The floating pool project known as +POOL has received a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Which is good news for anyone who…
Pie an Artist in the Face and Then Eat the World’s Biggest Bagel and Lox
If you’ve ever wanted to throw a pie in someone’s face, now’s your chance. Jennifer Rubell, the conceptual artist who built a giant cookie jar resembling…
New Yorkers Share Stories of Union Pool, Williamsburg’s Notorious ‘Boyfriend Store’
In a story for The Cut that describes Union Pool as the “horny utopia of 2000s Williamsburg,” Allison P. Davis highlights what’s probably the main attraction of…
Girl Power: Metrograph and Nitehawk Focus On Female Filmmakers
The lack of female directors in the film industry isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, but with the rise of movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp in…
Tartt House Film: The Goldfinch Begins Shooting in the Village
The highly anticipated adaptation of Donna Tartt’s 2013 novel The Goldfinch began filming in Greenwich Village this Friday, with film crews taking over sections of 11th…
Citi Bike Sets Up Shop in Riis Houses, Hoping to Boost Low-Income Ridership
The operators of Citi Bike are set to open facilities in the Jacob Riis Houses in Alphabet City, a move that they hope will bring…
Photos: Last Night at Schiller’s Liquor Bar, Now Closed After 14 Years
Schiller’s Liquor Bar closed out its last night Sunday with cheers, confetti and cocktails galore. The bistro, which in May announced that it would shutter due to a rent…
35,000 Drawings Turn a Vampire Classic Into a Story of Immigrant New York
For three years, Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito and a dozen assistants have slaved away on NYsferatu: a Symphonie of a Century, a remake of the…
City Council Passes Sweeping Tenant Protections
Yesterday the City Council passed a sweeping package of pro-tenant legislation long advocated by tenants’ rights groups, activists, and sympathetic city officials. One of the…
Worlds Fair Coming to Brooklyn Promises Art, Food, Tech, Tim Kaine
“Worlds Fairs have inspired Alexander Graham Bell, Nikola Tesla, and many others to express their brilliance. For 130 years, American cities set the standard for…