Peter Shapiro

Night two of the Grateful Dead’s Fare Thee Well run-up got off to a funky and ferocious start. The cobwebs were shaken loose, the groove found its pocket in opener “Feel Like a Stranger,” and all was well in Deadhead land as the truly faithful showed for the second night in a row and a slew of new nostalgia seekers and first timers got their twirl on…

UPDATE: We’ve also got pictures from the second night. There are two kinds of Deadheads. Those who think the Grateful Dead experience should have died with Jerry Garcia…

Surviving Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will reunite to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary with three Chicago shows from July 3-5 at Soldier Field, the same venue their last show with Jerry Garcia took pl…

Surviving Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will reunite to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary with three Chicago shows from July 3-5 at Soldier Field, the same venue their last show with Jerry Garcia took pl…

As Dead Heads likely know, original Grateful Dead member Phil Lesh has an ongoing residency at Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre with his band Phil Lesh & Friends…

Capitol Theater A trove of two dozen unfinished Bob Dylan songs written circa 1967 during his “Basement Tapes” period is being completed by an all-star band assembled by producer T Bone Burnett and including Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James for release as an album and Showtime special later this year…

First Lil Bub and now Gary Gnu… Westchester’s second Pop Goes the Culture variety show, a colorful evening of meaningful performances and meaningless awards recognizing favorite pop culture acts, was held Saturday, March 2 at the Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers…

There has been talk of new Brooklyn Bowls opening for a while, including a Chicago one that still hasn’t materialized, but now comes word that…

DIIV @ Kidrockers, Brooklyn Bowl (more by Jessica Amaya)Impresario Peter Shapiro — owner of Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg and the former boss of Wetlands in Tribeca — has picked a quiet pocket in the industrial neighborhood of Gowanus for a new “child-friendly” venture…

As mentioned, the historic Capitol Theater, which is located in Port Chester, NY and has been home to the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, David Bowie and more, is making its return and will be booked/operated by Brooklyn Bowl owner Peter Shapiro, in partnership with Bowery Presents…