(Photo: Nina Westervelt)
Kysa Johnson is known for her art. Lately, she’s also known for suing the Empire State Building for losing her art.
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Kysa Johnson Considers Beco an Extension of Her Art Studio
Dok Suni Closes; Yoga For the Brokenhearted
(Photo: Michael Tapp)
Greenpointers are divided about whether the forthcoming Brooklyn Expo Center will help or hurt the neighborhood. [Crain’s NY]
Henry Huggins, who was found guilty of assaulting and robbing two elderly male Stuyvesant Town residents in 2011, was sentenced to 38 years-to-life in prison. [Town & Village Blog]
An East Village resident is teaching a new yoga class in Chelsea called “Yoga For Getting Over It,” meant to help those struggling with break-ups, job loss, and grief. [DNA Info]
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Here’s Who Got Kim Jong-Un Haircuts at Bushwick Open Studios
L to R: Katie Grace McGowan and her subject. (Photo: Goran Butorac)
If you saw the poster advertising “free Kim Jong-Un haircuts” at Bushwick Open Studios this past weekend, you probably thought: is this for real? and would anyone actually get their hair trimmed “in accordance with the socialist lifestyle”? The answer is yes and yes.
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Hey, Kids! Larry Clark and Harmony Korine Are Showing Their Work
Larry Clark (Photo: Tim Pioppo)
Kids grows up so fast! Next month will be the 19th anniversary of the movie that scared the shit out of baby-boomer parents and made every teenager this side of Tulsa want to pick up a skateboard, move to NYC, and break into the nearest public swimming pool. Chloe, Rosario, and Leo Fitzpatrick went on to achieve their fair share of fame, and the rest of the kids will be featured in a forthcoming documentary titled — you guessed it — The Kids. But this month it’s the film’s creators who are in the spotlight, thanks to these exhibitions.
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This Bike Repair Class Puts the ‘Trans’ in Transportation Alternatives
(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
Not everyone learns how to fix a flat on their bike at age ten. But Rebbekha Schiller did, and she says it empowered her. “I used to try to run over things with my bike so I could prove to myself that I could fix my flat tire,” she says.
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The LES Just Scored This Super Artsy Flood Protection
Rendering of the flip-down walls.
In a big win for the Lower East Side, $335 million has been awarded to a barrier that will protect the Sandy-ravaged shores of the East River.
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At Bushwick’s Newest Outdoor Drinking Destination, Your Phone Will Never Die
Finally, Bushwick has a watering hole with personal USB ports and outlets built right into the bar, so your iPhone won’t die while you’re ‘gramming the awesome back patio.
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There’s a Museum of Beautiful People, and We Took a Look
(Photo: Kirsten O’Regan)
While all the beautiful people were headed to Bushwick to look at art, I was on my way to East First Street, to look at beautiful people as art. Nonsensical perhaps, but I was intrigued by the tagline of the Museum of Beautiful People: “Look as much as you like, stay as long as you wish.”
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There Were Rockers and Stilt Walkers at the Bushwick Collective Block Party
The third annual Bushwick Collective Block Party went down yesterday on Troutman Street and, like most everything else in the city these days, it was bigger than ever before. More artists live painting more murals. More food trucks and various vendors. More bands, more beer, and just more actual street, as the whole block between Wyckoff and St. Nicholas and was shut down for the day.
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Northside Tech Expo; Greenpoint’s Bird Pit-Stop
(Photo: Scott Lynch)
On a first date, a Bushwick financial analyst allegedly hit, bit, and tried to strangle his suitor while defending the 9/11 attackers. [Gothamist]
Celebrity kid and Instagram rebel Scout Willis gave her first interview after walking around sans shirt on the Lower East Side. [Village Voice]
A 10,000-square-foot single-family home is being built on top of three formerly separate Kent Avenue lots in Williamsburg. [YIMBY]