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Watch ‘DIY in NYC,’ a new documentary about NY’s often beleaguered music scene

March 9, 2018 By Robert Lanham

Watch ‘DIY in NYC,’ a new documentary about NY’s often beleaguered music scene

You’ll see some familiar bands, faces and places discussed including Shea Stadium, Todd P, City Councilman Rafael Espinal, Beach Fossils, Frankie Cosmos, Silent Barn. In other words, “DIY in NYC” is essential viewing: From Rolling Stone: The short film travels through venues that have recently shuttered, ones struggling to stay on their feet, and ones […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Bushwick, Greenpoint, Music, News, Videos, Williamsburg Tagged With: beach fossils, City Councilman Rafael Espinal, DIY in NYC, Frankie Cosmos, nightlife ambassador, shea stadium, silent barn, todd p

Top 5 shows of the weekend

April 27, 2017 By Chris Quartly

Top 5 shows of the weekend

I’ll start by mentioning something you should do this weekend that isn’t a concert: re-issue specialists The Numero Group will have a pop-up store this Friday and Saturday at 170 Franklin St in Greenpoint, go and spend all your money. Anyway, you can do that and STILL go to shows, of course, and these are the ones you […]

Filed Under: Events, Music Tagged With: Baby's All Right, big ups, Blackout, Brooklyn Bazaar, Cherubs, Julianna Hatfield, Junk Boys, mercury lounge, Psychic Ills, Purling Hiss, saint vitus, screaming females, shea stadium, Surfbot

Shea Stadium loses lease; landlord has plans for his own club

April 19, 2017 By Free Williamsburg

Shea Stadium loses lease; landlord has plans for his own club

This is, of course, horrible news for the music community in Brooklyn. In a city with very few places left for the DIY music scene to thrive, Shea Stadium was beloved. They are already missed: Dearest showgoers, We wish we had better news to close out what has been such an incredibly successful and heart-warming […]

Filed Under: Bushwick, Music, News, Williamsburg Tagged With: shea stadium

Baby’s All Right holding a benefit for Shea Stadium

April 18, 2017 By Nicole Napolitano

Baby’s All Right holding a benefit for Shea Stadium

UPDATED: Shea loses lease We all know the troubles our beloved Brooklyn venue Shea Stadium has been undergoing the last few months. But— as we continue to see the closings of venues we have cherished over many years in Brooklyn, we refuse to let one more go under. Our community of music lovers and show-goers will […]

Filed Under: Events, Music, Williamsburg Tagged With: Baby's All Right, big ups, Chris Gethard, eskimeaux, ian sweet, sharpless, shea stadium

Shea Stadium is trying to reopen as a legit club

March 23, 2017 By Free Williamsburg

Shea Stadium is trying to reopen as a legit club

They’ve always been legit in our book, but in view of their recent problems, they’ve started a Kickstarter to get the city off their back: We want to make Shea a completely legal, 100% permitted venue to protect its future.

Filed Under: Music, News, Williamsburg Tagged With: shea stadium

Shea Stadium closes doors once again

March 9, 2017 By Nicole Napolitano

Shea Stadium closes doors once again

As you may remember, Brooklyn DIY-venue Shea Stadium temporarily closed, then reopened earlier this year. It seems as though Shea’s struggles continue—this was posted by the club today to their facebook page:

Filed Under: Music, News Tagged With: shea stadium

The return of Shea Stadium

February 14, 2017 By Nicole Wasilewicz

Baby, Shea’s back! Beloved DIY venue Shea Stadium is up and running again as of last night (2/13).

Filed Under: Bushwick, Music, News Tagged With: cut scenes, double tap, flow mein, kris keyser, shea stadium

Top 5 shows of the weekend

January 12, 2017 By Chris Quartly

While some of the major players have already announced their summer festival lineups (Panorama / Govball), which admittedly doesn’t seem too far away with today’s high of 15 degrees C, but let’s stick with the present. We only have one more weekend until an orange clown has the nuclear codes, so maybe we should just […]

Filed Under: Events, Music Tagged With: Alphaville, Baby's All Right, Big Bliss, big ups, Falling, Geometers, Good Doom, Grooms, Hideout, Julian Velard, Leapling, Prima, Red Sea, Ritual Humor, Rockwood Music Hall, saint vitus, Shannon and the Clams, shea stadium, Yukcy Duster

Top 5 shows of the weekend

December 8, 2016 By Chris Quartly

Seems like a fairly normal week, local institutions announcing that they’re closing, crazy people making crazy threats, and maybe some good news with the opening of a new music venue. Plenty of great options this weekend and it’s going to be a cold one so what better way to get through it than with a […]

Filed Under: Events, Music Tagged With: Curtis Harding, Jeffey Lewis, Knocdown Center, Lee Ranaldo, mercury lounge, Panzerbastard, Parquet Courts, Rough Trade, saint vitus, shea stadium, Steve Gunn, The Bell House, Tombs

Top 5 shows of the weekend

December 1, 2016 By Chris Quartly

We’re in the home stretch of this wretched orbit, where end-of-year lists could read more like obituaries. Let’s try and be optimistic for a few minutes at least, and marvel at the stupendous options we have to entertain us this weekend.

Filed Under: Events, Greenpoint, Music, Williamsburg Tagged With: BAM, Bellows, dinosaur jr., Horrendous, irving plaza, mercury lounge, saint vitus, shea stadium, The Magnetic Fields, Windhand

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