by Downtown Magazine | Sep 14, 2016 | Culture, Featured, Movies
A lot of people first noticed actor Chad L. Coleman when he portrayed Dennis “Cutty” wise on the Emmy Award-winning HBO series The Wire. But Chad was acting long before The Wire, having appeared on multiple episodes of Law & Order, New York Undercover...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 14, 2016 | Culture, Music
In advance of her Sept. 22 headlining show at Bowery Electric, Anna Rose has exclusively shared her recording of “Downtown Train” with Downtown. The singer/songwriter — who notable blog Diffuser recently described as “pure American rock &...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 14, 2016 | Culture, Music
In advance of the band’s upcoming 12th studio album, Revolution Radio, Green Day is hitting the road for a rare club tour. On Oct. 8, Green Day will headline Webster Hall. Prior to that, the legendary group hits close to Manhattan with a gig in Sayreville, New...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 13, 2016 | Business, Living, NYC, Technology
A VC-backed start-up that launched in Spring 2016, KIDBOX is the first kid’s style box to use a machine-learning algorithm to deliver a personalized selection of quality brand-name apparel. Offering clothing brands that parents know and trust at a reasonable price...
by Rachel Veroff | Sep 13, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Music
On a balmy evening in late summer, a fine-looking crowd of New York’s theater elite and Broadway veterans gathered at a spacious loft in Williamsburg. The loft is the live-work space of Leah Siegel, singer/songwriter and darling of the Brooklyn indie music...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 13, 2016 | Business, Fashion
Great news item by Lauren Elkies Schram of the Commercial Observer about Zara last week: As Zara’s FiDi Business Booms, the Retailer Takes Additional Space for Storage The major Spanish retailer opened a three-story store at 222 Broadway last year, but they did...