France’s Yonathan Souid, 23, was arrested yesterday on various charges after scaling the Brooklyn Bridge for a photo op. [Gothamist] Five floors of Bowery’s East…
Buy Some Cheap Art Inspired By Brooklyn’s Bodegas and Boardwalks
There are two things Brooklynites universally love: talking about Brooklyn, and affordable art. ArtPhotoArt gallery in Bushwick taps into these needs with an exhibit that opened…
XXX Meets DIY: Porn Film Festival Seeks Local, Artisanal Smut
If “porn fest” sounds like what happens every time your roommate leaves for work, rest assured the one happening in Bushwick later this winter will…
‘Death of Williamsburg’ Party; Air Raid Sirens Explained
Due to an upcoming apartment conversion, 100-plus students at Bushwick United Early Learning must find a new school by December 20. [] Karaoke Boho‘s future…
Sick Shows: Psychedelic Brunch, Sax-Backed Punk, And CMJ Ebola Casualties
Hey you! There are a bunch of shows worth checking out all over town this weekend and beyond. Things are getting down to the wire…
Utopia, Indeed: Pop-Ups, Sample Sales and PBR-Fueled Shopping
As if all the holiday markets weren’t enough, these pop-ups and sample sales are still more reason to fill yr shopping bag with locally made…
East Village Radio Returns; Cat Cafe Redux
Paris Hilton paid $5.25 million for a two-bedroom apartment she’ll share with her seven dogs at 738 Broadway near Astor Place. [NY Post] One month…
Facebook Throws a Housewarming; ‘Fairy School’ in Greenpoint
Last night Facebook feted its new three-floor, 185K-square-foot office space at 770 Broadway near E.9th Street. [Wall Street Journal] In Noho, a 38K-square-foot property at…
10 Holiday Markets That Might Just Make You Look Forward to Winter
The holidays seem to come earlier and earlier every year (yesterday, a reader sent us this photo of decorations going up on the Lower East…
Hot Photos: Local Documentarians Talk Arson and Swingers Clubs
A couple of photographers who’ve been featured in these pages (both of whom happen to have had shows at Bizarre Bar’s Black Box gallery in…