The Brooklyn Art Library is boxing up its thousands of crowdsourced sketchbooks, housed since 2010 on North Third Street, and hitting the road. The closing party…
Meet the Bodega Cats of Bushwick
For most people, drunkenly stumbling into a bodega at 2 a.m. for a hot sandwich is mostly, if not entirely, about acquiring and eating said…
Stories of Domino Refinery Add Bittersweetness to Photos of Its Last Days
The iconic Domino Sugar refinery graced the Williamsburg waterfront for decades, and when much of it was demolished in 2014, many felt that a quintessential part…
Vinyl For Reals: Go See Meryl Meisler’s Photos of ’70s NYC
We love Meryl Meisler, the New York-born photographer who documented Bushwick, Manhattan and Long Island in the disco era. And HBO’s new show, Vinyl, has further whetted our…
It’s Christmas, Again– Again! Greenpoint X-Mas Flick Is Coming Down Your Chimney
“Thanks for seeing a Christmas movie in February,” Greenpoint filmmaker Charles Poekel told everyone gathered for the latest installment of Nitehawk’s Local Color series.
Gad Elmaleh, the French Seinfeld, Tries Out His English at Joe’s Pub
Mentioning Gad Elmaleh’s residency at Joe’s Pub to my American friends was a weird experience. “He’s the most famous comedian in France!” I said, full…
Meet the Mad Puppeteer Who Brought ‘Hillary’s Nose’ to the March For Bernie
Elliot Crown is an actor who likes the political, an activist who loves creativity. Mash that together and you get one of New York’s only…
25 Rockin’ Facts About HBO’s Scorsese-Jagger Show, Vinyl
Vinyl, the Scorsese-Jagger production we’ve been looking forward to with bated coke-breath ever since it filmed in the East Village, finally hit HBO last night…
The Most Incredible Thing: Amy Sedaris Did a Video For Marcel Dzama’s Ballet
The New York City Ballet drew a decidedly downtown crowd to Thursday’s performance of The Most Incredible Thing, an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen…
St. Mark’s Bookshop Gets Some Time, But Not Much
If things had gone as planned, the St. Mark’s Bookshop would’ve been closed for good by now. But the store has received a stay of execution and…