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The Birthday Boys on IFC: How a Cult UCB Sketch Group Became a TV Show

Cheap Drinks at Nita Nita, Manhattan Proper, Josie Woods Pub, and Reif's Tavern

Looking for something to do after work other than watching your DVR'ed collection of season premieres? How about a little cheap drinking?Here's where to head this week.

5 Best Locally Made Beers for July 4 According to Bierkraft's Joe Tracy

Beer is a longstanding July 4 tradition, and an ice cold brew sounds especially good in this hot and sticky weather. You have lots of options when it comes to stocking your cooler, so we tracked down Joe Tracy, cellar manager of Brooklyn's craft beer mecca Bierkraft, who gave us his top five picks f ... More >>

Bed Vyne Brews Brings a Craft Beer Shop and Tavern to Bed-Stuy

The folks behind Bed Vyne, a sweet little wine shop on Tompkins Avenue in Bed-Stuy, have sojourned into the world of beer. Last weekend, they quietly opened Bed Vyne Brews, a craft beer shop and tavern, in the space next door.

"Old-School Three Times Over": Meet Afrika Bambaataa, Cornell Professor

Afrika Bambaataa has been an unofficial professor of hip-hop for so long, it makes perfect sense that Cornell University would appoint the pioneering Bronx-born DJ and founder of the Universal Zulu Nation to a three-year term as a visiting scholar. "Wherever I go on the planet, I'm always teachin' ... More >>

Corin Tucker Talks Protest, Parenting And Polygamy

By Robert Ham If there was any disappointment in the world about Corin Tucker releasing what she referred to as her "middle-aged mom record" (the restrained, acoustic-driven 1,000 Years) for her first solo endeavor, people mostly kept quiet about. It was exciting enough just to have one of the most ... More >>

New York Olympians In London 2012 Summer Games: Swimming

Today we meet two New York Olympians who have made a huge splash in their young careers. While one has racked numerous accolades in his high school and collegiate career, the other is barely out of high school and already a bronze medal winner.Name: Alex MeyerAge: 24Olympic Event: SwimmingHometown: ... More >>

The Gay Generational Divide Is Wider Than Ever!

What youngsters think of your pride march

Nancy Cartwright and Karen Black Announced For 'Writers of the Future' Gala -- a Direct Response to the Voice?

Last week, we brought you several moments from Scientology's big L. Ron Hubbard birthday event that was held on March 10 in Clearwater, Florida. Here's another few minutes from that celebration that we alluded to earlier, during which church leader David Miscavige uses the church's "Writers of the F ... More >>

Scientology's 'Writers of the Future' Contest Loses a Participant After Our Expose

In 2000, a quantum physicist in Ithaca, New York named Carl Frederick decided to try his hand at writing science fiction. Two years later, he was named a finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. The next year, 2003, he did even better, winning a quarterly first prize for his sho ... More >>

Don Giovanni Keeps the Jersey-Punk Dream Alive

Local hits for the drunk and alone crowd

Duane Reade's Beer Growlers: Miracle or Satanic Manifestation?

Where am I? Blind Tiger? Rattle N Hum? D.b.a.? (Click on image to enlarge.) It wasn't that long ago that if you wanted to get a six-pack (I'm talking beer, not abs) around Union Square, you had to make do with Bud Lite or Colt 45 in cans. Then the beer revolution occurred, and suddenly every bodeg ... More >>

Tenor Uncertainty

A strong crop of releases from tenor saxophonists

Anthrax and Joey Belladonna Keep It In the Family

How the band and its once and current singer were caught in an emotional mosh

Alfa Choice and Christopher Shears Jump Off Tappan Zee Bridge; One Dies, Other Is Critical

​For reasons currently unknown, Alfa Choice, 29, and her boyfriend, Christopher Shears, 44, jumped off the Tappan Zee Bridge together from the roof of their parked SUV on Tuesday morning. They were nude and holding hands. Choice, who had taught at the Bronx High School of Science, was rescued ... More >>

Winter Guide: A Travel Guide to Area Winter Getaways

Jeremy Cowan of Shmaltz Brewing Company Talks Geektoberfest, Jewish Celebration & How Sour is the New Bitter

Jeremy Cowan​Jeremy Cowan started Shmaltz Brewing Company back in 1996 out of his San Francisco apartment. Now, the beer is brewed in upstate New York and includes the line of HE'BREW craft kosher beers and Coney Island Craft Lagers. Cowan is busy this week as NYC Craft Beer Week is in full sw ... More >>

Summer Guide: Hit the Arts Road!

Weekend trips to cultured places

'Old School' Vegetarian Sandwich at Birdbath Bakery Is a Thumbnail History of Hippie Cuisine

​Birdbath's sandwich ($7) is a compendium of wholesome, simple ingredients. Birdbath Bakery has a new offering, known as the Old School Vegetarian Sandwich. Two slices of whole grain bread cradle a filling of shredded raw carrots, mixed sprouts, and ripe avocado, which is spread with a knife ... More >>

Northern Spy in East Village: The Apple of Their Eye

A new locavore looks upstate for inspiration

The Piggery Brings Pork Chops from the Farm to Your Doorstep; Burger King Introduces Fancy Burger

​The Piggery is the first meat CSA servicing the New York area. The family farm, located north of Ithaca, has about 130 pigs that they raise in an open-air barn. Some 45 participants have already enrolled, mostly from Brooklyn. [NY Daily News] Thousands of black farmers who were denied farm loans ... More >>

Another Creepy Story About the Threat to New Yorkers' Drinking Water

You know the drill: Companies eye the potentially lucrative Marcellus Shale, while New York City worries about the safety of its upstate watershed.A creepy new development related to possible hazards to New York City's drinking water comes courtesy of an upstate woman. Laurie Lygle allowed a natural ... More >>

David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008

Saluting a writer who constantly looked outward, past his own demons

Clip Job: The British Officers Club

Rainer Maria Breaks Up

Bliss or Miss

Getting over the gay-wedding jitters

War on Trial in Binghamton

Blood Wrath

Talking with Clare Grady, one of the first Iraq war protesters to face federal conspiracy charges

Hop State Pride

A roundup of New York's great microbreweries

Court to Gays: Don't Ask Us

Bench turns cold shoulder to sexual minorities

Democracy Now

Hong Kong Chinese restaurant in Jersey burbs put to a vote

Not Ready for Prime Time

Gays Need Not Apply

Nick and Marc-Anthony Learn You Can't Fight City Hall

The Augury

Regional Greek Fare Sails Into Tompkins Square

The New Cosmopolis

Novelists Todd McEwen and Andrew Lewis Conn Discuss What’s Important in Fiction: Joyce, Beckett, and Chuck Woolery

Points of View

Turmoil on Plazas, in Psyches, and in Your Lap

Unexpected Steps Against the Patriot Act

Left, Right, Left, Right

My Mother, Myself

Remembrance of Things Past

Sports

Dating Dissertation

The College Girl's Guide to the Peculiar New York Male Species

Watts Up

More New Yorkers Getting Zapped by Court-Ordered Electroshock

One-Bedroom Apartment in Prewar Building

Rebellion of the Hollow Men

Albany Dems Blast Assembly Speaker’s ‘Autocratic Style’

Tossing Gender Overboard

Sorel's Way

She died in her apartment just five doors down from the 9th precinct— murdered. A loner and, perhaps, one of the last Bohemians

Tangible As An Ice-Cold Longneck

Consumer Guide

Built To Spill Over

Letters

Non-drag Queens

One-bedroom apartment with basement office in row house