Colson Whitehead

’Beastie Boys Book’ is not your typical memoir, and includes includes a cookbook by chef Roy Choi, a graphic novel, a map of Beastie Boys’ New York, mixtape playlists, rare photos, original illustrations, and pieces by guest contributors like Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, and Luc Sante.

I didn’t check any other price points, but I was able to pull up a $1000 ticket no problem to tonight’s show at Beacon Theater no problem…

words & “Boo Todd relentlessly. Throw shit at him. When Jon (Benjamin) and I tell you to stop, ignore us and boo louder.” – David Cross‘s instructions to the audience just before Todd Barry‘s “surprise” appearance…

“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…

As I get older, I just I don’t have the wherewithal to see as much comedy as I should. It’s really depressing. There are so many goddamned GREAT comedy shows happening in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and even Queens that rather than pick one to go to, my brain shuts down and says “Just go home and watch Wheeler Dealers on the ole DVR, KK…

” night, The Walkmen headlined , concert series 50th Anniversary. The band were sleek in dress and voracious in music. As they rattled off numerous tracks off their 2008 release, “You & Me”, they also were accompanied by a section of trumpets and trombones…

Tickets for the first show of the Guggenheim’s It Came From Brooklyn series on Friday, August 14th are on sale now. They cost a whopping $45 for non-members, and museum members don’t do much better with a reduced cost of $40…

DOWNLOAD: John Wesley Harding and Eugene Mirman’s Cabinet of Wonders w/ special guests – Oh! Pandora (MP3) At Le Poisson Rouge, the Cabinet of Wonders show unfolded with an appealing airiness and a confident sort of self-deprecation…