“This is unprecedented,” said Guy Smith of Sutherland, a queer nightclub within East Williamsburg space 3 Dollar Bill. He’s talking about the first-ever Office of…
The Photographer Documenting DIY Culture in Brooklyn and Beyond
Those who proclaim the spirit of New York City is dead would be wise to look away from the fresh horror that is the CBGB…
‘Downtown Was My Heaven’: Generations of Performers Revisit Club 57
Last Thursday, the theater at MoMA went back to the 20th century when Performing Difference: Gender in the 1980s Downtown Scene, a day of panel…
Get Ready to Dance On the Grave of the Cabaret Law, Set to Be Repealed
Those attending bars and clubs in NYC can soon collectively shake their hips without fear, as a bill repealing the Prohibition-era cabaret law is slated…
What Can the Night Mayor Do? The DIY Scene Discusses
There’s a new (Night) Mayor in town, or at least there will be soon. On August 24, City Council member Rafael Espinal’s bill to establish…
Nightlife Advocates and Politicians Want to Dance on the Grave of NYC’s Cabaret Law
Yesterday, hundreds flocked to City Hall to discuss the future of nightlife in New York City at a consumer affairs oversight hearing. It was the…
Shea Stadium Announces Kickstarter, Hopes to Return as a Legal Space
East Williamsburg DIY venue and recording studio Shea Stadium announced a $50,000 crowdfunding initiative today, with the end goal of turning the space into a…
‘Gender-Free’ Fashion Infiltrates a Bed-Stuy Basement
On Thursday evening, a group of 10 or 15 people descended into a mysterious basement on Bed-Stuy’s Myrtle Avenue. If not for the beats of…
Another One Could Bite The Dust: IDIO Gallery Turns To Crowdfunding To Survive
There’s been many a Bushwick disappearance lately. Punk venue The Acheron recently said their goodbyes, acclaimed restaurant Northeast Kingdom put away their plates for good,…
Powrplnt, the Netty Hang Center for Bushwick Teens, is Officially Turned On
Powrplnt– the ambitious non-profit pet project of artist, proud weirdo, and retired Bushwick party girl Angelina Dreem– has officially flipped on the lights and begun watering the…