NYC
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Sound Takes: Deep Below Heaven & Rumpus Video Premiere
Featuring an exclusive video premiere for Melaena Cadiz’s “Deep Below Heaven,” and an in-depth look at the new album.
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Shelters for Families, and Books
Twenty homeless shelters serving NYC families will be getting their own libraries as part of a new initiative from the Departments of Education and Homeless Services. The project, supported by Scholastic and a number of literacy organizations, aims to address…
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The Clash of Civilizations
This past weekend saw the convergence of two disparate groups of people in New York City: the #MillionsMarch civil rights protesters and SantaCon participants. Laina Dawes takes a look at the two different groups over at Refinery29. Meanwhile, the drunk…
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Notable New York: 5/27-6/2
Monday 05/27: It’s Memorial Day, go outside, eat a burger — vegetable or cow — off a grill, and read a book in a park. Tuesday 05/28: Rare Bird and Other Voices present the PROG NYC BEA Party with music…
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Notable NYC: 4/15-4/21
We’re a day behind. We hope you made it through Monday without the sublime guidance of Notable NYC. A (user) error occurred yesterday and all was lost. But all is not lost, Notable NYC is here to make sure that…
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Throwback Art
Nostalgic for the 90’s art scene? Specifically 1993? Mark your calendars for The New Museum’s exhibit “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set Thrash and No Star,” a title borrowed from the Sonic Youth record which was released that year. The show features…
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Hailing in Flatbush
2 p.m. Saturday. Cars, taxis, buses, and dollar vans swarm. Ubiquitous on Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, dollar vans distinguish themselves from the frenzy of Brooklyn traffic with a fare-seeking catcall: Beep. Beep.
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Less Bad News for NYC Libraries
There’s more bad news about NYC’s libraries, but it’s less bad than ever, which in the context of libraries is almost like good news. The budget for the 2012 Fiscal Year is out, which was the impetus for Mayor Bloomberg’s…
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Morning Coffee
Pictures of plant gall, one of the weirdest/raddest looking things in the world. It is hard to argue with 8-bit NYC. By the way, if you live in New York, you should probably go see Olafur Eliasson’s new installation (for…