Cube, meet spikes. The Alamo returned in November and now another piece of monumental art is being installed outside of Cooper Union’s Foundation Building. The…
De Blasio Vows to Dig In Against Trump and ‘Stand Up For Our People’
Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to fight back against Donald Trump’s harshest and most regressive plans this morning at a speech in the East Village.…
A Bed-Stuy Biennial, Nina Simone Self-Defense, and Other Art Events This Week
BRIC Biennial: Volume II, Bed Stuy / Crown Heights Opening Wednesday, November 9 at BRIC, 7 pm to 9 pm. On view through January 15. …
Rent Freeze Leaves Some Tenants and Owners Feeling Left Out in the Cold
The Rent Guidelines Board has voted to freeze the rents on rent-stabilized apartments that are up for a one-year lease renewal between October 1, 2016 and…
The 13 People You Meet On St. Marks Place, Per St. Marks Is Dead
Everyone has a St. Marks story — my first was smoking free hash after getting ripped off on bunk X. “And since the middle of the twentieth…
Bring Your Own Body To This All-Trans Art Show
What do DJ and New Museum darling Juliana Huxtable, a former member of industrial outfit Throbbing Gristle, and “drag mother” Flawless Sabrina have in common?
Talks + Readings: Duff McKagan, Galway Kinnell, and a Living Female Rock Critic
Monday History buffs, take note: Battle Lines is not your ordinary Civil War read. This books is a team effort by graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm…
Talks + Readings: Headscarves, Hymens, Spinsters and an Anti-Bridget Jones
As we get ready to watch Kate Bolick read from Spinster, “a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single,” tonight at 20 Cooper Square…
Peter Cooper Is Back, But When Will the Astor Place Cube Return?
After months of hiding inside of a wooden box while his eponymous triangle was rebuilt, Peter Cooper has come out to smell the roses (or…
Three Kings Travel to City Hall to Protest Dorming of P.S. 64 Building
Mayor de Blasio received an unusual gift on Three King’s Day when picketers gathered outside City Hall to protest the loss of a beloved East…