To the surprise of no one, NYU has announced that it will appeal a State Supreme Court judge’s ruling that it must get the state’s…
Judge Says Yippie Building Tenants Must Peace Out
A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled that the venerable Yippie Museum be cleared for new tenants and has handed yippie leader Dana…
Live From East Williamsburg, It’s SNL’s New Hire! Sasheer Zamata Is ‘Going to Kill It’
Sasheer Zamata learned she was SNL’s newest cast member just minutes before you probably did. “It was pretty wild because that day they called her…
When Amiri Baraka Was LeRoi Jones, ‘King of the Lower East Side’
Amiri Baraka may have been a “son of Newark,” but in between his birth there in 1934 and his death there yesterday following post-surgery complications,…
Beards are Everywhere; LES Pier Closer to $92 Million Revamp
Beards have gone mainstream, argues Alex Williams. That’s right: the “L-train look” is now appearing on “corner-office types.” [NY Times] Speaking of the L train,…
7A Closes Jan. 26; Liquiteria Will Replace Gray’s Papaya
There’s more to report today about the loss of two corner institutions: a manager at 7A confirms the rumor that the East Village all-nighter will…
Alex Prager Used 20 Tons of Sand (and Her Sister) to Stage This Beach Scene
Alex Prager is not especially intimidating. The Los Angeles-based photographer is often smiling, rather petite and generally endearing. So it’s amusing to envision her atop…
Astor Place Bombshells: IBM Moving In, Another Newsstand Down
First Jerry Delakas’s Astor Place newsstand shuttered and now New Corner Magazine, on St. Marks and Third Avenue — rated one of Racked’s Best International Newsstands…
Mr. Throwback Wears Bart Simpson On His Blue Suede Ewings
Welcome to Mr. Throwback Thursday, in which everyone’s favorite connoisseur of all things retro and nostalgic, Mr. Throwback, gives us a weekly blast from the…
The Macaulay Culkin Show Does Not Star Macaulay Culkin. Unless…
With the Pizza Underground dropping a new music video, Macaulay Culkin is suddenly hot and on everyone’s lips. But Brett Davis had no idea such…