With your smartphone at your fingertips, these days its easy to mistake Instagram and Facebook for the ultimate arbiters of visual taste. But the International Center of…
Photos: Sea Creatures and See-and-Be-Seen Creatures at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Coney Island was all aglitter Saturday as the 34th annual Mermaid Parade rolled down Surf Avenue and the boardwalk. Amidst the usual semi-naked sirens, less-than-sober…
Bicycle Film Fest Mixes Blonde Redhead, Erykah Badu, and Some Ovarian Psycos
In this town, cycling isn’t just a convenient method of getting from A to B: it’s a lifestyle. And with biking season and film festival season in…
Hundreds Line Up in Bushwick to Say: 'Fuck Rape Culture'
Yesterday, on the same day that the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office revealed that Judge Aaron Persky was removed from a new sex assault case…
Unlocking the Truth About the Teen Metal Band’s New Album & Documentary
Since first gaining internet stardom as a precocious metal trio, Brooklyn’s Unlocking the Truth has gone through seemingly every loop on the rollercoaster ride of…
Trans-Pecos Founder Is Bringing Out-There Outdoor Shows to SculptureCenter
The Long Island City fine art scene is about to get a dose of DIY cred with Holding Space, a new three-part music series curated by Sam…
Your Guide to This Summer's Outdoor Film Series
Sitting outside on a balmy summer night and watching one of your favorite films with the Manhattan skyline in the background almost makes the stinking…
Want to Protest the Stanford Rape Case Judge? Well, Join the Party
At this point, everyone and their mother has heard of the Stanford rape case. Your Facebook and Twitter feeds are probably inundated with reprints of…
Journey Through the Blizzard to See This Expedition Exhibition
What exactly is an expedition, who goes on them, and why? That’s what curators Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian, and Jennifer Dalton Vincent set out to…
The Fire This Time Festival Celebrates Diversity of Black Theater
Though it’s easy to get distressed about how white and male-dominated the artistic landscape still is today (because it really, truly is), it’s important to…