Pete Hamill

50 Great Music Documentaries to Stream Right Now

From ’90s ska to Nina Simone, from Anti-Flag to the history of hip hop, there’s something for everyone in this roundup of new and recent documentaries to stream.

Pete Hamill was a music icon too: Bob Dylan liner notes, John Lennon interview, Frank Sinatra book

Legendary NYC journalist and novelist and Park Slope native Pete Hamill passed away at 85 on Wednesday. Among his many works were Grammy-winning Bob Dylan liner notes, a John Lennon interview in Rolling Stone, a Frank Sinatra book, and more…

Brooklyn Book Festival this weekend (Rosanne Cash, John Hodgman, Kristen Schaal, Sarah Silverman, Paul Auster, more)

“Now in its fifth year, the Brooklyn Book Festival is one of the top book festivals in the nation with a hip, huge and free all-star literary lineup…