Comprised of breakdancers from various troupes, The New York City Breakers were the rivals of The Rock Steady Crew. Many became familiar with these breakers (Kid Nice, Mr. Wave, Action, Lil Lep, Glide Master, Icey Ice, Powerful Pexster and Flip Rock) during a legendary battle scene in Beat Street (watch here) where they went move for move with their aforementioned adversaries. They even performed for President Reagan at an event in New York, which you can watch here. Read more about the group's history here, and read an interview with Action here. Here's a video of them breakin' it down in NYC in 1983... more ›

March 10th marked the last day The Roxy would open its doors. The club shut down after years of being a mainstay, especially in the gay nightlife scene. The Roxy was a rite of passage for many gay New Yorkers, and according to New York Blade writer Matt Kalkhoff, "an essential stop on any gay tourist’s agenda.” more ›

THEATER: Get ghastly tonight with The Final Kiss & The Kiss of Blood, an evening of vintage Grand Guignol horror. The aptly named Blood Brothers are shepherding this journey “into a style of theatre that proliferated in the early 1900s and was eventually assimilated into the 'splatter' genre of horror films. Blending suspense, stage magic, eroticism, and farce, Grand Guignol was a powerful theatrical entertainment drawing an audience from every echelon of Parisian society — anyone in search of a sexy, scary thrill." But will 21st century New Yorkers go for it? (Adults only: the producers boast that this production features graphic violence and strong sexual situations.) - John Del Signore more ›

a lot when we were little, two movies that this type of art decorated the background of. more ›