The Way Station is bringing a summer music festival to Prospect Heights
Its summer festival season, and as we've gone over before, that isn't really that exciting because summer festivals are often…
The 10 best cheap things to do this week, patriarchy-smashing edition
1. Get a triple-word score at Freebird Books' unique Books Beneath the Bridge evening, featuring an outdoor Scrabble competition on…
Sides for America! Great, cheap recipes to take to your 4th of July party
Thanks to thousands of years of celebrating on behalf of the human race, there are holidays for just about everyone.…
Celebrate 4 years of the Punderdome, and 16 more ways to have a playful weekend
1. Get some global culture at the 44th annual International African Arts Festival, with world, soul, and reggae music, a…
More terrifying than sharks: Times Square Elmos aim for Coney Island
There's a new Biblical plague in town. It comes in all shapes and sizes, but it's making a torrential descent…
Watch the Women’s World Cup finals for free Sunday, under the DUMBO archway
Remember, kids, July 4th is only 24 hours long. After that it's gonna be July 5, and you're going to have…
Your Friday stay at home guide: Fruity Tabbouleh, Thundercat and British TV on Netflix
Friday is here and it's the 4th of July weekend. This holiday promises BBQ, loud fireworks and alcohol! But that's…
Coney Island’s free Seaside Summer festival line-up is here!
There's no shortage of summer concerts to while away your summer evenings on a blanket in the park or on…
Thursday lunchtime linkage
This writer tried haggling for everything. It only kinda worked [Business Insider] Whole Paycheck diverts overcharging accusations by blaming its employees [Salon]…
Oh, what a world: the Gowanus Canal’s floating dome has sunk to its watery death
It turns out that even a giant piece of floating debris can't survive in the Gowanus Canal. There's really no hope…