Nightlife
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Nightlife Brooklyn Binge Drinking More, Smoking Less
Posted by Henry Stewart on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Monday, January 30, 2012
Art / Nightlife You Can Find Me in Dada Club: 5 Galleries That Were Legendary Nightlife Spots
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Earlier this month Orchard Street gallerist Lisa Cooley announced that her gallery would move to 107 Norfolk Street, a location familiar to many as the venue Tonic. And last week the gallery Hauser & Wirth—which has locations in London, Zurich and on the Upper East Side—announced it would take over the massive former garage on West 18th Street that housed the infamous roller disco and club The Roxy. But the club-to-gallery transition is nothing new; in fact it's something of a natural cycle in New York real estate ecology, as evidenced by these 5 Galleries That Were Legendary Nightlife Spots.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Art / Nightlife Chelsea Gallerist Paul Kasmin Expanding into Former Bungalow 8 Space
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Does this qualify as de-gentrification? Paul Kasmin, owner of the eponymous blue chip Chelsea gallery at the corner of West 27th Street and Tenth Avenue (and a small annex space on 27th), has bought the neighboring space formerly occupied by West Side nightclub Bungalow 8, and tells ArtInfo that he'll be turning the skylight-lit space into another gallery, likely dedicated to sculpture.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Nightlife Twas the Night of our Office Holiday Party
Posted by Deirdre Hering on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:55 AM
This past Friday afternoon, we shut things down in the office a bit early for The L Magazine's annual Secret Santa gift exchange and office holiday party. According to The Ls official mathematician Sarah Shanfield, the ratio of booze to actual gifts was about 5 to 2 this year—great job guys! After a rousing rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas led by all of your favorite bloggers, the next logical step was to take it to the streets, ie. Home Sweet Home, Santa's favorite watering hole on the LES. We drank, we danced, and we drank some more.
Now dont feel bad if you were on the naughty list and missed all the fun— photographer John Flowers was there to document it all! Click the slideshow below to see your friendly neighborhood L staffer getting down on the dance floor.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Art / Nightlife Pictures of Pretty Young Artists Set Free in New Museum
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:33 PM
Slideshow
Last night the New Museum held an opening party for its new exhibition of art inspired or informed by the near-freedom of information and content on the internets, Free (through January 23). Curator Lauren Cornell, most of the artists, and a cross-section of the New York art world was in attendance, and we were there taking pictures of them all to post for free on the internet, our unsolicited contribution to the exhibition.
(photos by Crystal Gwyn)
Friday, September 24, 2010
Nightlife You Wanna Go to a Secret Party in Bushwick?
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 2:39 PM
We just got word about a pretty cool party happening tomorrow night. In Bushwick. Which is a neighborhood in Brooklyn. Which is cool. Super-secret special details after the jump.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Art / Nightlife / News Rubulad Loft Status Update
Posted by Mark Asch on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- If the Brooklyn Paper continues to go with this image, we will, too.
The Rubulad folks have now moved back into their apartments, the Brooklyn Paper's Aaron Short reports, though the first-floor studio/event space remains off-limits—pending, yes, the resolution of the FDNY and DOB's competing assessments of the space's safety. (This partly according to a spokesman for Williamsburg assembleyman Crazy Joe Lentol, pulling a Schumer and making himself visible around cool-kid issues.) Actual specific fire-code violations and subsequent improvements to the space, or else a slow quiet backing-down from the FDNY, seem the likeliest next steps, to be followed in either case by the resumption of crazy hipster raves you're glad are still happening even if you would never go to them because you dress like a junior editor at the New Republic.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Art / Nightlife / News Today in Illegally Converted Loft-Space Raids
Posted by Mark Asch on Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- The Brooklyn Paper has this photograph of an Authentic Brooklyn Artist moving out of his soon-to-be-shut-down loft.
Meanwhile, the city has also issued an eviction notice to Rubulad, occupants of building at Flushing Avenue near the BQE (Clinton Hill? South Williamsburg? Bed-Stuy?), where the arts-collective-that-also-throws-killer-parties has, seemingly, picked up enough noise complaints to negate the gentlemen's agreement that often allows cool things to go on in otherwise vacant industrial buildings.
Hey, listen—I work at a desk and report things secondhand, so if I'm missing anything important, email or something.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Nightlife Cinco de Mayo: St. Patrick's Day, Part Dos
Posted by Henry Stewart on Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Today, we don't have racism anymore because Obama won, so we can all celebrate the year's copious drinking holidays. Suggestions after the jump. (Thanks to Robert Tumas for the leggooglework!)
