A week before a 100th birthday concert for William S. Burroughs, Barry Miles, author of the new biography Call Me Burroughs, dropped by The Strand to talk about…
Lindsay Lohan Caught the Debut of ‘New York’s Hottest New Band’ Last Night
“This is fun,” said John Eatherly midway through the first gig of the East Village’s newest indie darlings, Public Access TV, at Niagara yesterday evening. Of…
Crown Heights Is the ‘New Williamsburg,’ East New York Is the ‘Next Bushwick’
Is East New York the “next Bushwick”? [Untapped Cities] And is Crown Heights the “new Williamsburg”? [Curbed] The owners of the Jarmulowsky Bank building have decided to restore its…
Looks Like the 7A and Odessa Spaces Will Be Back in Play Next Month
Next month, Community Board 3 may find itself weighing the fates of two iconic spaces on Avenue A. Odessa Bar and Cafe closed in September,…
The East Village Is Losing Its Sole Laser Center/Thrift Shop
One of the East Village’s quirkier concepts — a subterranean skincare center with a ground-level secondhand shop — is getting zapped like so much unsightly…
Help Make This Documentary About Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Spiritual Wife’ a Reality
While we honor the 100th birthday of William S. Burroughs and mourn the loss of Amiri Baraka, one of their old colleagues, Anne Waldman, will be celebrated in…
In the Projects, Citi Bike Hasn’t Exactly Kicked Into High Gear
A trail of self-praise has followed Citi Bike over the last week. Over 6,000 Citi Bikers pedaled through the city against the Polar Vortex and…
‘We’d Found This Cave Out of Time’: A Look Back at Glam Rock’s Club 82
When Judy Garland, Kirk Douglas, Liz Taylor and the glitterati of the ‘50s wanted to walk on the wild side, they headed to the East…
This Mustachioed Man Robbed a Woman in Her Apartment, Police Say
Have you seen this dude with long black hair and a mustache? Details are, uh, sketchy but police say that on Jan. 10 he followed…
A Juice Bar Has Replaced an 87-Year-Old Bakery, But There’s a Twist…
Over the weekend a juice bar opened in what was, for 87 years, the home of Ninth Street Bakery. The owner of beQu worked at,…