When multimedia artist Sarah Quinter moved to Bushwick five years ago, the neighborhood known as Little Puerto Rico was already becoming richer, whiter and more…
Alleged East Village Rapist Pleads Not Guilty; Cabin in a Bushwick Loft
The hunt for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s drug dealers led cops to a Mott Street apartment where they busted four people after finding a “mother lode”…
Rafael Fuchs Turned Some ‘Bitter Incidents’ With Landlords Into Art
Like to grouse about your landlord? Why not do it over Kosher rugelach at an upcoming art opening? Later this month at his Bushwick gallery, Rafael…
Because a Burlesque Tribute to Marina Abramovic Needed to Happen…
The real Marina Abramović is often busy chatting with the New Yorker about “being present,” making a film about James Franco and perfecting the Abramović Method, which…
Another Warhol Superstar Has Died; Would-Be Cop Killer Gets Convicted
First Taylor Mead and now this: Rene Ricard, the East Village “poet, painter, art critic, scene-maker, ex-Andy Warhol super-star, subject of one of Allen’s most…
Crown Heights Is the ‘New Williamsburg,’ East New York Is the ‘Next Bushwick’
Is East New York the “next Bushwick”? [Untapped Cities] And is Crown Heights the “new Williamsburg”? [Curbed] The owners of the Jarmulowsky Bank building have decided to restore its…
Joe Galarraga of Big Ups Is OK With You Making Fun of His Musings About Millennials
“What happens when it all goes black?” Big Ups singer Joe Galarraga begs to know on the band’s breakthrough single, an anxiety-fueled romp through shrieking…
Thousands Rode Citi Bikes During the Polar Vortex, and These Folks Have Something to Say About It
Citi Bike just sent out an e-mail sharing its top 10 “2013 highlights.” Among the accomplishments: Citi Bikes make up a third of all bike…
At Sundance, Appropriate Behavior Lovingly Skewers Park Slope and Bushwick
On its face, writer-director-filmmaker Desiree Akhavan’s first film, Appropriate Behavior, is about common lesbian experiences: the struggle to come out, tussles with identity, and what…
At This Opening, the Wine, Beer and the Art Is Free
“I’ve always done the kind of art where people look at it and say, ‘That looks like ovaries,’ said Carla Avruch, who is giving away…