Morning Spew for Night Owls—A new off-Broadway play revels in Gen-Z cusper coming-of-age dramatics. Plus, more news for your Tuesday.
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Often the most interesting moments of a legal battle happen in the halls of the courthouse. That was certainly the case Tuesday, as members of the Brooklyn Dems faced off for the second time this week in their struggle for the future of the party.
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"I'm going to do an espresso."
"I'm gonna do a rare steak."
No. Stop ordering like this. It is an abomination. No mere ontological misunderstanding, it is a corrosive lie. You are not "doing" anything.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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The team breaks down the Kelly Clarkson automatonic singing bird fiasco. That story and more on this week's Hell Gate Podcast: piped.video/watch?v=MfeAycy8…
Eight years after the famous mandarin duck—or "Hot Duck"—captured the hearts and headlines of New York City in 2018, a new member of the world's most dazzling duck family has waddled onto the scene:
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On Saturday, former resident of federally subsidized artist housing Larry David published a satirical essay in the venture-backed elite leisure zine Air Mail.
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It's not novel to observe that we live in a time of slop, culturally speaking. The antidote for that feeling—despair about the state of art—is to go see something good. This week, that thing could be "Bathers," a new play about a doomed friend vacation.
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Morning Spew for Night Owls—Some of us understand that we will cease to exist: ashes to ashes dust to dust etc. But others are really not getting that. You can tell who's who based on the Halloween decor on display. hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-hal…hellgatenyc.com/brooklyn-hal…
Eight years after the famous mandarin duck—or "Hot Duck"—captured the hearts and headlines of New York City in 2018, a new member of the world's most dazzling duck family has waddled onto the scene:
hellgatenyc.com/theres-a-new…
As the Brooklyn Democrats' leadership struggle drags on and the parties return to court this week, the legal arguments are getting awfully cute.
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In ranking the following decorations adorning homes in Brooklyn, I am weighing the complimentary attributes of whimsy and horror, to derive how much (or indeed, if at all!) the decorators grasp their own mortality.
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In the aftermath of an ICE shooting and a litany of police blunders, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's allies on the left are calling on him to get rid of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch once and for all. That, and more, on this week's Hell Gate Podcast: piped.video/MfeAycy8wU8?si=Z0gf…
Announcing—Courts of Contempt Trivia Night at Rodeo! Monday, Oct 26, 8 p.m. Prove to all your friends that you actually did read all of the case files. Win some prizes! Grab a zine! No RSVPs needed, just come on through!