The city was awash in color Saturday. While the lucky few got to attend a party at Kenny Scharf’s Cosmic Cavern in East Williamsburg (peep…
Jennifer Esposito On Her Bakery, Her New Book, and Her Return(?) to Acting
Actress and Bensonhurt native Jennifer Esposito’s first apartment was in the East Village when she was 18. A little more than a year ago, the…
Video: Watch Liza Dye Do Stand-Up About Getting Hit By a Train
Last month Liza Dye spoke to us about getting struck by a subway train, becoming the subject of tabloid headlines and receiving donations from sympathetic…
Here’s Frank Ape Monkeying Around in a Former East Village Bodega
We knew Brandon Sines was taking over a former East Village bodega with a Frank Ape free-for-all. What we didn’t know until we got to…
Concertgoer Dies at Webster Hall; Bowery Flophouse Could Be Sold
According to the band Miss May I, at their Saturday night show at the Studio at Webster Hall a fan stagedived to his death. A…
Ken Friedman and April Bloomfield Want to ‘Experiment With All the Ideas We’ve Been Thinking About’ on Ave A
When Ken Friedman meets with East Village residents this evening about his plan to take over San Loco’s former home on Avenue A, he won’t…
This Daily Show Writer Tried to Pack Cats and Fro-Yo Into a Marriage Proposal
Earlier this week at (Le) Poisson Rouge, Daily Show writer Matt Koff told a very East Village engagement story involving fro-yo, cats, and a trip to…
Power Up! Watch Stephen Powers Talk Art, Then See James Powers Show His
You’ve probably noticed the bright new signage Stephen Powers recently brought to The Strand. What you might not have known is that the artist and…
Uh-Oh, Both Gothamist and the AP Are Sending People to Bushwick’s ‘Jefftown’
Greenpoint residents were gripped with Lou Reed-style waves of fear when the neighborhood was recently deemed the nation’s best for millennials, and now Bushwick has…
How Catland Owner Phillip English Used Norse Magic to Be Homecoming King
“Can I have some of your hair?” Phillip English isn’t kidding. So, after hesitating a beat, I pluck a strand of hair from my head.…