A Crash Course on the Brooklyn Art Scene

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.

News & Features

Summer Museums Preview

Summer Museums Preview

Escape the heat, become smarter.

Art

Fred Valentine: Humorous Haunts

Fred Valentine: Humorous Haunts

A studio visit prior to the artist’s solo exhibition at Sometimes permits glimpses of fantastical horrors and humors alike.

Theater

Theater On A Park Slope Stoop

Theater On A Park Slope Stoop

Brave New World will perform Street Scene on the street.


Going On Today...

Big Terrific

A free comedy show brought to you by SNL's Jenny Slate, Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman.

Cameo Gallery, 93 N 6th St, between Berry St and Wythe Ave, Williamsburg


Music

Northside at McCarren: Get To Know Your Openers

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

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

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

Bogus Journeys

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.

Bar

Ours Is Morning Drinking: Achilles Heel

A new old bar in Greenpoint opens at 8am.

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

Stories from Around the Web

Classified Directory

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

The Minor Arcana

A fun neighborhood spot to raise a glass with great music and a super-friendly vibe. Featuring a glass-topped bar with dioramas underneath, 12 taps, and Freakshow-themed work from local artists, we are constantly adding to our cabinet of curiosities. Hot snacks are served all night, including Jamaican Patties from Ginger Root! We cater to a diverse artistic crowd with TWO Happy Hours everyday from 4-8pm and 12-2am, with beer and shot specials and a dollar off drafts and well drinks. Sunday night specials for Industry people! Trivia Tuesdays (winner gets a $50 bar tab)! Bloody Belle's Go-Go Get-Em! Burlesque every first Saturday! Fortune Tellers! Come play with us!

NIGHTLIFE Lower East Side, Manhattan

Libation (137 Ludlow St.)

A sexy tri-level venue in the LES District. Serving the best in cuisine every night at 5pm, brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, and NY's best DJs Thursday through Saturdays. Call for reservationsat 212-529-2153 or check out the website www.libationnyc.com. 137 Ludlow St.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Sweet Revenge Bar

A boom boom room, debauched Reno's answer-to- Gloria Steinem-asPlayboy-bunny, bringing 1950s Miami South Beach Collins avenue motel lounges to Bed-Stuy. Seven days a week, 6 pm-4am, $5 shot and beer everyday. 718-398-2472, 348 Franklin Avenue. G Classon stop...hey sweet revenge hey

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Eight of Swords

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Park Slope, Brooklyn

Cherry Tree Bar

With weekly specials including Irish Mondays ($3 Jameson shots, 7-10 PM) and $100 bar tab for winning team on Wednesday night trivia (9 PM), Cherry Tree Bar is an excellent place to wile away an evening or take in a game on one of two projector screens. Happy hour 1pm - 8pm. 65 4th Ave. 718-399-1353.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

Mega Bites

Located on Dekalb Avenue in the heart of Clinton Hill, Mega Bites is a small, classic diner. The menu offers a wide variety of crispy, cold salads and has become known in the neighborhood for its delicious 8 oz. burger. This recently renovated space is perfect for any time of day. With outdoor seating available and a selection of beer and wine, it’s a great spot to visit after work. Or, come in for breakfast and try our amazing smoothies, which have been called 'better than a smoothie bar'. Open 7am - 9pm Sunday - Thursday and 7am - 11pm Friday & Saturday. Online ordering and free delivery available! mbdiner.com

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

D'Amico Foods

For over 50 years, D'Amico's has been blending and roasting its fine coffee beans and serving the Carroll Gardens community with the finest in imported olive oils and vinegars, canned goods, pastas, sauces, and teas. Using small batches and an old-fashioned roaster, D'Amico's ensures the quality of every bean, cup, and bag of coffee. Now offering free delivery for every lunch orders (hot, cold, and Italian specialty sandwiches). Our mail order system ensures you get your fix no matter where you are, or send a gift- from our coffee to out gourmet foods- and make someone happy today. We use UPS for out of area delivery. D'Amico's is rated "#1 Coffee" in New York City in Zagat 2010.

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