Joey Skaggs is at it again. The longtime prankster has made a profession out of feeding the media false information in order to highlight and…
Let There Be Dark! at This Electricity-Free Theater Festival
Tonight, The Tank turns off its lights for four days, for its annual DarkFest. The midtown theater has invited five known and emerging acts to…
This Woman Is Lying in a Coffin For 24 Hours to Protest the Repeal of Obamacare
For the next 24 long, hot hours Rosary Solimanto will lie lifeless in a coffin outside of the offices of senators Kirsten Gellibrand and Chuck…
Hot Diggity: Gray’s Papaya Unleashes New Location
Earlier this week we brought word that Gray’s Papaya would be opening a midtown location at 612 Eighth Avenue, between 39th and 40th Streets, making…
Catch East Village Royalty (Iggy Pop, Philip Glass) at These Regal Venues
Two members of East Village royalty, Philip Glass and Iggy Pop, have upcoming gigs at venues that befit their majesty. Iggy, whose throne is in Miami…
Winter Waterland: Spa Castle Premier 57 Just Added Heated Rooftop Pools
Not since the jacuzzi at Plato’s Retreat has Manhattan seen an aquatic playground like Spa Castle Premier 57. When we checked out the beloved Queens…
Former Drone Operators Say Paris Attacks Shouldn’t Justify More Strikes
With the U.S. “reasonably certain” that a drone strike killed the much reviled Jihadi John and a wave of recent attacks boosting our worst fears…
Bill Nye the Science Guy Boogied Down at the Reopening of Swing 46
Now there’s nothing to stop you from living the life of a 1920s libertine. Swing 46, where you can dance to live big band music…
Papaya King Is About to Put Midtown Hot Dog Vendors in a World of Squirt
After expanding to St. Marks Place and then launching a food truck, Upper East Side institution Papaya King has decided to go for the jugular…
We Got Really High (and Paid $25 For a Drink) at the New Rainbow Room’s Bar
Really high as in: 65 floors up. In case you haven’t heard, the 80-year-old Rainbow Room (where we once partied with Jay-Z following his Radio City show —…