Jay Nir was chilling in a café in Amsterdam some years ago when he noticed that the person to his right was sipping coffee while…
Disco Is Ah, Ah, Ah Stayin’ Alive at Museum of Sex’s New Exhibit Cum Nightclub
When we popped into the Museum of Sex last night for a preview of their new exhibit on erotic outsider art, we didn’t expect to…
Gowanus BBQ Joint Pig Beach Opens a Grown-Up Spot, Pig Bleecker
Just a couple of months after Gowanus barbecue joint Pig Beach converted itself into a seasonal burger joint, the restaurant remains on Eater’s “heat map”…
One Less Place to Shop For Kooky Keychains on the LES
The Lower East Side art scene is facing its first loss of the new year, as Object_ify 139 is packing up its bodega bags and…
Smell the Magic: Inside Blaine’s Brain and a Chance to Snap a Levitating Selfie
Roll up for the magical mystery tour and steal some magicians’ secrets next week. TimesTalks: David Blaine Jan. 18, 7pm, Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th…
Panorama Lineup: NIN, Frank Ocean, Tame Impala, Tribe, and More
Perhaps a mental exercise will help you cope with this frigid Monday morning: Imagine you’re on an island, in a field of grass. The summer sun is shining…
Basquiat’s Place: How a Site of Mob Beef Became a Boutique Butcher Shop
This week, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Below the sparkling glint of a crystal chandelier, slabs of…
All John Gotti Wanted For Christmas Was This Infamous Address
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Nothing, at least nothing widely known, has happened…
Hallelujah, Film Forum Is Screening the Leonard Cohen Tour Doc, ‘Bird On a Wire’
If you’re still mourning the loss of Leonard Cohen last month, this may help: Film Forum is screening Tony Palmer’s classic documentary Leonard Cohen: Bird…
Is Mission Chinese Planning a Vietnamese Offshoot?
Mission Cantina has apparently closed after three years of serving up Mexican-Chinese-whatever food, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Danny Bowien’s Lower East Side empire is shrinking. According…