Yesterday, Anthology Film Archives announced that, for the first time in their 46-year history, big changes are coming to the institution in the form of…
Bake Time is Up: Cake Shop Says Goodbye
Another venue spent New Year’s Eve saying their last goodbyes to regulars and anyone else with a drink in their hand. For the last few…
Week in Film: Spectacle Back to Pack it in With ‘Best of’ + See This Doc or Else
Doomed Love Friday January 6, 7:30 pm at Spectacle: $5 It’s been an awful long time since I’ve seen a movie at Spectacle… who am…
It’s All Over Now for Williamsburg Bar Over the Eight
Last year was a rough one for cultural spaces of all kinds in New York City, so it was somewhat fitting (if not totally sad)…
Week in Shows: Get Runny, Feel Good + Take a Trip to Synthicide’s Triple Threat
Synthicide: Three-Year Anniversary Thursday January 4, 10 pm to 4 am at Bossa Nova Civic Club: FREE Even if right now the weather’s making you…
The Theater That Was a ‘Weapon in the Class Struggle’
This week, we continue with our series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. In June 1931, with America’s working class still deep in the…
RAE BK Had an Old-School Art Party With DJ Kool Herc and It Went Like This
The last time I saw a bunch of RAE BK‘s work all in one place was in 2015, just after the street artist and Brooklyn-native…
Will the Pain Ever End? 2016 Died and Took the Creator of Bambi With it
Even if the actual ball drop is kinda hazy, as long as you’re reading this, you’ve made it to 2017. Congratulations. Seriously though, 2016 was the worst. Case…
3 Ways to Lend a Small but Helping Hand to those Impacted by Oakland Fire
Whenever someone compares Brooklyn to Oakland, an angel loses its wings, and is sent plunging straight down to hell where the sexless being is reborn…
Week in Film: Love Poems You Never Knew Were Communist and Pour One Out for Your Katz’s Homies
Neruda Now through Thursday January 5 at IFC Center: $14 For all you literary nerds out there, here’s your once-in-a-great-while chance to see a film…