Andres Serrano, the photographer and artist best known for his controversial 1987 photograph, “Piss Christ,” has turned his attention to the homeless of New York…
Aziz Ansari and Eric Wareheim Were Actually in Food Club Before Food Club
Yesterday when Grub Street turned us on to Food Club, the new JASH show from Aziz Ansari, Eric Wareheim, and Jason Woliner, we figured it…
A Shooting and A Stabbing in Bushwick, Greenpoint Couple Found Dead in Hot Tub
A Bushwick police officer told B+B that a man was stabbed on Broadway at 11:15 p.m. Monday. He was taken to Kings County Hospital and…
An East Village Woman Woke Up to Find a Rapist in Her Apartment, Police Say
This one is truly nightmarish: police say that around 3 a.m. Sunday morning, an East Village woman woke up to someone resembling this man standing…
Robataya NY Has Closed For a Reboot
It’s always been hard to snag a seat at the chef’s counter at Robataya NY, one of Timeout‘s best restaurants of 2011, but now you…
The East Village’s New Halal Butcher Makes an ‘Honest-to-God’ Guarantee
Move over, Verameat — an actual meat store has quietly opened on an East Village block known more for boutiques than for butchering.
Comedian W. Kamau Bell Is a ‘Big Fan of Awkward Conversations As a Way to Promote Change’
W. Kamau Bell, the political comedian whose show, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, ran on FXX, is back in the standup circuit. Tonight, his…
Walks, Talks, and Chalk: 80 Things to Do During Lower East Side History Month
The organizers of the first annual Lower East Side History Month have announced next month’s lineup, featuring over 80 events organized by over 60 cultural…
Yo! Billboards Out of the Bike Lane!
This advertisement for the Cellphone Doctor has been roving around the East Village since the shop opened on Avenue C late last year, but the…
The Commodore’s Stephen Tanner Will Open El Dorado in Bushwick
As Pies ‘n’ Thighs readies its Lower East Side location, one of its founders, Southern-grub virtuoso Stephen Tanner, is making moves of his own.