These days, a lot of creative work emerges at the intersection of artistic impulse and new technology: think 3D printing and paper sculptures cut from…
Sorry Williamsburg, You Can Not Has Cat Cafe; But We’ve Got a Newsroom For You!
Folks, it’s time to let the cat out of the bag. That Tokyo-style cat cafe that might be coming to Williamsburg? Please don’t curl up…
Stand-Up in a Walk-Up: These Guys Are Doing Comedy Shows in Their Apartment
For the last several months, a walk-up apartment on East Seventh Street has quietly, even secretly, served as an alternative venue for comics and comedy…
Five Leaves Turns Five in Greenpoint; Katz’s Turns 125 in LES
The sixth annual Bushwick Film Festival will take place at Light Space Studios from October 3 to Oct. 6. Five full-length features and ten short…
This Guy’s Front Porch Is a 42-Year-Old Mustard-Yellow RV
When I asked Ron, who’d like to remain last nameless as he looks for a new job, where his interest in collecting vintage RVs came…
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…
McCarren Park Expands; Williamsburg’s Boozy Urban Outfitters
McCarren Park’s future continues to look brighter: last spring, its pedestrian path received a desperately-needed repaving; now, it’s set to expand by appropriating a street…
Tour the LES Circa 1946, Where ‘Panties and Pickles Live Side By Side’
The Lower East Side has long been a place “where panties and pickles live side by side.” Or so says the narrator of ”Around the World in…
The Saved By the Bell Musical Is Back
If there’s a better way to celebrate/cope with back-to-school season, we’d like to know about it: Bayside! The Musical! has returned to the East Village,…
Fashion Weekend Photos: ‘Who Said Williamsburg Isn’t Cool Anymore?’
On the second night of Williamsburg Fashion Weekend, Geary Marcello prepped his models while wearing a purple plaid schoolgirl skirt over his pants and a…