Next week thousands of theater patrons will once again descend on Lower Manhattan for the 19th annual NYC Fringe Festival. “Fringe theater” usually denotes plays…
Greece Yourself Up and Dive into the Mediterranean at These Two Arts Festivals
With Greece going through a bit of a rough patch, now seems as good a time as any to remember the days before it all…
See What Happens When 111 Artists Find Each Other Through Facebook
Occasionally, the bottomless procrastination pit of Facebook serves a greater purpose than stalking exes. Sometimes the social network affords a community of strangers the chance to…
Go Watch an Orchestra and Circus Perform Together in a Bushwick Warehouse
Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write. This Friday night in a Bushwick warehouse, almost 1,000 people are gathering to watch a performance of…
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…
Nolita Just Got a Pop-Up Beach With Artsy Towels and 7,000 Pounds of Sand
Hot damn, it’s summer in the city. In celebration, a pop-up beach just appeared for the weekend at 171 Elizabeth Street. “Nolita Beach,” reads a…
Feeling Down? Pop Into This Williamsburg Therapy Bubble
The doctor is in (a plastic igloo opposite McCarren Park). As if feeding, entertaining and educating weren’t enough, earlier today Northside Festival added “solving existential…
This New Arts Endeavor Hopes to ‘Change the Way We Engage With Africa’
More often than not, the presence of a message or cause in art doesn’t carry far past the considered stares of gallery patrons, their necks…
These Guys Have Camped Out All Week For a Williamsburg Art Show
At 2:30am this past Tuesday, having just flown in from San Diego, Dan Hamburger pulled up to Cotton Candy Machine’s rain-soaked curb. With the Williamsburg…
Eduardo Sarabia Turned Mexican Narco Imagery Into Fine Art
Paper holds much value, even when it’s not green, with Franklin’s unsmiling mug on it. A recent MoMA exhibit, for instance, showed Henri Matisse’s appreciation for the potential beauty…