Memories of Summers by the Lake
When David Rosen decided to close Savalas on Bedford Avenue, and reopen it as a restaurant and bar six months later with two other partners, he decided to call it Masten Lake, after a captivating spot in the Catskill Mountains.
Nicole Atkins: Blues Girl
By Stacey Brook Nicole Atkins’ music has always leaned heavily on early 70s psychedelia and heaping doses of gutteral blues and leaping, honeyed soul, but her latest album Mondo Amore is also infused…
Ground Control to Linda Griggs: long flight back from “cyberspace”
Is there such a thing as an altruistic person in our narcissistic art world? And, if there were a truly generous artist out there—a real artist, who still managed to promote his or her career while helping others—where or how would such acts of kindness take place?
Kid Flight: The “Education Mayor” causes children to flee with parents in tow (part I)
After thirty years in the community, Phil DePaolo is leaving Williamsburg because, he says, the NYC schools are hopeless. Private school is out of his financial reach and he wants his two sons to have a good education.
