We’ve got just a couple of weeks left at the Bedford + Bowery Newsroom and we’ve packed them with a dizzying/dazzling array of screenings, discussions,…
Peaches Does Herself Is an Anti-Jukebox Musical That Takes ‘Cock Rock’ Very Seriously
The film opens on a podium, where a stuffy professor lectures in un-subtitled German sprinkled with English words: “Teaches of Peaches,” “rock mainstream,” “Fatherfucker,” “clitoris.”…
Wednesday: See Billy Leroy On the Big Screen and in Person
We were devastated — really just devastated — when Billy Leroy, star of Travel Channel’s Baggage Battles, told us he had ditched plans to return to…
The East Village Has Lost Its Only Umbrellas and Candy Store
This bittersweet news really put a damper on our day. Ame Ame, the store on East Ninth Street that sells rain gear and candy, won’t live…
Tuesday at the Newsroom: Indie Publishers Press On!
According to popular legend, the death knell tolled for print publishing years ago. But while industry insiders threw up their hands in defeat and the giant Borders crumbled…
Satisfy Yourself with Food Porn or Get Killed by Cuteness with Cat Films
What’s it like to get down and dirty at a food porn party? If you like “extreme eats, close-ups and food burlesque,” then keep reading.…
Thursday: A Free Screening of The Phantom Tollbooth: Beyond Expectations
When the classic children’s book The Phantom Tollbooth celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011, laudatory articles were written about it, parents named their children Milo in record numbers, and seriously devoted…
Carlo Mirarchi On the Roberta’s Cookbook and Bushwick’s Neighborhoodization
In 2007, Bushwick favorite Roberta’s was an empty cinderblock bunker rented from an Orthodox Jewish couple, pleased that the space was being leased for a…
Dead Stars Is Going As Nirvana For Halloween
Turns out those two Nirvana cover albums aren’t your only chance to hear Kurt brought back from the grave. Wednesday at 285 Kent, Gigawatts is putting on…
Another Day, Two New Gene Kaufman Buildings For Williamsburg
North Brooklyn is getting yet another Gene Kaufman building — this one at 774 Grand Street, near Humboldt Street, an area of Williamsburg not exactly…