As I step under an arch leading into Green-Wood Cemetery, a smiling woman instructs me to “follow the orbs,” directing my attention to dozens of…
You Can Help Crown The Best Of Brooklyn Nightlife
Awards shows may be a great way to spend an evening, but at the end of the day you’re usually watching a bunch of fancy…
HIV Criminalization, Thermal Surveillance, and More Art This Week
Cell Count Opening Thursday, May 31 at La MaMa Galleria, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through June 16. Presented by Visual AIDS and…
The Last Art Show at Silent Barn Is an Education in Skincare
If you’re even slightly interested in skincare, it would be hard to ignore the current popularity of K-beauty, or Korean cosmetics and skincare products such as…
A Cartoonist Charged With Obscenity and More Art This Week
Neu Show Opening Thursday, April 26 at The Living Gallery, 7 pm to 11 pm. One night only. Sometimes you want to go to a…
Jemima Kirke of Girls Talks Painting, Marriage and #MeToo
You may know her as the free-spirited Jessa in oft-discussed HBO show Girls, but Jemima Kirke considers herself more painter than actor. Her third solo…
Art This Week: Spooky Shows, Paintings N’ Dumplings, The Colonization of Fruit
The Past, Too, Is An Intruder Opening Tuesday, October 24 at A-Pou’s Taste, 7 pm to 10 pm. On view through October 29. Although East…
Hookup App Etiquette, QueerCom, and More Performance Picks
WEDNESDAY Raw Bacon From Poland Now through June 17 at Abrons Arts Center, 8 pm: $25 I would say that most of us agree that…
Attention Indie Film Fans: One Week to the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
Here’s some good news for New York’s numerous indie film fans – the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival is only a week away. Running June…
Great Comet’s Dave Malloy On Epic Choral Songs, Hamilton, and Showing Tunes to a New Generation
Nowdays, the commercial and insular shell that is Broadway is feeling a little less untouchable. Of course, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is a major catalyst behind this shake-up, but…