Guided by queer goddesses, she becomes a mermaid who dives into the depths of the ocean to found the “Mermaid Femme Empire.”
The Williamsburg Charter High School in Bushwick will continue providing quality education for local students.
LoftOpera kicks off its 2017 season with this timely production at Flushing Avenue’s LightSpace Studios.
Speakeasies are so basic.
We had been promised guys posing as nuns, astroturf, 2,500 pieces of fake fruit, a moving stage, and circus performers
“Right now, I’m figuring out how to make—or come across—10 hot pink nun habits in men’s sizes,” says Daniel Ellis-Ferris, Founder and Executive Producer of Brooklyn’s LoftOpera, on organizing the company’s June production of Le Comte Ory
If you’re not a fan of classical music or opera, LoftOpera will change that
What would the world be like without art? What if you were forbidden to make it, or even drugged into oblivion so you could forget the possibility it even existed? Yulix: The Opera, a new musical taking place at The Hive in Bushwick, asks just that
The last time I tried to attend the NYC Opera, it was one of those summer runs where the admission is free
The Rolo’s people take over the Acre. Of course, the chips and guac are $16.
A self-described “naughty marketplace” sets up shop with an “intersectional feminist perspective.”
“It’s not about a ceasefire or not about not a ceasefire”
“This is an era of no more demonizing successful businesses, but promoting, lifting them up,” claims Eric Adams
Tension did erupt, briefly.
They met on Craigslist. Now, they’re working on album number two.
More than just bisexual lighting and chess looks, a local queer-themed chess club is taking a stand on the Gaza conflict.
Ridgewood now has its own enthusiastic group of runners
A local nonprofit runs a weekly farmers market at Maria Hernandez Park.
Local hardcore bands play a free show in support of a ceasefire in Gaza
“It’s really a who’s who of these Bushwick bands.”
A new film festival kicks off in Ridgewood this weekend.
Safety concerns and money mixups now plague a luxury housing development In Bushwick
The city’s tree planting program hits Maria Hernandez
How Ridgewood’s small but persistent Bridge and Tunnel won a craft beer contest
Scenes among “a discoherent group of young people making a discoherent collection of art”
How a flurry of small businesses are changing a corner of Queens
Years after hosting COVID-era ragers, the former ‘Illhouse’ now hosts poetry readings.
A global apparel giant sponsors a skate party. Locals show up.
A new local cycling group hosts group rides to breweries on Tuesdays. Anyone’s invited.
An elaborately curated dance festival hits the warehouses of Bushwick this Pride weekend
“Central is really a bad corner,” one local says.