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...

Then She Fell

Based on the life and work of Lewis Carroll and his disturbing relationship with Alice Liddell, the young girl he loved and for whom he wrote Alice in Wonderland, this is the opposite of passive theatergoing: it's a real adventure through the proverbial looking-glass. Performed in a 100-year-old institutional building that has been dressed to look and feel like an old asylum, crammed with all kinds of creepy Carroll ephemera, it viscerally arrives at is the awful standoff between a little girl and an older man who loved her inappropriately and made something beautiful for her to salve his pain—and also to ensnare her forever. It gets across the full horror of what that meant for her, and also what that means for us. $95-$125

The Kingsland Ward at St. Johns, 195 Maujer Street, 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!

Art Picks From Print

Matt Freedman's deviled tricks and Matthew Barney's drawing feats factor into these highlighted shows for the coming weeks.

That's It, I'm Done With Facebook

It's become the virtual equivalent of your aunt's slides from her trip to the Pencil Museum.

The Measure cont'd

Frances Ha, Friendship, Wankers, and the Oboe: Talking with Greta Gerwig and Mickey Sumner

"I feel like the American equivalent of the word 'wanker' is 'douche.'"

The Best Old Movies On a Big Screen This Week

From Vittorio de Sica to a Burt Lancaster retrospective.

May 22, 2013

Dispatch from Cannes: The Movies that Left Audiences Confused

A Touch of Sin and Jimmy P divided viewers.

May 22, 2013

Stories from Around the Web

Classified Directory

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Williamsburg, Brooklyn

San Loco

San Loco answers all your Gringo-Mex fare prayers with a scrumptious menu that satisfies on the cheap. Not to mention freshly-infused Margaritas to wash it all down. With four locations and late delivery San Loco is practically omnipresent. Su-W: 11am-4am, Th-Sa: 11am-5am.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY East Village, Manhattan

San Loco

San Loco answers all your Gringo-Mex fare prayers with a scrumptious menu that satisfies on the cheap. Not to mention freshly-infused Margaritas to wash it all down. With four locations and late delivery San Loco is practically omnipresent. Su-W: 11am-4am, Th-Sa: 11am-5am.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Fort Greene, Brooklyn

Bati

A traditional Ethiopian restaurant serving authentic delicacies that possess homemade quality flavors. The menu offers organic beef, poultry and a wide variety of delectable vegetable dishes, which also meet the western standards of vegan food preparation. Bati offers the option of individual or the traditional communal serving, features wine pairings, and displays talented Ethiopian artists' work on its walls.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Fort Greene, Brooklyn

iCi

With a menu that changes with the seasons, iCi was a pioneer in Brooklyn, using exclusively fresh, local and naturally grown ingredients. It has now become a classic destination for anyone looking for a solid modern bistro. Open seven days for dinner. Brunch Saturday and Sunday.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Henrietta Statham Psychotherapy L.C.S.W., PSY.A

Henrietta Statham, L.C.S.W., Psy. A, experienced licensed psychoanalytic psychotherapist, helping individuals realize their goals and reverse undermining behaviors that are in the way of a satisfying life: Anxiety, depression, anger, relationship issues, self-defeating patterns, creative/work blocks. Call for a free consultation. Sliding scale fee.

NIGHTLIFE Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Iona

Irish/Scottish Bar in a 50`s Candy Store. 22 Beers on Tap, 30 Bottled Beers, Large Selection of Whiskey, Bourbon, Tequila, Wines & Liqueurs. Wonderful Beer Garden with Ping Pong Table & BBQ (See Website for Reservations & Menus ). Great Happy Hour Specials. Showing all Soccer. DUB Pies & Paninis served till late. Open M-F 1pm-4am , Sat/Sun 12-4am (earlier for Soccer)

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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