Last time we caught up with Brandon Sines, he was selling his witty work at the B + B Bazaar. Now the artist, whose studio is in…
Shakespeare & Co.: ‘We’re Not Going Anywhere Until Something Happens’
Last we checked in with Shakespeare & Co., it wasn’t ready to comment about rumors of a “possible closure.” Now manager Margot Liddell confirms that the bookstore can’t…
Tori Amos Fans Experienced ‘Bliss’ at Rough Trade Last Night
Tori Amos lifers lined up in front of Rough Trade in Williamsburg yesterday morning starting at 6 a.m. to be certain they’d have a chance…
30+ Bushwick Galleries Will Burn the Midnight Oil Next Saturday
When Bushwick Open Studios hits the neighborhood May 30, the hood’s artists will once again show off their workspaces well into the night. (And all…
Watch Rare Footage of Amiri Baraka and the New York Art Quartet at Anthology
Speaking of Sun Ra, his fellow pioneers of avant-garde jazz, the New York Art Quartet, are the subject of a new documentary playing at Anthology…
Watch The Pizza Underground at Brooklyn Bowl, Then See Their Variety Show at LPR
The Pizza Underground played Brooklyn Bowl this past Saturday and footage just hit Youtube, courtesy of Sixdust. Check it out above, and note the cameo…
At a 100th Birthday Reading of Sun Ra’s Lost Works, Space Was the Place
William S. Burroughs isn’t the only counterculture deity being feted with a centenial. The late Sun Ra would have been about a month shy of…
Liza Dye Is Out of the Hospital and Doing Stand-Up About Getting Hit By a Train
Comedian Liza Dye, who earlier this month told us about getting hit by a train at the Broadway-Lafayette station in mid-February, was released from Bellevue…
The Lost Lectures Found Their Way to NYC, With Dev Hynes, Amanda Lepore and More
Not only did New York get its first taste of the Hump! Film Festival, but on Friday it was introduced to The Lost Lectures. If you…
In East Williamsburg, a Fresh Take On Martha Cooper’s ’70s LES Photos
The challenge is always the same: how to translate the urgency, the lawlessness, the serendipity of discovery inherent in street art and graffiti into the…