Emelyn Stuart has run The Ocktober Film Festival, a showcase of emerging filmmakers, since 2013. Each year, she’s rented venues for it. One year, she…
Performance Picks: Clowns, Immersive Aliens, and Comedy Comebacks
THURSDAY Clown Cabaret Thursday, September 20 at The Brick, 7 pm: $20 Ah, clowns. Perhaps one of the most misunderstood performance mediums, they’re most commonly…
BK Wildlife Summer Festival Is the Labor Day Bash You Won’t Want To Miss
The Brooklyn Wildlife Summer Festival returns this Friday for a triumphant sixth year. The festival, which according to Brooklyn Wildlife founder Christopher Carr, is the…
Black Art Matters and More Exhibitions This Week
August Summer Residency Showcase Opening Wednesday, August 29 at Con Artist Collective, 7 pm to 11 pm. On view through August 31. It’s the end…
This Coffee Tricycle Is Peddling Nitro Cold Brew to Greenpointers
At this point every other business in New York City is a coffee shop, but what happens when you’re stuck on that rare block that doesn’t have a…
Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop Is Finally Opening in Greenpoint
It’s been over two years since wildly popular Greenpoint pizzaiolo Paulie Giannone– better known as Paulie Gee— announced that he was planning to open a slice joint.…
Performance Picks: Wallace Shawn, Heavy Metal Comedy, and More
THURSDAY The Sinner’s Kit Kat Cabaret Thursday, July 19 at Bizarre Bushwick, 10 pm: $10 suggested donation Even though your parents probably told you otherwise,…
Starbucks Faces Off Against Five Leaves in Greenpoint
It’s a story as old as time– or as old as worries over hyper-gentrification, anyway: a Starbucks moves in across the street from a mom-and-pop coffee…
Will Your Lamb Gyro Survive NYC’s New Styrofoam Ban?
Along with pillowy heaps of steaming rice, hot sauce and shredded meat, Styrofoam containers are practically ubiquitous among the city’s halal food carts. The foam…
Mysterious Masks, Creepy Collages, Cryptocurrency and More at Greenpoint Open Studios
Out of more than 400 participating artists in the annual Greenpoint Open Studios this past weekend, Bedford + Bowery interviewed five zany (and impressive) artists…