Welcome to Pro Tips, where master makers share their expert advice. Kelsy Parkhouse – one of four Brooklyn designers featured in a sample sale at…
Verb Cafe To Shutter; Beastie Boys Win Six-Figure Lawsuit
At the end of the month, 15-year-old Verb Cafe on Bedford Avenue will close for good following a 70 percent rent increase. [Gothamist] The destabilized…
Landhaus Is Now Serving Bacon On a Stick to Tiki Tipplers at The Woods
Heavy Woods has the awesome Tchoup Shop and now The Woods — not to be outdone by its fellow Woodsman — has also gone and snagged an…
Peep These Old-School Photographs of New-School Skateboarders
Last November, photographer Matt Alberts loaded up his Airstream with three of his pals, a stock of chemicals, and a large format camera. The foursome…
A Visit With Wylie Dufresne of WD~50, Just Ranked America’s 18th Best Restaurant
Chef Wylie Dufresne is on a roll: This spring he vied for Best New York Chef honors at the James Beard Foundation Awards (again), got…
See Kim Gordon Chat With Raymond Pettibon About His New Book
The cover to Sonic Youth’s Goo is a bit of a fetish object — it’s even spawned parodies featuring everyone from George Bluth to Walter…
Watch Your Fixie Become a Star of the Stage in ‘Bike Shop: The Musical’
Liz Barkan’s one-woman bike-themed off-off-Broadway musical is not autobiographical. Well, OK, it kind of is. The part about owning a bike shop is true. The…
Six Films Worth Ducking Inside For
Hate the sun? Are you… a vampire? Even if the answer to both those questions is no (whatever…) you should still check out these films…
Pop-Up Wedding Chapel in Williamsburg; Comic Book and Kite Festivals
When Williamsburg’s Wythe Hotel exhibits “Maxikiosco” by local artist Tom Fruin during Pride Week, the stained-glass house will also serve as a pop-up wedding chapel.…
After an Apology, Ai Weiwei Unblocks Kickstarter For His Sci-Fi Debut
The Lower East Side filmmaker who launched a Kickstarter campaign for a sci-fi film featuring Ai Weiwei only to see it shut down by the…