Month: April 2015
If you’re looking for a place to park in New York City this week, you might be surprised to see that “No Parking Zone” you’re eyeing is also now a “No Catcalling Zone.” The signs, first reported on Tuesday, are a street art collaboration between New York-based non-profit Feminist Apparel and Philly-based feminist collective Pussy […]
Internal Affairs is investigating an NYPD officer who injured a protestor during Tuesday’s anti-police brutality protests, DNAinfo reports. The as-yet-unidentified officer is caught on video shoving Elsa Waithe, causing her to fall onto a metal tree guard. Waithe was hospitalized with injuries to her ribs. Waithe’s friend, activist Keegan Stephen, visited her at Methodist Hospital. […]
Rosie, Fort Greene Park. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Beautiful decay inside the Bowery station has the walls looking like modern art. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The FBI just can’t let go of the 2008 bombing of an Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square in which no one was injured. The New York Field Office announced today that the reward has increased to up to $115,000 for information relating to the capture of the bomber. Investigators revealed for the first […]
One artist is bringing attention to the inhumane practice of solitary confinement by creating dream home of Black Panther activist Herman Wallace, who was alone in a cell for 41 years. Wallace, who was convicted of stabbing and killing a prison guard, was allowed to leave his cell for 1 hour a few times per […]
Tonight is the 5th Annual Brooklyn Ball. The yearly event at the Brooklyn Museum represents a culinary clusterfuck of the art world and its patrons. Several of the artists who will attend the gathering were also asked to customize the tables or as the press release says, create “artist-created immersive table environments.” ANIMAL got a […]
On April 7, the city sued to shut down Chinatown stalwart 169 Bar for two incidents last year when underage auxiliary NYPD officers were allowed to enter the bar and purchase beer. Today, the owner of 169 Bar shot back that the lawsuit should be thrown out because the investigation was illegal, since the underage […]
Madeline Luciano, an 8th grade teacher at P.S. 18 in Inwood, was fired last October after investigators determined that she had committed misconduct during an incident in which she had students publicly declare reasons why they didn’t like a bullied student, according to DNAinfo. Luciano appealed her firing in a petition filed in Brooklyn Supreme […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. After dropping a 2-song cover EP in February, Bluesy Brookyln-based punk rocker Shilpa […]
