J-POP: Exquisitely Carved Crap. Literally.

The J-POP exhibition at Lumenhouse is billed as “a new Japanese aesthetic of playful invention from the material realities of everyday life,” but this might be an under-sell.

Cinema 16 Creates a ‘Silent’ Community

A still from Even — As You and I, one of the films screened Friday night.

What more effectively cures a rainy day than catching a movie?  No, no, not sitting at home re- watching Annie Hall…

‘The Becoming’ and End of the Sanctuary of Hope

The Sanctuary of Hope drew a pretty strong crowd for their finale show in Ridgewood on Saturday. — Photo by Andrew Wingert

An opening sentence I’d wager is original: I decided to leave the show prematurely after having…

Sex, Thighs, and Pixelated Video Tape

The anticipated Sex Cells opening on Friday; appropriately, this picture was taken with a cell phone. — Photo by Kevin Armento

If the jaded critic George Jean Nathan was accurate in his assessment that “art is the sex…

We Are the Arm Synthesizes 3rd Ward

My oh my, what will we think of the Age of Irony once it has passed?  When settled into retirement, will we look back fondly on the fashions of the "Pseudo" (the faux-80′s-chic, cowboy-chic, ad nauseam) that defined the look…

Feather and Folly Play the NK Den

One almost hesitates to make too loud a mention of the band feather and Folly, because it’s the sort of act you hope you’ll always see in a small dark room with fifteen or so people…

Green Village Junk Shop: Scavenger’s Wonderland

Not much to look at, but Green Village Junk Shop gets the job done. — Photo by Diego Cupolo

Come thrifty shoppers, young and old,
Scour one man’s junk and find your gold! 

As Summer turns…

Sex Cells: Bare It All for Brooklyn!

Have you ever sent a dirty picture to someone from your phone?  It’s ok, you can be honest.  Was it to your boyfriend or girlfriend?  Was one of you out of town, or were you just bored one day? …

Middle Eastern Portal in West Ridgewood

The Belly Dancing Cafe on Woodward in Ridgewood. — Photo by Kevin Armento

Southwest Ridgewood boasts a fantastic showing of flavors Ecuadorian and Peruvian, as well as a few more general joints con sabor Latino. But rare in…

‘Let Them Make Bags’

Megan Talley and Glenn Robinson, co-founders of Bags For the People, show off some of their work. — Photo by Kevin Armento

It could be said — albeit shortsightedly — that a heterosexual male’s day which begins with…