A while back, we clued you into the pop-up that Katz’s Delicatessen was opening next to its longtime digs. The Space, at 203 East Houston,…
Monday: An Evening With the Owners of the Night
Sure, it’s fun to sit around remembering CBGB and the Mudd Club, but what about the great clubs and creative hubs of today? Join us…
Maya Angelou, Joyce Carol Oates and Dick Cavett Traded Norman Mailer Stories
What, you thought Tom Wolfe was the only literary lion we roll with? Last night, The Norman Mailer Center and Writers Colony held its fifth…
Tom Wolfe Wants To Read More About Hipsters
Today, speaking at our own Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, Tom Wolfe was asked what aspect of contemporary New York life he’d like to see…
Listen to Not One But Two Full-Album Covers of Nirvana’s ‘In Utero’
Forget the $150 box set and the fax from Steve Albini — the most amazing thing to emerge from the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s In…
Big Bob Grady Has Found Camaraderie at Peter Pan Donut For 40 Years
The old timers sit in the back at Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop. That’s where regulars like Bob Grady (“a good Irish name”) drink…
Banksy Piece Gets Defaced, Restored, and Then… Framed?
Banksy took to the Williamsburg-Bed Stuy border today for the 17th installment of . Hours after his piece went up on Cook Street, off of…
The Author of Dealers On Weed: ‘Pump It into Public School Systems’
Peter Madsen will be at the B+B Newsroom tomorrow to join director Will Robson-Scott in a post-screening discussion about “Chi Raq,” Robson-Scott’s documentary about Chicago…
Croxley’s Will Soon Open a 48-Tap Belgian Outpost in Williamsburg
Pub chain Croxley Ales hopes to bridge the gap between its five Long Island locations and its East Village spot with a new location in Williamsburg. That…
Yep, McCarren Pool Is Getting a Skating Rink With Gifts and Grub
You won’t have to hoof it over to Central Park, Flushing Meadows or (shudder) Rock Center to go ice skating anymore. The folks at Open Space Alliance…