By Nate Freeman 3/29/11 11:27pm

Art Openings

Those Were The Days! Damon Johnson's Homecoming

Last week, a gallery and bar on the Lower East Side—called, appropriately enough, Gallery Bar—played host to a style installation by the 33-year-old artist Damon Johnson. The choice of neighborhood was key. “The Beautiful Chaos: A Style Installation,” which attracted a scarf-heavy crowd who guzzled red and white wine while dodging multiple photographers, was an Read More

By Lydia DePillis 4/03/09 12:46pm

Happy Little Hipsters Toast PBS Painting Icon Bob Ross

It may have been the most innocent of alcohol-swilling madhouses the Lower East Side has seen for a while.

A line stretched down the block—even after the PBR open bar had ended!—with a “Happy Little Raffle” to benefit a local arts charity, landscape painting tutorials, and the “world’s first official” Bob Read More