It’s surprising that there wasn’t already a wine and cocktail-focused restaurant in New York named after the debauchery surrounding the Greek god of the grape…
Hold On To Your Seats: Stephen Hawking, Yoko Ono, and Pussy Riot Get Ionescoed
If your dream answer to “Guess who’s coming to dinner?” is Pussy Riot, Stephen Hawking, Yoko Ono and Gertrude Stein — or if you happen…
What’s With All the Faux Homeless Dudes On East 10th Street?
Just weeks after Richard Gere was homeless on East 10th Street, another actor is down and out on the same block, between First Avenue and…
A Film Fest For the ‘Women of the LES’
It’s the year of the LES woman! Because the “Heroines of the LES” mural couldn’t fit everybody, the East Village’s Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space…
34 Places to Watch Movies Outdoors; Williamsburg Gets a Teepee
A 31-year-old East Village man is dead after he fell off his motorcycle while riding on the Williamsburg Bridge at 2:30 a.m. yesterday morning. [NY Post] Was…
Look Out, Dumpling Man! There’s Now a Dumpling Lady
As if the Dumpling Man weren’t enough to contend with, Plump Dumpling is about to get some competition — right across the street. Signage for…
Ask Them Anything: Fran Lebowitz, Debbie Harry, Andrew WK, David Sedaris
Some of New York’s New Yorkiest New Yorkers are opening up the floor for conversation in the next weeks, starting with tonight’s Andrew WK appearance…
Water Main Break Floods Houston, Leaves Gaping Maw in the Earth
As if Houston Street wasn’t already a nightmare of construction and road work, a water main break turned it into a river this morning and…
Montana’s Trail House Brings Mountain Soda, Black Magic Cuisine to Bushwick
Come May 30, an awesomely rustic bungalow will be purveying “Appalachian east coast country food, and some black-magic inspired dishes” to the woodsmen (and -women)…
9 Comics Give Michael Che Their Two Cents On His New Daily Show Gig
On Monday night, Broken Comedy celebrated co-founder Michael Che’s 31st birthday with a full-on blowout. Inside an extremely packed backroom at Matchless in Greenpoint, Che hosted the night alongside…