Bushwick finally has its own murder-mystery novel—and it’s a good one, too! Journalist Andrea Bartz, who established herself as a scholar of hipsterdom as co-author…
From Graveyard to Gay Bar, Metropolitan Bar Is Filled With Spirits
Small and dimly lit, the basement of Williamsburg’s Metropolitan Bar stores beer and spirits, as it has for much of the last century. Gennaro Milo,…
Trans Boxing Collective Is a Safe Space For Throwing Punches
Nola Hanson finds boxing to be an intrinsically mindful sport. There is “a framework of spiritual discipline” to it, even if people tend not to…
Michael C. Hall Is in a Band, and They’re Showing Off Their Musical Dexterity in Ridgewood
Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum, who will be giving their third-ever live show next Tuesday at Trans-Pecos, has such little online presence, it almost…
They’ve Already Played With David Byrne, Can This After-School Band Be the Next Blue Man Group?
Clad in smart-looking white blazers and spotless black leather shoes, a group of Brooklyn schoolkids beat on marching drums in synchronized choreography at the Apollo…
Performance Picks: Green New Deal Raps, Comedians Get Serious
THURSDAY SHE Creates 2k19 Now through February 24 at New Ohio Theater, various times: $25 The hills are alive with the sound of performances from…
L Stations Get Elevators, But Critics Say MTA Still Too Slow On Accessibility
Susan Scheer lives in the East Village and her daughter lives just across the river. But jumping on the L train to visit her isn’t…
Last Days of Antifolk: Scenes From the Final Winter Antifolk Fest at Sidewalk Cafe
The East Village’s Sidewalk Cafe is celebrating its final Winter Antifolk Fest ahead of the cafe’s closure this weekend due to new ownership after 33 years on…
Meet the Drag Artist Who Quit the Fashion World, But Is Poised to Be Its Next Darling
West Dakota is sculptural. She often embraces angles: the blunt edges of bobbed wigs, the sleekly structured silhouettes she dons onstage. And then there are…
Taco ‘Bout a Bummer: San Loco Is Closing Its Williamsburg Location
Back in 2017, San Loco left the East Village after 30 years of serving tacos there, and last year it left Bushwick. Now the “gringo…