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Best NYC music & nightlife: Critics' picks
Cielo
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
You’d never guess from the Heidi Montag wanna-bes hanging out in the neighborhood that the attitude at this club is close to zero, at least once you get past the bouncers guarding the door. On the
- 18 Little W 12th St, between Ninth Ave and Washington St
Berry Park
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
This bi-level behemoth beer hall has a 3,500-square-foot ground floor and a roof deck almost as large. Brooklyn boosters may be disappointed to find that the 15 taps are dedicated to imports (mostly
- 4 Berry St, at North 14th St
Miley Cyrus + Icona Pop + Sky Ferreira
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
While some pegged Miley Cyrus as the black sheep of pop in 2013, the foam-finger-sporting, Terry Richardson–approved former Disney starlet seems to be having the last laugh. The media backlash that
- Nassau Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Tpke, at Meadowbrook Pkwy
- Thu Apr 24
Arias and Ratzke
- Critics choice
Demimonde demigod Joey Arias has entertained and scandalized the club world for decades with his fetish-drag getups, extravagant charisma formidable vocals. Now he joins Dutch-German pop cabaret star
- Joe's Pub at the Public Theater 425 Lafayette St, between Astor Pl and E 4th St
- Sun Apr 27
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