Nine lives, indeed! The legendary Pussycat Lounge has quietly reopened after six years of uncertainty. I haven’t yet read Meet Me in the Bathroom, the…
This Rooftop Bar Has Crazy Views Of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Trippy New Whirlpool
Chinatown isn’t the only one that just got a splashy new rooftop hotel bar. Across the water in Brooklyn Bridge Park, the newly opened outpost…
Gratis Grub Alert: Free Dogs at Feltman’s, 99-Cent Burgers at Duncan’s
If you were planning to mooch off of your friends this weekend by not bringing any beer to their Memorial Day barbecues, here’s a far…
Attention Indie Film Fans: One Week to the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
Here’s some good news for New York’s numerous indie film fans – the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival is only a week away. Running June…
Smorgasburg Is Opening a Garden Restaurant at The High Line Hotel
The folks behind Smorgasburg, Berg’n and Brooklyn Flea are opening a “garden restaurant” at the High Line Hotel, in Chelsea. 180 Tenth was set to unveil its menu…
Little Green Guys, 5-Hour Durationals, and More Performance Picks
WEDNESDAY Little Green Guys: An Evening of Comedy About Frogs and Lizards Wednesday, May 10 at Babycastles, 8 pm: $5 First of all, I don’t…
BAMcinemaFest Unspools Lineup: Alex Ross Perry, Kumail Nanjiani, Jenny Slate and More
One of our very favorite film festivals, BAMcinemafest, returns June 14 to 25. According to the just-released lineup, there’ll be new films from Alex Ross…
Sebastian Junger’s Syria Doc, Hell on Earth, Tackles ‘The Greatest Tragedy of Our Generation’
After the premiere of Hell on Earth at the Tribeca Film Festival, an audience member asked filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested why they had…
VR Meditation, A Day to Combat Rape Culture, and More Art Affairs This Week
Mind Portals Opening Thursday, April 27 at Babycastles, 8 pm: $10-15 sliding scale. On view through May 12. Babycastles has done a pretty good job…
Alt-Rock Doc Will Explain How Jonathan Lethem Got Involved in Lee Ranaldo’s Next Album
There’s such an abundance of film fests coming up that it’s hard to imagine hopping aboard the plagued NJ Transit and heading to suburban New Jersey for…