50 Great Outdoor Events in Brooklyn This Summer

50 Great Outdoor Events in Brooklyn This Summer

How to get a season's worth of culture without ever stepping inside a building.

Art

Bushwick Open Studios 2013

Bushwick Open Studios 2013

Insider information on what to expect from the ever-expanding event this year. In short: more than ever.

Food & Drink

Whiskeyed Away to Isle of Skye

Whiskeyed Away to Isle of Skye

Williamsburg has a Mecca for Scotch drinkers.

Film

Ode to Joy: Talking with Noah Baumbach

Ode to Joy: Talking with Noah Baumbach

The director of Frances Ha on how much fun it was to make.


Going On Today...

Crystal Stilts, The So So Glos, Heaven's Gate, Dinowalrus, Trabajo

Signs of life have popped up on Crystal Stilts' follow-ups to their breakthrough debut, Alight of Night, since culminating in a near perfect five-track package with 2011's Radiant Door EP. While their sound still favors swaddled blacks and grays to a rainbow-hued prism of pop, tonight it'll play foil to The So So Glos' boldly colored punk for a showcase of Brooklyn's best. $12

Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave, at Havenmeyer St, Williamsburg


Music

When Did Synth-Pop Get So Sincere?

When Did Synth-Pop Get So Sincere?

Is the laptop the new acoustic guitar?

The Knife and the New Politics of Synth-Punk

It's impossible to overstate the influence of this band in creating a whole new language for the genre.

Apr 12, 2013

8 Bands You Need to Hear

The best of the local music scene.

Apr 10, 2013

The So So Glos Were Banned from CBGBs

Part One of an in-depth interview with the Brooklyn natives on the eve of the release of their latest album, Blowout.

Apr 10, 2013


Film

Ode to Joy: Talking with Noah Baumbach

Ode to Joy: Talking with Noah Baumbach

The director of Frances Ha on how much fun it was to make.

This Is 40: Before Midnight

Richard Linklater revisits classic characters in this trenchant depiction of committed relationships.

Yale Breakdown: Nancy, Please

A horrifying comedy about an adjunct professor who won't take responsibility for his failures.

Unexamined Suburban Privilege: The Kings of Summer

Boys build their own home in the woods in this American indie comedy.


Food & Drink

Whiskeyed Away to Isle of Skye

Whiskeyed Away to Isle of Skye

Williamsburg has a Mecca for Scotch drinkers.

Veggie Burger Paradise: Root Hill Burger

Gowanus has a great new place for meatless patties. Also for meat.

Columns

Did You Go to Your Prom?

Ask A Cabbie

Did You Go to Your Prom?

"Who the fuck wants to hang out at school when you don’t have to?"

Art Fag City

Punk Couture: An Oxymoron?

The Met's latest fashion exhibit tells visitors nothing about its subject.

Sex With the Natural Redhead

Sex, Meh

"Dear Audrey, I am completely uninterested in sex."

Nightlife

L Magazine 10th Anniversary Party

Event management for The L Magazine and Kanine Records 10th Anniversary Party powered by Eventbrite

Reviews

Theater

Russian, But Unrushed: Nikolai and the Others

If you care at all about art, you ought to adore this great play.

Art

Bushwick Open Studios 2013

Insider information on what to expect from the ever-expanding event this year. In short: more than ever.

Bar

hOmE Again: Alameda

The brothers Haslegrave do it again, this time in Greenpoint.

Books

An Enquiry Concerning Zombie Understanding: A Questionable Shape

Bennett Sims's brilliant zombie novel is as much philosophical treatise as narrative.

Film

Grease-Monkey Melodrama: Fast & Furious 6

Safeguarding country and family justifies any kind of violence.

Restaurant

Spring, Chicken: Sweet Chik

The best vegetarian fried chicken in Brooklyn. Plus, real chicken!

Max Fish Is Officially Moving to Williamsburg

Say your goodbyes now, if you have any.

Talking With the Creator of Park Slope Family Circus

A new blog lampoons the neighborhood with the old comic strip.

Unlikelier Franchise: The Fast and the Furious or Before Sunrise?

A whole lot of unlikely sequels are opening this weekend.

The Measure cont'd

How Did The Hangover Series Become So Successful?

Assessing director Todd Phillips's career.

Northside Film Tickets Are On Sale Now!

Pace yourself on the popcorn.

May 23, 2013

Interview: Prinzhorn Dance School Finally Make Their U.S. Debut

"We make pop music. It just seems people have different ideas about what pop music is."

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Cloister Cafe

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CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Teddy's Bar & Grill

Victorian era tavern. Tap beer, great cheap cocktails, wine, $5 whiskey-by-the-inch, 99-cent Bud during happy hour and post waterfront concerts! Fresh, modern food. Fri - Sat 'til 4am. Corner of N. 8th & Berry Street, Williamsburg. 718-384-9787

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