The Ridgewood-Bushwick cafe scene saw some dramatic changes this weekend with the closing of the TransAm Cafe on Wyckoff Avenue. (Never fear, the Trans-Pecos performance…
Joseph Scapellato On His ‘Existential Noir’ Novel, The Made-Up Man
Joseph Scapellato, author of the deft story collection Big Lonesome, brings his debut novel, The Made-Up Man, to McNally Jackson’s new Williamsburg outpost—which has been…
Watch Nancy Schwartzman’s Steubenville Rape Doc and Let Her Tell You How to Channel Your Rage
From Finding Neverland to Surviving R. Kelly, there’s been a recent spate of unflinching documentaries about sexual assault. The latest, Roll Red Roll, might be the most infuriating and…
Performance Picks: Compact Comedy, 1970s Focus Groups, And More
THURSDAY (image via Hypokrit Theater Company) Eh Dah? Questions For My Father Now through April 14 at NYTW Next Door, 7:30 pm (some shows other…
Meet the Woman Who Uses a Smart Vibrator to Turn Her Orgasms Into Music
In a small East Village apartment, a girl who goes by Von has combined her bedroom and her music in more ways than one. Physically,…
Sasha Velour of Drag Race Reflects On Her First Theatrical Show, ‘Smoke & Mirrors’
When, during the ninth-season premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the contestants were challenged to channel a Lady Gaga look, Sasha Velour—the Brooklyn-based queen who would…
Photos of ’90s Williamsburg Show ‘A Whole Different World’
Williamsburg is constantly changing, as evidenced by the recent closings of The Abbey and Rosemary’s Greenpoint Tavern. But some can remember a time before there…
Crate News! Brooklyn Is Getting a New Record Store From Co-Op 87 and Mexican Summer
New York’s record store landscape is ever in flux, with the most recent example being the closing of Good Records in the East Village and the…
What to Watch at the African American Women in Cinema Film Festival
If you celebrated Black History Month in February and Women’s History Month in March, it seems only appropriate to wrap up the season by attending…
Art This Week: A Model’s Drawings and Feminist Ceramics
Conversation Derelict Opening Friday, March 29 at Abxy Gallery, 7 pm. On view through May 15. If you’re a fashion buff, you might know Corey…