Month: April 2015
On April 2nd, Noelle Velentzas and Asia Siddiqui, sensationally self-described as “bad bitches” who were “all about jihad,” were arrested and accused of plotting to build an explosive device for “ISIS-inspired” attacks in the United States. Both women, residents of Queens and U.S. citizens, are described as having sympathies with radical Islam. Siddiqui allegedly had […]
Last week, while I was at nightclub in Cuba, a band started playing a song praising President Obama. NG La Banda broke into the tune around 1 AM at the Casa de la Music in Havana. “Obama, Obama get crazy and come to Havana,” they screamed, while a meme-y video of Obama dancing behind a […]
Pommes Frites was a beloved East Village institution located at 123 2nd Ave before its building was destroyed in last week’s gas explosion, but it could return again: the french fry shop’s owners posted a note on their website and Facebook page asking for donations to help them rebuild, Eater first reported. The note reads: […]
For years, the future of the historic Beaux-Arts Ridgewood Masonic Temple in Bushwick has been a mystery. It was put up for sale in 2010 and was quietly sold in 2014, according to the Brooklyn Eagle, but there was little word on what its new owner would do with it. Well, now we know — […]
On April 3, the Brooklyn Museum is launching a new exhibition called Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, the first-ever large exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s notebooks. The exhibition displays the contents of eight notebooks the late artist, used between 1980 and 1987. The black composition books are filled with Basquiat’s poetry, drawings, shopping lists and linguistic fragments […]
In 2011, Michael Pellagatti was one of the thousands of protesters of Occupy Wall Street who gathered in Zucotti Park to rally against the nation’s crippling financial system. In 2015, he continues to roam those streets to keep its memory alive and ensure the message is present in the area the international movement started. For […]
Michael Medina is a Lower East Side resident who owns the trademark of the word “Loisaidas” as it relates to music and film. Bowery Boogie and other outlets identify Medina as a singer in a band called Loisaidas, but he is not listed on the bachata duo’s Facebook page. Whether or not he’s in the […]
Police union leaders are not known for their strong grasp of reality. Here’s another one: Detectives Endowment Association President Michael Palladino complained during a Thursday press conference about Commissioner Bratton’s discipling of Detective Patrick Cherry, who was placed on modified duty after he was caught on video verbally abusing an Uber driver. According to DNAinfo, […]
Novelist Alan Kaufman is drumming up support for the victims of the East Village fire, including getting a sizable $36,000 donation from musician Sting and his wife Trudy Styler. The donation was made as part of a larger effort to engage both celebrities and the local community in rehabilitating the Second Avenue block that lost […]
Jamarco, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
