Just a few months after the closure of Black Bear Bar, its neighbor on North 6th Street, Cubana Social, is leaving Williamsburg after six years. No,…
Inside Michael Psilakis’s Sparkly New Williamsburg Music Venue, The Hall at MP
Well, we can’t say we didn’t see this one coming. Having just opened MP Taverna on Driggs and North 10th Streets (pretty much ground zero for Williamsburg’s shiny new condos) chef…
SugarCube, South Street Seaport’s Sweet Attempt At DIY
“I like to think of it as rising from the ashes of Kent Avenue,” Drew Briggie of 100m records explained, twice actually, once when I…
Trash Bar Confirms It’s ‘Following the Flow of Creativity’ Eastward to Bushwick
Over the holiday break, Timeout reported that Trash Bar “could be closing for good” in Williamsburg. Now the bar has confirmed on Facebook that “the…
Backstage at Shea Stadium With Adam Reich of Titus Andronicus and So So Glos
Shea Stadium, the DIY music venue in Bushwick, celebrates its fifth anniversary on July 4, thanks in large part to co-founder Adam Reich. Reich is Brooklyn born…
A Love Letter To Not-Yet-Dead Goodbye Blue Monday From an Open-Mic Regular
While I usually look down on eulogizing something that hasn’t yet passed, I thoroughly endorse any preemptive tributes for Goodbye Blue Monday. This isn’t to…
Monday: An Evening With the Owners of the Night
Sure, it’s fun to sit around remembering CBGB and the Mudd Club, but what about the great clubs and creative hubs of today? Join us…
A Look Back at the Electric Circus, the Greatest Show on St. Marks Place
Few nightclubs exemplified the excesses of the drug-fueled ‘60s like the Electric Circus. Trapeze artists, mimes and jugglers illuminated by pulsating strobe and black lights…