Month: January 2014
For their latest action, the safe streets advocacy group Right of Way created stenciled tributes to seven senior citizens who were killed by drivers in the last half year. The group spray painted chalk outlines on the streets where the deaths occurred, as well as text that echoes the NYPD’s mantra for incidents in which […]
We’re excited for the documentary about director Leos Carax, now playing at Sundance Film Festival. Here’s the first trailer for Tessa Louise-Salomé’s Mr leos caraX. It’s very arty and atmospheric, as expected, complete with Tony Oursler-esque projection orbs. No sight of Harmony Korine yet, but Carax as construct is presented through his films, like a puzzle, all that […]
“The top is the best part of the building — it is where everyone wants to be,” says Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who’s building six penthouses on top of the top of the Puck Building, at $20 to $60 million each. The New York Times reports this is a trend or something. There are some “extraordinarily […]
Ader, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Like all politicians presidents, Barack Obama lies. It’s a time-honored tradition dating back to the founding of this republic. However, within this sea of lies, these same rulers of men are permitted to say true things every once in a while. And that day has come. In an interview with David Remnick, editor of the […]
A 26-year-old woman died after she was struck by an ambulance and then hit by a car on West 96th Street in the wee hours of Sunday morning. The NYPD responded by issuing summonses… to pedestrians. According to CBS reporter Sonia Moghe, cops were at that location earlier today giving out tickets for jaywalking. The […]
Smoking kills. Williamsburg. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Here’s some art, film, music and other stuff happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 44°F NIGHT 37°F Dan Deacon, one of the best live performers on planet Earth, plays a 285 Kent farewell show with Pictureplane, DJ Dog Dick, and others. All 285 shows […]
Online graffiti gallery Dirty Pilot has some new art for its ongoing “Black Book Masters” series. This exhibit features eye-popping work from writers such as SKEME, TRACY 168, SHAME, CRIME 79, GHOST and CES. And it’s for sale, for not that much. I put some of my favorites in the gallery above. Click here to […]
The Triumph of Civic Virtue — a statue that has been called everything from “crumbling eyesore” to “sexist eyesore” — will not be returned to Queens any time soon, according to new borough president Melinda Katz. Katz told DNAinfo “there are a lot of ideas in the works” for what to do with the spot where the statue […]
