“Is it weird to be really enjoying the things that you’re making?” asks Piya Malik, who’s squished between her bandmates, Nya Gazelle Brown and Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, on a small couch. The three singers of Say She She are in the midst of a European tour, which had them performing inside a converted 17th century […]
Sweet Catch, a ‘celebration of Black food,’ opens in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
Ka-Wana Jefferson may have been born and raised in the Bronx, but she is making her mark here in Brooklyn. In 2016, Jefferson opened the popular booze and brunch spot Sweet Brooklyn Bar on Nostrand Avenue near Atlantic in Crown Heights. Then about a week ago she expanded her reach down Nostrand into Little Caribbean […]
How the pandemic brought Lincoln Center to Brooklyn
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Sukkot, stand-up and the Big Sit: 16 things to do this (long) weekend
The weekend is almost here, and it’s a long one at that thanks to the Indigenous Peoples’ Day — or Columbus Day, depending on whom you ask — holiday this Monday. And whether you’re into competitive birdwatching, experimental art, after-hours comedy, slow-smoked barbecue or the fascinating world of textiles, there’s sure to be something going […]
Art installation transforms old call boxes into memorials for victims of police brutality
Police brutality is being spotlighted in an eye-catching new exhibit in downtown Brooklyn. Artist Bradley McCallum has created “Witnessing,” an exhibit takes six emergency call boxes, that once dotted the city’s sidewalks, and transforms them with video and audio that features the “testimonies from those who had experienced violence at the hands of the very […]
Defonte’s won’t be throwing a party for its 100th birthday
On the corner of Columbia and Luquer Streets in Red Hook, just steps from the BQE, a thin three-story building stands out for its colors: mostly dark green, and on the boarded-up windows of the facade’s top three stories, a shade of what looks like pink. The colors aren’t any kind of hip statement in […]
Inside the Brooklyn Museum’s 10-year gut-renovation of its Asian and Islamic art galleries
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Anne Pasternak takes us behind the scenes at the Brooklyn Museum
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James Austin Johnson: New kid at the Rock
Illustration by Christophe Marchand “Saturday Night Live” newcomer James Austin Johnson has been enjoying the weirdest 20-year overnight success story propelled by a spot-on impersonation of a corrupt narcissistic commander- in-chief since … well, ever. (Sorry, Rich Little.) But! After spending the first 10 years of his career in Nashville starring in, he says, “Christian […]
A Moment of Venn: A little sticky
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Sake shots, disco dancing and the Atlantic Antic: 14 things to do this weekend
This weekend is a great time to practice your Brooklyn ABCs. Let’s run through a few together: A is for the Atlantic Antic, the city’s largest and oldest street festival; B is for Blocktoberfest, which is bringing dozens of craft brews to the Brooklyn Navy Yard; C is for cycling, about which there’ll be a […]
Do or dink: Will pickleball survive the hype?
It’s Sunday morning and Edmonds Playground in Fort Greene is alive with the thwumps of paddles, shuffles of sneakers and boom-baps of a Bluetooth speaker. Punching through it all are the hoots, gasps and cheers of the Pickle Pack, a group of weekend pickleball warriors. First organized by six players who started rallying in 2020 […]
Masalawala and Sons brings stellar, rarely seen regional fare to Park Slope
Masalawala and one son: Satyen and Roni Mazumdar (Scott Lynch) The origin story of Roni Mazumdar and chef Chintan Padya’s Unapologetic Foods hospitality group — which runs several of New York City’s absolute best restaurants of any kind, including Dhamaka, Semma, and Adda — begins in 2011, when Mazumdar and his father, Satyen Mazumdar, opened the […]
How Emo Night Brooklyn took over the city
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Slutty Vegan brings its fast food, ‘burgers’ and high energy vibe to Fort Greene
(Scott Lynch) Slutty Vegan — a fast food chain famous in Atlanta for its menu of plant-based comfort food, its party atmosphere, its long lines, and its founder, the inimitable Pinky Cole – brought all of the above and more to Brooklyn last weekend for a grand opening party for the ages. Seriously, it was nuts: […]
Arctic Monkeys introduce new grooves to sold-out Kings Theatre crowd
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms Thursday night as the Arctic Monkeys treated fans at Flatbush’s Kings Theatre to an all-star lineup of hits and new material. The sold-out show marked the first time since 2018 that the four-piece Sheffield outfit played New York City or had any kind of Stateside headlining […]
Scenes from Little Amal’s visit to Green-Wood Cemetery
It was a gorgeous, if windy, day Friday when Little Amal arrived at Green-Wood Cemetery. The afternoon sun was slung low on the third full day of fall as she slowly lumbered up the hill from Fifth Avenue and through the ornate 1876 brownstone Fort Hamilton gate that welcomes visitors at 25th Street. And there […]
A Brooklyn artist’s exhibit highlights the hurricane hardships of Puerto Rico
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Scenes from BagelFest (where the best bagel In Brooklyn is once again from Connecticut)
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John Schaefer and the first 40 years of ‘New Sounds’
Like what you’re hearing? Subscribe to us at iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Google, Amazon, Stitcher and TuneIn. This is our RSS feed. Tell a friend! John Schaefer is as New York as the Brooklyn Bridge, CBGB, MSG and the pizza rat. The public radio veteran has hosted and produced the on-air series “New Sounds” since 1982, For 40 […]
The team behind ‘Los Espookys’ on turning horror into ‘pure camp’
If your first reaction to seeing Jigsaw from “Saw” is “this guy is a camp icon,” you might vibe with HBO’s “Los Espookys.” Currently its second season, “Los Espookys” is doubling down on the show’s hallmark scares. They’re always sophisticated in effect, but low-rent by design, and create (mostly positive) outcomes for the people who […]
The almost-comprehensive Brooklyn Magazine fall movies and TV preview
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Brooklyn stepped up at New York Fashion Week SS23
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A Moment of Venn: It’s pizza time
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