly Posi Take On the Chaining of the East Village
Last night Stoli vodka brought Andrew WK to a shindig at the Pyramid Club – part of a marketing campaign celebrating/commodifying Avenue A that also…
We Visited Michael Stipe’s Studio, and So Can You
Michael Stipe’s personal art studio is in a weirdly public place—the gallery for NYU’s studio art school, 80 Washington Square East. But he only works…
How Red Hook Winery Turned Flood Water Into Wine
Twenty One: Twenty Four. The name stands out in neat, clean type on the wine bottle’s black label. It refers to the military time (9:24…
You Need to Go to Therapy With Lena Dunham
So, Happy Ending is set to reopen under new ownership. But for literary types, the place just won’t be the same without the Happy Ending…
Two Years After Sandy, The Future of Sunny’s Bar Is Cloudy
As Hurricane Sandy slammed into Red Hook, Tone Balzano Johansen was in the basement of Sunny’s, moving booze and supplies to potentially dryer places. Suddenly,…