Refuge

“Detours” is a column within our “All Hours” column, collecting the recent rants of BKMAG nightlife reporter Arielle Lana LeJarde from dance floors, green rooms, and shows all over the city. As a self-proclaimed nightlife veteran, my weekend gets pretty packed with events in all corners of New York (though, more acutely, Brooklyn, since I…

When Craig “Shorty” Bernabeu—co-owner of Refuge, a new nightclub in East Williamsburg, and the architect behind some of New York City’s greatest sound systems—suggests you extend the amount of time for an interview, you do it, no questions asked. With nearly 45 years of experience building handmade speakers at places like Nowadays and Analog (not…