Monday, April 26, 2010
Art / Nightlife The Trippy Art of LSD Tabs
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:55 PM
For the uninitiated: from what I hear, LSD often comes in sheets of many, many tabs that have been dipped in an LSD solution so that each tab is of a roughly similar dosage. The decoration of these sheets of LSD tabs has long been a bit of an exclusive little art world all its own, and the pro-mind expansion site Erowid has a huge database of so-called LSD blotter art, most of which were submitted anonymously, and which range from the typically psychedelic to truly high art—like Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe and Shepard Fairey's Obama, above. (NOTCOT)
Friday, April 23, 2010
Art / Food & Drink / Nightlife Look At These Appetizing Photos from Jennifer Rubell's Brooklyn Ball Spread Last Night
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Nightlife Last Night's Michael Shannon Secret Show
Posted by Henry Stewart on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:22 PM
Monday, March 8, 2010
Nightlife The Maturity Index: Oscar Trauma
Posted by Paige Tibbetts on Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:21 PM
FRIDAY
-At work, Paige is given a bottle of Three Olives Orange-Flavored Vodka, from The L Magazine's generous editor, Jonny Diamond: Age 24
-After work we all get ready for a night in Manhattan, we are extremely excited, like tourists (because Friday's too often are spent resting for Saturday festivities): Age 18
Monday, March 1, 2010
Nightlife Ten-Year Low in NYC Drug Deaths, People Too Poor to Score
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Monday, February 22, 2010
Nightlife Conventioneer Drunkenly Poops in Brooklyn Heights Building, People Grossed Out
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:24 PM
- "Sometimes I like to drunk-poop."
Obviously, this is just a really gross story, but not to get too personal with you (it's just me and you, right?) I honestly can't remember the last time I got drunk and felt the need to defecate. In fact, I don't know that I've ever done that. (Again, between me and you) I don't think I have any particular issues with matters of the bowel, but the idea of doing such a thing while drunk seems utterly foreign to me. (Matters of the Bowel... heh, my new rom-com screenplay.)
Also, sorry if you've read this far. Grossest post yet at thelmagazine.com.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Nightlife What I'm Doing Tonight: Mingling with the Attractive Youth of the Birdsong Collective
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Look out! Beatniks!
Hosted by poet Tommy Pico, tonight's event will feature readings from Birdsong #11, music by folk duo PAPS (go here and listen to the song "Seen It All"—so good it makes me want to spit). The special token sad old person guest reader tonight (disclosure: I was once one of those) is poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht, who wrote a book called Doubt: A History. I heard Ms. Hecht interviewed on Speaking of Faith and she's smart and funny and seems like the kind of person you'd want to be seated beside at an otherwise unpleasant dinner party (sad old people represent!).
C U 2-nite!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Nightlife The Maturity Index: Saying No to the Super Bowl
Posted by Paige Tibbetts and Holly McManus on Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:01 PM
FRIDAY
-Paige is grumpy and lame after an exhausting work week and decides to stay in: Age 34
-She and her boyfriend rent I Love You, Man and she laughs hysterically the entire time, Jason Segal elevating her from her grump: Age 15
-Holly and Kristy head to the First Friday's at the Guggenheim to listen to DJ Chromeo while looking at Chagall: Age 30
-Holly finds a 24 oz Bud Light Lime and sips it through a straw while riding train to Upper East Side: Age 20
Monday, January 25, 2010
Nightlife The Maturity Index: "Do we dress like hookers?"
Posted by Paige Tibbetts and Holly McManus on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:33 PM
This weekend we were verbally assaulted by a middle-aged woman wearing what appeared to be a crown of mink, while we were wearing PETA-approved faux leopard/puma coats. This was awesome and without a doubt the highlight of January 2010. This lady should learn to act her age. Who, besides Regina George, just makes fun of girls like that?
Monday, January 11, 2010
Nightlife The Maturity Index: It's Cold and We Are Old
Posted by Paige Tibbetts and Holly McManus on Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:39 PM
If there is one thing we learned this weekend, it's that our maturity is inversely correlated to the temperature outside. The lower the mercury dips on the thermometer, the more elderly we become, and this weekend as the temperature plummeted we started applying for our AARP cards...
Monday, December 14, 2009
Nightlife The L Magazine Holiday Party: Photographic Evidence
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM
So, I wasn't lying about last Friday's annual drunkfest, our holiday party. I was drunk. Here are some photos: part 1 here, part 2 over here.
