Koyaanisqatsi is one of those films people either love, hate, or fall asleep on because they got too high. We personally love it (enough to…
East Village’s Elsa Is Getting a Little Sister in Greenpoint
So, Max Fish and Welcome to the Johnsons aren’t the only downtown bars making moves in North Brooklyn. This fall, the owners of East Village…
Mark Your Calendar For These Two Outdoor Arts Festivals in the East Village
The East Village’s cultural institutions are taking it to the streets again, as the details of two big outdoor arts festivals were announced today. Theater…
Bureau of General Services Queer Division Raises Funds For a New Home
The Bureau of General Services – Queer Division, a trailblazing bookstore and event space on the Lower East Side, will launch an indiegogo campaign on…
For the Folks Who Light Up the Lady of Mount Carmel Feast, It’s Christmas in July
Tonight, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will come to an end as the 72-foot, four-ton “giglio” is hoisted and returned to its…
A Teenager Was Shot in the Face in Alphabet City [Updated]
If you heard helicopters over the East Village last night, here’s why. An 18-year-old man was fighting for his life after being shot in the…
Richard Hell Hearts the EV, City Gets Its First E-Cig Store
Punk-rock icon Richard Hell just lurves his East Village apartment, according to an interview in the Wall Street Journal. [WSJ] Reminder: the first annual Smallest…
Sexy vs. Sexton: Padma Shows Up to Support Lawsuit Against NYU 2031
As expected, Padma Lakshmi was among those who packed into a courtroom today to hear arguments against NYU’s Greenwich Village expansion plan. This was the…
Relive the Tompkins Square Park Riots In Their Bloody Entirety, 25 Years Later
Southerners have their Civil War reenactments but what do East Villagers have when it comes to reliving their defining battle? Just the annual Tompkins Square…
Get Down: An East Village Radio Show Is DJing a Williamsburg Subway Station
The nouveau newsstand at the Metropolitan stop just got even funkier — and we’re not talking about your typical subway-station funk. The guys from Chances…