Celebrating Community
With a colorful career spanning more than 40 years, Robyn Hitchcock remains one of the world’s most idiosyncratic song writers. Born in Paddington, a neighborhood of London, in 1953, his father Raymond Hitchcock was a novelist, screenwriter, and cartoonist best known for his novel Percy. Robyn attended Trinity College at Cambridge but failed to graduate. However, it was here he […]
Take a little walk to edge of Park Slope down on 5th Ave between St. Marks and Warren to Lizzie King’s Parlor, a name with an origin story that seems ripe for a Nick Cave murder ballad. It comes from Elizabeth Lloyd King who lived around the corner in the late 1800s and is famous for having shot her estranged […]
John Pinamonti and his band have been performing as a regular combo at Sunny’s Bar on Conover Street, Red Hook, since the year 2000. The history of Sunny’s Bar is wonderfully told in Tim Sultan’s book Sunny’s Nights: Lost and Found at a Bar on the Edge of the World (2016). I have no intention of competing with that; indeed […]
There are a ton of parties that spring up (and disappear) throughout the city. In New York, plenty of weekends are a tug-of-war between your FOMO (fear of missing out) and pestering indecisiveness. There are so many options – your bed, takeout and Netflix usually being a staple and comfortable one. If you’re too lazy to go out clubbing or […]
Alphabetically: Jalopy Tavern and Jalopy Theatre–closed today. Rocky Sullivan’s– barbecue at 3pm, live music with three different bands, starting at 6pm. Sunny’s–Doors open at 12pm, Mara Kaye with a backing band, live at 7pm
A members-only nightclub with 26 private rooms and 26 bathrooms is coming to Red Hook, replete with liquor and a private waitstaff. The principals of KS Dreamland pleaded their case before the Permits & Licenses Committee of Community Board 6, which recommended approval of the club’s liquor license with the only proviso being that they close a bit earlier than […]
* critics pick Bene’s RECORD SHOP* 360 Van Brunt St. 718-855-0360 Shows 8:30PM unless otherwise printed. Check local listings! DE-Construkt 41 Seabring St. Check local listings! IBEAM 168 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave. Shows at 8PM unless otherwise printed. SAT 2/2, 8:30PM Fujiwara/Dunston/Leon* Tomas Fujiwara – drums Nick Dunston – bass David Leon – saxophone WED 2/6 Russ […]
Located on Cortelyou Road in leafy Ditmas Park, Bar Chord has become one of the best places to see and perform live music in Brooklyn. With colorful band posters adorning the windows, proprietors Jonny and Christy Sheehan have created a space that is open to all and hosts live music every night of the week. The Sheehans live by their […]