Category: News
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A troupe of Brooklyn circus performers is hosting an interactive variety show inspired by the 10 plagues of Egypt in the tradition of Jewish vaudeville, the Brooklyn Paper reports. According to the website for the Super Fun Variety Show: Audience members should be prepared to perform in a Seder Plate pageant, participate in call-and-response readings […]
“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. Keep your eye on the Prettiots, because before you know it, they’re going […]
In a landmark ruling, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Matthew Cooper is allowing a neglected wife’s attorney to serve her husband divorce papers via Facebook, the Daily News reports. Ellanora Baidoo — whose name coincidentally rhymes with Baidu, the Chinese equivalent to Google — married Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku in a civil ceremony in 2009. According to […]
A Manhattan-bound 7 train in Queens was suspended for nearly two hours on Monday morning after a conductor noticed smoke rising along the track’s third rail. The train was traveling underground at the time, carrying 542 passengers. BREAKING; BIG problems in the #7 train, heading here now #queens @ABC7NY @JohncitoMoreno pic.twitter.com/f808tXPNCH — Kemberly Richardson (@kemrichardson7) […]
Turkey has blocked Twitter and YouTube, along with hundreds of other sites, following a court order. Graffiti is fighting the block by giving instructions on how people can update their DNS to use Google’s DNS at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. The block was ordered because pictures of terrorists and their hostage were being shared on social […]
While most people slept, a trio of artists and some helpers installed a bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Brooklyn on Monday morning. The group, which allowed ANIMAL to exclusively document the installation on the condition that we hide their identities, hauled the 100-pound sculpture into Fort Greene Park and up its hilly terrain […]
Guess how much money the NYPD spent on psilocybin mushrooms? (Nope, guess higher). The answer: $13,368, according to DNAinfo. The NYPD bought all these hallucinogenics back in 2011 so the drug testing lab would have samples to compare against mushrooms seized from dealers. The NYPD also bought a bunch of MDMA, which they probably still […]
Don’t worry, lonely teen, it’s not just you: a poll by the federal Centers for Disease Control found that the percentage of New York City teenagers who report having had sex has decreased from 37.8% of respondents in 2011 to 31.2% in 2013, the New York Post reports. This percentage is the lowest since the […]
An unidentified plumber has admitted to illegally tapping the gas line at 121 2nd Avenue, the site of March 26th’s fatal explosion. The New York Post reports that the plumber confessed to rigging an illegal hookup to supply gas to the building’s upstairs apartments under the orders of Michael Hrynenko Jr., the landlord’s son. “Investigators […]
Murdock, Bed Stuy. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
