by Alice Teeple | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Music
“I’m a fucking legend!” Peter Murphy has been through an immense ordeal since his last appearance at Le Poisson Rouge. During the month of August, Murphy played a highly-acclaimed series of intimate residency shows at the venue. Downtown covered two of the shows,...
by Alice Teeple | Jan 21, 2020 | Culture, Events, Movies, NYC
Attention all silent film aficionados! Arts Brookfield brings back the acclaimed “Silent Film/Live Music” series, curated by John Schaefer. Experience three unforgettable evenings of classic silent film screenings accompanied by live music! The event is January 22,...
by Alice Teeple | Jan 20, 2020 | Art, Music, NYC
Brooklyn’s ‘Ambassadors of Love’ celebrate 30 years of Flood Scene: the deli counter at a small grocery store in Central Pennsylvania. I am seventeen and bored with the radio selection: nothing but dad rock and morose country for the next four hours....
by Deb Martin | Jan 18, 2020 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Featured, Music, NYC, Theater
Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie is writer/performer Raquel Cion’s homage to the music icon’s artistry and his humanity, and to her own lifelong Bowie “soul love.” In her 90-minute cabaret performance at Pangea (178...
by Alice Teeple | Jan 16, 2020 | Culture, Featured, Music
The Brilliance Shines Brightly At Rockwood Hall in the LES The January temperatures may have dipped below freezing the other evening, but the warmth emanating from Rockwood 2 thawed many hearts as The Brilliance took the stage. The neoclassical/orchestral pop outfit,...
by Alice Teeple | Jan 15, 2020 | Art, Culture, Featured
There’s a new food pop-up in Astoria, and it’s looking downright appetizing! Dead and Berry’d appeared on 31st Street at an abandoned hot dog cart under the Ditmars stop this week. Its tasty “vegan/non-vegan fusion” offerings have certainly been tantalizing the block!...
