Category Archives: williamsburg

death by audio

7 Jun Filed under music, nonprofit, williamsburg. 7 Comments.

neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: music venue | active since: 2007 | links: website, myspace

I’ve been to Death By Audio a few dozen times, but somehow I always forget how cool it is. My friends’ doom metal band …

concrete utopia

4 May Filed under art gallery, closed, williamsburg. 4 Comments.

neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: gallery | active: 2010–2011 | links: website, facebook

I love apartment galleries. I’m always struck by the neat intimacy of leaning on someone’s bed or sitting at their kitchen table while looking at art.…

newsonic loft

15 Apr Filed under closed, communal living, living space, music, parties, underground, williamsburg. 12 Comments.

neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: music & parties | active: 2000–2011 | links: website

all photos by Maximus Comissar

Newsonic was terrific. It was way way out at the edge of South Williamsburg, virtually unmarked, and a complete shock when …

city reliquary

31 Mar Filed under museum, williamsburg. 4 Comments.

neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: micro-museum | active since: 2002 | links: website, facebook, twitter, tumblr

I’ve loved City Reliquary for years. It’s right on Metropolitan Ave., and I pass by it at least once a month, …

factory studios

23 Mar Filed under commercial, williamsburg. 11 Comments.

neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: commercial | active since: 2009 | links: website, facebook, twitter

This one is a little different than the spaces I tend to cover. But my goal has always been to showcase the diversity …

spectacle theater

23 Feb Filed under movies, williamsburg. 7 Comments.

neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: movie theater | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook

photo from Spectacle's blog

Spectacle is a tiny new nonprofit art theatre run by a collective of filmmakers, artists, editors, and performers. Their goal …

time’s up

31 Jan Filed under activism, community space, nonprofit, skillshare, williamsburg. 20 Comments.

neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: community space, skillshare | active since: 1987 | links: website, wikipedia, facebook, twitter

Time’s Up is an all-volunteer, nonprofit environmental advocacy group. They do about 200 themed group bike rides a year, …

cave

5 Jan Filed under performance, williamsburg. 8 Comments.

photo by Jonathan Slaff from twi.ny

neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: performance / art space | active since: 1996 | links: website, tumblr

CAVE, led by video artist/curator Shige Moriya and theater-dance director/dancer Ximena Garnica, is a tiny experimental …