This past weekend, hitting the powder didn’t mean catching the Snow Bus to Whiteface Mountain. It’s finally spring, see, and what better way to celebrate…
Unibrow Brilliant: A ‘Movement Installation’ Goes Beyond the Frida Kitsch
What do you think of when you hear the name “Frida Kahlo?” Her lush, Tehuantepec-inspired dresses? Her flowered headdresses? Her unmistakeable unibrow? These days, one of the…
Demetri Martin Aims For ‘Box Office Gold’ With a Bicoastal Dramedy, Dean
“I thought a movie about a dead mom would be very appealing,” Demetri Martin, er, deadpanned after a screening of his debut feature, Dean, at…
As Primary Results Come In, Head to This ‘Safe Space’ to See Hill and Bern Dance Off
It’s finally here: the day we’ll find out whether Hillbots or Bernie Bros prevail in New York. Don’t just admire #feelthebern street art or strut…
Crawl Into The Gutter as a Brooklyn Ale House Vet Recounts His ‘Life Behind Bars’
Walking the streets of Williamsburg, Dan Ruth can point out the buildings where squatters used to hold court. He still remembers the excellent soundtrack at King’s…
Burn, Baby, Burn in Bushwick: Pop-Up Nods to Saturday Night Fever Discotheque
A disco inferno is about to break out in Bushwick. Tonight, Rinsed is launching a three-week pop-up nightclub named 3001: Odyssey – an homage to the…
Meet This Muppet at a Bernie-Themed Art Show Featuring Shepard Fairey and More
Bernie Sanders has been compared to a muppet time and time again, but as far as we know, only one artist has lovingly turned him into…
Browse This ‘Nude Thrift Shop’ For Some Naked, Oozing Painted Weirdness
Its awning says Second Time Around is a thrift shop, but it doesn’t have all that much clothing on its shelves, and this weekend there won’t be any on…
‘Bushwick Stomp’ Has Nothing to Do With Roaches, Everything to Do With Gypsy Jazz
Move over, Harlem Shake, there’s a new neighborhood anthem in town. It’s called the Bushwick Stomp, a pseudo-homegrown gypsy-jazz track inspired by Friday and Saturday…
Rockaway Is Getting a Swell New Surf Museum and Bakery
Get ready to wax nostalgic. David Selig, owner of the late, great Rockaway Taco, is working with surf instructor Fernando Pires to open a museum dedicated to the…