While downtown denizens continue to await the opening of Ivan Ramen on Clinton Street (“Oh so soon,” Ivan Orkin tweeted on Friday, “Waiting for mr…
Sign Up For These Nifty Sewage Alerts and You’ll Never Be Up Shit’s Creek
Want to know when to avoid Newtown Creek like the plague? Just text 646-576-SHIT. (No, this is not a belated April Fools’ Day joke.)
You’ll Be Sipping Homemade Vermouth at This New Pintxos Bar By Month’s End
A new Basque restaurant is set to bring house-made vermouth and cider on tap to the former L’asso EV space by the end of the…
It’s Official: Vice Is Taking Over the Beacon’s Closet Space
There’ll soon be twice the Vice on North 11th Street. A source at Vice Media now confirms that it will expand its Williamsburg headquarters into the adjacent space…
The Lower East Side’s Newest Gallery Isn’t Into the Whole ‘White Cube’ Thing
When it opens in a long vacant storefront at 64 Delancey on Friday, Red Royalty Gallery promises to offer an alternative to what it calls…
Is Adam Parker Smith Going to Bring It to the Brooklyn Artists Ball? Butt Of Course!
As in previous years, the Brooklyn Museum has handpicked a stellar group of Brooklyn-based artists to create site-specific installations for the Brooklyn Artists Ball, which…
Watch Jim Jarmusch Play Music From His New Vampire Flick
When we spotted Jim Jarmusch on Delancey Street the other day with a guitar strapped to his back and a gig bag in tow (a…
Domino Debate Rages On; More Weekend Train Shutdowns A Comin’
At a contentious City Council hearing, there was some lively debate about the number of market-rate apartments that the Domino development could bring to Williamsburg.…
It’s Settled: ‘Marge vs. the Monorail’ Is the Best Simpsons Episode of All-Time
Last month, while Simpsons Club counted down the show’s top 17 episodes at Nitehawk, we asked a Simpsons superfan to pick his own favorites, so we could…
Max, Onetime East Village Fixture, Has Finally Reopened in Williamsburg
You’ve probably never heard of Basilicata. “It’s the sort of place nobody knows about outside of Italy,” says Luigi Iasilli, the owner of Max. “But the people…