Enjoy the Silence: Silent Rave

Attention, New York massive! Take up your glowsticks, brush off those UFOs and dance to the … silence?
Beginning at precisely 6:17pm this evening, b boys, pop n’ lockers and your Uncle Joe are all invited to don their iPod headphones and boogie down in Union Square during the Silent Rave. These toe-tapping public spectacles have [...]

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It Could Be Wurst: Beer Gardens in the city

It’s freakin’ gorgeous out! In honor of the first day of outdoor drinking weather, here’s a quick list of the city’s beer gardens. Bottoms up!

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Parking for Popcorn: Tribeca Film Festival Drive-In

Where but NYC could you be invited to a “Drive In” with no expectation that you will actually drive to the event? As a part of the always much anticipated Tribeca Film Festival, moviegoers are invited to park their tuckuses at he World Financial Center for three outdoor screenings of the family-friendly variety. This year, [...]

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PROPer Party: Bizarre Bazaar

Don’t ignore the white elephant in the room! Or the LED princess wands. Or the feather headdress. Or the … wait, where am I? No, Dorothy, you’re not in Kansas anymore … thank GOD!
You’re at one of THE parties of the year. The Bizarre Bazaar, a schmorgasboard of camaraderie, calamity and candor conceived by a [...]

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane: NY Comic Con at Javits Center

Weekend plans in peril? Comic-Con to the rescue! This Friday, April 18th through Sunday 20, the Javits Center geeks out with gaggles of fanatics lustily thumbing limited edition copies of their favorite picture pages. This year, living legend Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk, to name a few, [...]

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Mu-SEE HIM!: Cai Guo Qiang at the Guggenheim

While I covered this exhibit in my post on the Guggenheim’s last Art After Dark, I finally was able to catch this exhibit myself yesterday. DO NOT MISS IT! The Gugg’s audio tour makes the art extremely accessible and the execution is mesmerizing. Since word has obviously gotten out about the exhibit, try to go [...]

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Playing with Your Food: Umami Food and Art Festival

Umami, often referred to as the fifth taste, defies description, confuddles taste buds and often casts off convention in a variety of meals. Aptly, the taste bestows its name to a new festival starting this week in New York, the Umami Festival. Starting tomorrow and lasting through April 18th, Umami: Food and Art tries to [...]

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Organ Donation: Free haggis today and tomorrow

Cloudy morning got you feeling bloody glum? Not to worry, chap! Cheer up with a hearty dose of … um, heart. Tartan Week, Scotland’s tourism promotion, arrives to bag-piping fanfare, bringing with it a street cart dishing out free haggis to daring diners. What’s haggis, you ask? A sausage-like dish not for the faint of [...]

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Books and Booze: powerHouse Library opens at Mansion

Mansion, the new megalounge (read: bottle service heaven) filling the old Crobar space, hopes to add a touch of class to clubbing with the opening of powerHouse Library, tonight at 10pm. The nightlife impresarios behind the venture teamed up with ubercoolisch publishers powerHouse books to create a literary haven from the throbbing beats below. So [...]

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Fleeting Flowers: Orchid Show ends this weekend

Just a quick heads up that The Orchid Show ends this weekend!

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