Only one episode of Comedy Central’s Broad City has aired so far (the second airs 10:30 p.m. tonight), but the ratings must have been stupendous —…
Looks Like the 7A and Odessa Spaces Will Be Back in Play Next Month
Next month, Community Board 3 may find itself weighing the fates of two iconic spaces on Avenue A. Odessa Bar and Cafe closed in September,…
The East Village Is Losing Its Sole Laser Center/Thrift Shop
One of the East Village’s quirkier concepts — a subterranean skincare center with a ground-level secondhand shop — is getting zapped like so much unsightly…
Help Make This Documentary About Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Spiritual Wife’ a Reality
While we honor the 100th birthday of William S. Burroughs and mourn the loss of Amiri Baraka, one of their old colleagues, Anne Waldman, will be celebrated in…
Bring Your Board, KCDC and Zoo York Will Bring the Beer, Black Dave Will Bring the Beats
Skateboarding in NYC isn’t exactly as glamorous as it is in skate videos once the streets are covered in a mix of rock salt, snow…
It’s A-1 Music’s Last Day, and Its Closing Is… Bittersweet?
If readin’ bout Pete Seeger has inspired you to buy a banjo or a 12-string, you better move fast: East Village instrument purveyor A-1 Music is closing for…
Pete Seeger, the East Village, and the ‘Frat House For Musical Revolutionaries’
Before Pete Seeger, “father of American folk music,” died Monday at the age of 94, he had lived in Beacon, N.Y. since 1949. But before…
NYPD Seeks NYU Student’s Shroom Dealer; Carmellini Takes Former Peels Space
The NYPD are looking for the drug dealer who, they say, provided shrooms to Titan Lee-Hai before he plunged from an NYU dorm. [DNA Info]…
These Purple Projections Are the Trippiest Thing You’ll See This Week
If you missed the installation that artist/illustrator Noémi Schipfer and architect/musician Takami Nakamoto (aka Nonotak) brought to Fowler Project Space in Greenpoint earlier this month,…
In the Projects, Citi Bike Hasn’t Exactly Kicked Into High Gear
A trail of self-praise has followed Citi Bike over the last week. Over 6,000 Citi Bikers pedaled through the city against the Polar Vortex and…