Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham's Lenny IRL Tour, with Waxahatchee & more, cancelled

Lena Dunham’s Lenny IRL tour, a variety show scheduled to include performances from Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, is cancelled because of Dunham’s health issues.

Mike Birbiglia making new movie w/ Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Gethard & more ++ performing at LGBTQ benefit show

Mike Birbiglia wrote, directed and starred in 2012’s acclaimed Sleepwalk with Me. He’s got a new movie in the works, titled Don’t Think Twice about an improv troupe that includes Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Gillian Jacobs (Community), Kate Micucci (Garfunkel and Oates), Tami Sagher (Inside Amy Schumer) and Chris Gethard. Th…

Carrie Brownstein talks her memoir, Kendrick Lamar, Sleater-Kinney, social media activism & more (in a BV interview)

Carrie Brownstein‘s creative versatility might otherwise be astonishing were it not for the fact that the actor, musician, and writer, is grounded to a familiar commonality in which her fans continue to find comfort and even catharsis…

Lena Dunham, Matt Groening, Neil Gaiman & others having conversations at BAM

The Brooklyn Academy of Music has announced:Bestsellers, trend-setters, celebrities, visual wizards, and story-tellers converge at BAM in three wide-ranging, one-night-only events in the winter of 2015…

John Cleese, Herbie Hancock, Lena Dunham & more appearing at BAM's "Unbound" literary series

A new literary series called “Unbound” will bring “today’s most renowned authors to Brooklyn for the exclusive national launch of their latest works” to BAM from September 21 – November 4…

The National played SNL, Louis CK to host again on March 29

Last night (3/8) was a very Brooklyn episode of Saturday Night Live with Girls‘ star/creator Lena Dunham hosting, and The National as musical guest…

The National will be the musical guest on Lena Dunham-hosted 'SNL' this month; Beck's on this week

The National @ Barclays Center, 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Now that the Sochi Olympics are over, NBC is back to its regular schedule…

David Sedaris & Lena Dunham will be 'Alone Together At Last' (Exclusive BrooklynVegan Presale)

One day before author and humorist David Sedaris takes over Carnegie Hall by himself, he’ll hook up with ‘Girls’ creator and star Lena Dunham for “an insightful evening of reading and conversation” on the same stage…

Santigold sings about 'Girls' (video premiere); 'Girls' wins big at Golden Globes - soundtrack out now

Santigold @ Bowery Ballroom, 12/10/2012 (more by David Andrako) As you may have seen last night, HBO’s Girls won big at the Golden Globes, grabbing both Best Comedy series and Best Actress for creator/star Lena Dunham…