Photography After StonewallOpening Tuesday, June 4 at Soho Photo Gallery, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through June 29. As I’m sure you’ve heard…
Sesame Street Drag, Disabled Comedians, and More Performance Picks
SipFest Now through March 14 at Wild Project, various times, various prices The nature of live theater is that anything can happen at any time.…
Bowie Mania Continues With Ziggy Cocktails and Record Store Day Releases
The opening of the mammoth “David Bowie is” exhibit last week at the Brooklyn Museum left a lot of people nostalgic for the late Starman.…
Week in Film: Los Sures, Surrealist Bloodcore, and Freedom Summer Sings the Blues
Los Sures Friday December 9, 7 pm to 10 pm at Dobbin Street: $8 to $10 Dobbin St. is a new “luxury event space” that…
Week in Film: Punk Rock’s Golden Daddy and ‘Ludicrous’ Janis Joplin Remixes
Danny Says Friday September 30 through Thursday October 6 at IFC Center: $14 Danny Fields was the music manager “at the pulse of the underground,”…
Week in Film: The Jazz Loft, a New Indie Theater, and More
The Jazz Loft According to Eugene W. Smith Friday September 23 through Wednesday September 28 at the Metrograph: $15 In this film about a loft…
Inside the Vale of Cashmere, a Bucolic Cruising Spot Threatened By ‘Restoration’
Like many Brooklynites, Prospect Park is my go-to, but the awesomely named Vale of Cashmere– a relatively isolated area on the east side of the…
A DIY Space Where ‘People of Color Have Empowerment’ Gets Ready For Next Act
For the city’s DIY scene, the year 2014 was anything but static– openings, closings, you know the drill. And while one little venue might seem…
Week in Film: a Flashy Smuggler Jaunt and Trippy Danish Sci-Fi
It was a bad week for us film nerds in NYC with word emerging that Sunshine Cinema will likely be sold to developers. Such things…
Brooklyn Poet Wins A House In Detroit. Yep, A House.
When Brooklyn-based poet Casey Rocheteau first heard about Write A House Detroit, a unique writer-in-residence program that awards selected writers with a permanent home in…