Pony up to the films we’re excited to see this week. Winners of Slamdance Film Festival 2014 Early next week IFC is screening the winners…
It’s Curtains Up For a Coffee Shop in the East Village’s Cultural District
A stone’s throw from where Au Breve remains closed, the owner of the East Village’s latest coffee shop is optimistic she can hold her own. “I’m…
’90s Style Was ‘Exciting’ (Maybe) But the Fashion World Is a Horrible Place
Things you can learn at this weeks stellar readings and talks. Thursday, August 28 That’s When the Knives Come Down with Dolan Morgan Greenpointer Dolan…
Air Sex World Championships: It’s Coming! It’s Coming!
When Howard Stern says you’re “highly offensive,” you’re probably doing something right. That was his reaction to seeing the Air Sex World Championships, a tour de…
Watch Heaven’s Jail Play a Cut Off Their New Record, Produced by Phosphorescent
Heaven’s Jail recorded their new album not in a celestial prison, but in the woods of Connecticut. Then they brought it back to Greenpoint for…
‘If We Weren’t Taking Pictures, We’d Just Be Complete Maniacs and Degenerates’
Party photos are more than ubiquitous– images of gleeful off-duty models chugging champagne and wild-eyed kids of questionable age tearing it up at some after-hours…
Mein Gott! Zum Schneider Is Pitching a Proper Tent For Oktoberfest
No need to cram into Zum Schneider’s tight quarters this Oktoberfest: the hard-partying East Village biergarten is finally doing justice to the “garden” part of “beer…
Sandwiches Air-Dropped into Greenpoint; Central Perk (From Friends) Coming to EV
Madewell, the J.Crew-owned jean purveyor, will join its parents company in Williamsburg this fall, setting up shop at 126 N.6th Street on October 28. [New…
Kilo Bravo Kicks Back In Williamsburg Next Week
Kate Buenaflor, owner of The Soft Spot, is opening a new spot in Williamsburg next Thursday: Kilo Bravo, which we’re guessing draws its name from…
We’ll Drink (and Eat) to This: Firehouse Becoming a Cultural Center
In the 1970s, the City of New York flirted with bankruptcy and the storefronts on Bedford Avenue stood empty. Now, those same storefronts are buzzing…