A cult LA cacti store now has a location in New York — at least for the season. So, while the sun shines, check out…
A Visit to DeKalb Market Hall, the Heathen Food Orgy and New Home of Katz’s
I like food; I dislike crowds. So it was with mixed feelings that I descended the escalator into DeKalb Market Hall, the Albee Square food-court-on-steroids…
Lawsuit: Owner of Will Ferrell Theme Bar Should Stay Classy and Pay Back $120K
It’s a story worthy of five-time Emmy-Award-winning anchor Ron Burgundy and Tits McGee. An investor who teamed up with the owners of Will Ferrell-themed bar…
Free (Yep, Free) Midnight Screenings Coming to the Relaunched Roxy Cinema
Tribeca’s Roxy Hotel has re-launched its much-loved cellar theater Roxy Cinema with new concessions and a big slate of summer programming — including free midnight…
At the NY Asian Film Festival, There’ll Be Retro Japanese Softcore Porn and So Much More
Cinephiles, take note: the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) opens June 30, and this year’s roster has just been announced. With “just shy of…
Inside the Historic Building That’s Quietly Home to Disgraced Televangelist Trinity Broadcasting
Spreading the word of God has been extremely lucrative for Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), the world’s largest Christian broadcasting company. The organization’s late founders, evangelical…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unbuilt East Village Towers Rise High in New MoMA Exhibit
In October of 1929, a New York Times headline announced: “Odd-Type Buildings to Overlook Church.” Those odd-type buildings would’ve been New York’s first glass skyscrapers,…
Two New Docs Take Chinatown as Their Muse
Chinatown – “one of the lone neighborhoods in Manhattan to preserve its heritage and verve,” we noted earlier this year – takes center stage in…
$13 Million Synagogue Sale Threatened by Power Struggle of Biblical Proportions
A new lawsuit is only the latest sign of an epic power struggle within the Home of the Sages of Israel, a tiny Lower East Side synagogue. The house of…
Visit a Bodega Where Every Item is Made of Felt. Yes.
Have you ever fantasized about visiting a bodega where every sale item is an exact replica made of felt? No? Either way, as on June…