A Crash Course on the Brooklyn Art Scene
Everything you need to know to make it as an art-lover who doesn't ever want to go to Chelsea.
Art
Fred Valentine: Humorous Haunts
A studio visit prior to the artist’s solo exhibition at Sometimes permits glimpses of fantastical horrors and humors alike.
Going On Today...
Chance the Rapper, Dunson, ADD-2, Torae
In case you missed his show at Northside on Saturday, here's a second chance (GET IT?!) to catch the huskily cartoon-voiced rising star of hip-hop. We suggest you get on that, asap. $12
S.O.B.'s, 200 Varick St., at W Houston St, Soho
Music
Your Guide to the 2013 Northside Festival
You're going to hear us talk an awful lot about this over the next week. Just warning you now.
Jun 5, 2013
Film
Tropfest: Short Films Move to Brooklyn
Talking to the founder of the world's biggest short-film festival, which is in Prospect Park this year.
I'm So Excited!: Almodóvar's Airplane
The Spanish director returns to his roots with this sex farce.
#Wiening: Museum Hours
Jem Cohen's gorgeous ode to Vienna, museums, and art.
A Hijacking: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
This Somali-hijacking movie is tauter for its stretches of eerie calm.
Food & Drink
Piece of Cake: Dynaco
This Bed-Stuy spot serves a frosted slice of chocolate that goes surprisingly well with whiskey.
Reasons to Wine: Falansai
The food at this Bushwick Vietnamese place was great. But the food pairings were divine.
Columns
Art Fag City
Bogus Journeys
Traveling for work in the art world isn't as glamorous as it might sound.
Ask A Cabbie
How Do You Keep Cool in the Summer?
"Sometimes I put all the ice cubes in my freezer in a big bag and then rub that all over myself."
Sex With the Natural Redhead
Polytechnicalities
Dear Audrey, my girlfriend says she's poly, but I don't believe you can love two people at once.
Nightlife
L Magazine 10th Anniversary Party
Event management for The L Magazine and Kanine Records 10th Anniversary Party powered by Eventbrite
Reviews
Theater
The Fundamental Things Apply: The Silver Cord
Peccadillo revives this 1926 smother-love expose with effective sincerity.
Art
Life and Death During Wartime: Käthe Kollwitz
The Brooklyn Museum is showing its complete holdings of her affecting woodblock prints.
Books
McCann’s Troubles: TransAtlantic
Colum's problematic new novel looks at Ireland's tragedies through myriad eyes.
Film
Wild At Heart: The Rambler
Calvin Lee Reeder's surreal road movie through American grotesquerie.
Restaurant
Wake Me When The Check Comes: Brooklyn Southern
The food is so rich and the beer so good at this place that they might just put you to sleep.
Art Picks From Print
Fertilities deeply organic and variably mechanical ground this set of art picks from our 6/19 issue.
Northside Film Day 3: Picks from the L Mag Staff
It's the second to last night, so make this one count.
The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week
Early Jackie Chan and perverted Cronenberg.
Jun 19, 2013
The Measure cont'd
Northside Film Day 2: Picks from The L Mag Staff
Tonight, we've got a documentary about deceased pets, a love letter to New York City and more.
Jun 18, 2013
Brooklyn's Best Young Filmmakers
Meet the local writers, directors and producers showing in this year's BAMcinemaFest.
Jun 18, 2013
Photos: Solange Asks 5,000 People to Grind Like They're at a Middle School Dance
And they obliged, thank goodness.
Jun 17, 2013
