Bars and Nightclubs

January 27, 2023

Billy Walsh Designs Sneakers for Rihanna and Writes Songs for the Weeknd

The Footwear News Achievement Awards, sometimes called the Oscars of shoes, shines a spotlight on the industry’s top designers. But when the singer Dua Lipa won […]
January 19, 2023

A Wednesday Addams Contest Brings the Fans

At a Brooklyn club, fans of the Netflix series “Wednesday” showed off their takes on the pigtailed heroine’s signature moves in a midnight competition. On a […]
December 31, 2022

New Year’s Eve 2023: The State of the Midnight Kiss

Has our modern era dimmed the appeal of making out with a stranger, or are people still eager to participate in the New Year’s Eve tradition? […]
November 23, 2022

One Last Public Party at the Jane Hotel

At midnight last Friday, hopeful entrants to the Jane Ballroom waited behind the velvet rope, shivering and patient. The queue snaked down Jane Street, as revelers […]
November 8, 2022

Jimmy DeSana, Downtown Pioneer and Provocateur, Goes Mainstream

The photographer moved effortlessly between scenes: No Wave music, performance, queer subcultures, downtown nightlife, the Pictures Generation and mail art. A list of things Jimmy DeSana […]
October 11, 2022

Elon Musk Has the World’s Strangest Social Calendar

When a snapshot of Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced on social media in 2020, the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive took to Twitter — as […]
October 11, 2022

Elon Musk Has the World’s Strangest Social Calendar

When a snapshot of Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced on social media in 2020, the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive took to Twitter — as […]
September 25, 2022

Ghosts of New York’s Glamorous Past Haunt an Empty Pub

A bar from the Stork Club, once a gathering spot for Grace Kelly, Ernest Hemingway, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, collects dust in a downtown tavern […]
August 25, 2022

Making the Rounds on Nashville’s Singer-Songwriter Circuit

For music fans, songwriters’ nights at often unassuming venues provide an inexpensive and illuminating glimpse into Music City’s most celebrated business. On a recent Sunday night […]
August 23, 2022

Chelsea Manning, Brooklyn D.J.

Before she orchestrated the largest intelligence leak in U.S. history, Ms. Manning was known to D.J. on occasion. On Friday night, she shook off the cobwebs […]