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…
Hungry Ghost Coffee Expands to Williamsburg
Local coffee bar and cafe Hungry Ghost has opened a new location in Williamsburg at 721 Metropolitan Avenue, according to their Instagram. The local chain,…
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…
Mark Burger Leaves St. Marks, Promises to Ketchup With Us Later
Pour one out for a slider joint that served “one of the best burger bargains out there,” according to burger connoisseur Nick Solares.
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…
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…
Artists and Latex Lovers Whip Out Their Pens at Kink ‘n’ Draw
Those in attendance at the most recent “Kink ‘n’ Draw” event got to feast their “lustful and perverted eyes” on latex-clad live models as they…
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…
New LES Beer Store Promises to Cure What Ales You
A new craft beer store is coming to the Lower East Side: Beer Fridge, at 41 Essex St., is currently in soft launch, with the…