Okay, our post-winter PTSD is finally starting to wear off, thanks to all the booze boats, street fairs, and beach haps. As of 4 p.m. today, Nowadays, the…
Brooklyn Generator Gets Rezoning Approval; New Museum Seeks Expansion
Actor Nick Lashaway, who appeared in season two of Girls, died Sunday in a car accident in Framingham, Massachusetts. He was 28 years old. [People]…
Uncle Meg Takes on Hipster Haters in Music Video Shot at Bushwick Biker Pad
If you’ve ever walked by that outlaw biker clubhouse on Thames Street and wondered aloud, “What the hell is this doing in Bushwick?” keep in…
Powrplnt Grows Its ‘Outsider’ Space for Contemporary Art
Over the weekend fancy people in an “acquisitive mood” milled around Frieze Art Fair, discreetly making it rain while rubbing shoulders with art dealers, the dapperly dressed, and…
Week in Music: Sounds for Satanic Rites and a Whole Lotta Party
Diamanda Galas: Death Will Come and Will Have Your Eyes Thursday May 12 and Saturday May 14 at Red Bull Music Academy at 258 W 118th…
Frenchman Attacked in Williamsburg; Sports Bar Coming to Bushwick
A French man was assaulted and robbed on N. 10th Street early Sunday morning. [Brooklyn Paper] The long-gestating Allen Street Hotel sold for $30.75 million…
Can This Sprawling, Immersive Exploration of Surveillance ‘Change the Face of Culture’ in Bushwick?
On May 20, the 50,000-square-foot Knockdown Center will become the site of a bold new experiment in live performance. Authority Figure, directed by performance/dance/sound artists Monica…
Naked Yoga in Bushwick; A High Line in Williamsburg?
A thief punched a Williamsburg liquor store employee in the face last Monday evening. [Brooklyn Paper] If a recently revived plan gains traction, Williamsburg neighborhoods…
Jesus Statue Stolen From Church; Best Brunch in Brooklyn and Best Bagels in NYC
On Tuesday morning, a 37-year-old woman was the victim of an attempted rape in her apartment building near Driggs Avenue and S. 8th Street. [CBS…
Watch Some Bushwick Art Kids Crash MoMA PS1 and Mount a Rogue Show
Three years after the police shut down their Bushwick gallery and party pad, brothers Sei and Ki Smith keep finding gonzo ways to show art. Last Saturday, the founders…