Cultural Capital
Needles In Your Ears, Radical History On Your Mind
Standing on the Corner hosts auricular acupuncture sessions inspired by the Young Lords.
Purp Wants You to Bop Along to Some Club Beats
Welcome to Leave Your Apartment, a regular column in which Hell Gate asks one in-the-know New Yorker where to go out in the next two weeks.
Skrillex Week With the Subway DJ
Hanging out with Naveh Halperin, aka the Subway DJ, I learned how he makes a moment happen.
Meet Zoe Anderson Norris, the ‘Nellie Bly You’ve Never Heard Of’
Norris, who dubbed herself the "Queen of Bohemia," exposed the injustices of post-Gilded Age New York City—by going undercover.
As the Clock Strikes 10:30, Dweller’s Reading Becomes a Rave
How the Black techno festival entices ravers into doing their homework.
What Happens When NYC Defunds Libraries
Libraries are already short-staffed. What will happen if their budgets are cut even more?
The HarperCollins Strike Approaches 50 Days: ‘$45K Is Just Not Enough to Live on in NYC’
“We believe that this is our only opportunity to make real change in this industry," union chair Laura Harshberger told Hell Gate.
Like Free Jazz? Have a Seat on the Carpet in Clinton Hill
In a non-traditional space in Clinton Hill, Blank Forms is making noise.
The Final Smhoakstock
A long-running 36-hour collaborative jam session drops its curtain, as the era of DIY spaces in Brooklyn also draws to a close.
Rev. Billy on the ‘Soul Death of Shopping’ and Finding the ‘Wilderness Area in Ourselves’
The protest stalwart talks about being "being intimate with this apocalypse," ahead of the Stop Shopping Choir's show at Joe's Pub this weekend.
