The activists that run the Illuminator Collective, who protest injustice and corruption with guerrilla light projections in New York City and beyond, are suing the NYPD’s Central Park Precinct. Members Kyle DePew, Grayson Earle and Yates McKee are alleging false arrest and improper seizure of property, according to a press release. DePew, Earle and McKee […]
There are approximately three miniature golf courses in Brooklyn and they’re all wack. Brooklyn needs an Ocean City-style (New Jersey or Maryland, take your pick) mini-golf course, with pirate ships and windmills and all kinds of whimsical Rube Goldberg shit. If Brooklyn is going to be become a suburban nostalgia playground, it may as well […]
Tri Angle Records celebrated its 5th Anniversary in a decommissioned bank basement across the street from the New York Stock Exchange on Friday night. The Red Bull Music Academy event showcased what makes Robin Carolan’s New York/London-based electronic music label so distinctive and worthy of a retrospective after just 5 years: a roster of artists […]
Adderall™, a socially acceptable drug with wondrous stimulant properties, can help even the most distracted of persons focus, and not surprisingly, it is one of America’s favorite substances. The American Chemical Society claims that over 25 million people “rely” on the drug and according to published reports, untold millions abuse it. This video by the […]
Too often with videos documenting police brutality, we see one of two things: Either a crowd of bystanders looks on helplessly as officers abuse their power, or the crowd gets involved, and then there are mass arrests. In this video shot by Copwatch Patrol Unit member Michael Barber, however, neither of those outcomes happened — […]
Alan, 190 Bowery. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Notorious Club Kid Michael Alig comments on social media for a body of work he created while in prison and is exhibiting to the public for the first time. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
People lament the state of journalism these days, but when you see it working as it was truly meant to — to inform the people and enact real change — it’s a wonderful, soul-affirming thing. It’s too early to see just how substantive the reforms will be, but days after the New York Times published […]
On May 15, 1940, the first ever McDonald’s opened in San Bernadino, California. Little did the McDonald brothers know that 75 years later, their humble hamburger restaurant would be the biggest restaurant chain in the world and the preferred brawling location for New York City teens. A group of kids in Brooklyn celebrated the anniversary […]
The Civilian Complaint Review Board, New York City government’s ombudsmen for citizens who claim to have been mistreated by police, released its annual report for 2014 on Thursday. Some notable findings include a high number of complaints about police putting people in chokeholds and filing false official statements. In July of 2014, Officer Daniel Pantaleo […]
