Amurikana Opening Wednesday, July 4 at Con Artist Collective, 7 pm to 11 pm. The 4th of July falls on a Wednesday this year, which…
Blerd City Celebrated Black Nerds, and Emotions Ran High
Blerd City Con, the comic conference for black nerdom, came to four venues across Dumbo this weekend. Sci-fi and fantasy short films were showcased at…
Spread the Blerd: Black Nerds Get a Con of Their Own
Black nerds unite! There’s no shortage of black nerds a.k.a. blerds and there’s a bunch of black writers, actors, and artists, but there’s definitely a…
This Rooftop Bar Has Crazy Views Of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Trippy New Whirlpool
Chinatown isn’t the only one that just got a splashy new rooftop hotel bar. Across the water in Brooklyn Bridge Park, the newly opened outpost…
Tonight: A Pop-Up Show for Street Heroines, a New History of Women Street Artists
Tonight, you can catch original works by no fewer than 17 street artists all in one place. In an effort to bring attention (and raise some…
These All-Women Shows Bring Feminist Art of Now to Centerstage
Thirty years after the Guerrilla Girls put on their masks and started conducting “weenie counts,” women are still at a disadvantage in the art world.…
Wanna Fake Stab Someone in Dumbo On Friday? Come Out and Play!
Stick with me here for a sec. OK, so you’re blindfolded and holding a “knife” (retractable) in a “graveyard” (technically, Manhattan Bridge Archway Plaza), stalking…
Week in Film: Get Super Real with Death Docs and Master Manipulations
Sup guys? Stuff got a little out of hand last week with all those space films and so this time around we’re bringing you back down…
Two Big Chances to Tell Local Pols How to Spend Your Tax Ducats
Sure, your first priority this weekend probably involves lying in the grass with a margarita blender, but don’t let the lurvley weather keep you from…
Watch: Lasers Shows and Human Disco Balls at the New York Festival of Light
This’ll light up your life: the city’s first ever Festival of Life has come to Dumbo, and we dropped by last night for the opening. Play our video for an…