Argos Books Five Year Anniversary Celebration Friday Nov. 20th, 7 pm at Wendy’s Subway, 722 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg Yassss to readings with a cause…
Week in Shows: DIY Venue Loses the Diapers and Ohio Punks ‘Pissed Off For a Reason’
Wow guys, big week for the DIY scene: Aviv turns a whole one year old. And actually, that’s kinda getting up there in DIY years. Though,…
Paintings Inspired by the Real Housewives and ‘Comfort Creatures’ Coming to Greenpoint
Next week Kharis Kennedy will unveil a series of new paintings as part of her solo exhibition, Comfort Animals, at The Greenpoint Gallery. Though Kennedy has been…
Alone At Last : Slip Into a Booth and Prepare to Be Seduced
“At that time in New York things were really wild,” Emily Armstrong recalled of the ’70s punk scene. She and her partner, Pat Ivers, are…
We Met the Girls of The Bedford Stop, the Best Show Not on TV
“You have to see this,” my friend texted me a couple weeks back. “This girl I met on Tinder, she has her own reality show.”…
Olek Says She Has a ‘Crazy and Twisted’ Mind, And She Isn’t Stringing You Along
Olek is the prolific crochet artist known best for disrupting public spaces by swathing dull stone, concrete, and brick with enormous, sometimes intricate yarn hoods. While she’s…
A New Gallery With Epic Views of Shit Creek Will Host the Next Wild Torus Event
I’m not gonna lie, when I heard Wild Torus— the aggressively psychedelic Bushwick performance art duo– would be hosting their “most ambitious event yet” this…
Week in Film: Kathleen Hanna on 16mm and Bomb Shelter Children of Botulism Turn Out Totally Normal
This week, cash in your change jar because you’re gonna need it for the screening of this lost Riot Grrrl film starring Kathleen Hanna. Also,…
Inside the Vale of Cashmere, a Bucolic Cruising Spot Threatened By ‘Restoration’
Like many Brooklynites, Prospect Park is my go-to, but the awesomely named Vale of Cashmere– a relatively isolated area on the east side of the…
Cameo Gallery’s Owner Explains What Went Wrong
I first met Jify Shah back in 2014 when things were looking up for the owner of Cameo Gallery, a venue that became a mainstay…