Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Summer reading recs from our favorite indie shops
Independent Bookstore Day is Saturday and it's more important to recognize than ever, what with Amazon steadily taking over all…
Author: Camille Lawhead
Pretend you’re in the tropics, and 15 more ways to warm up this weekend
1. Sample wine and cheese and other local food, and learn all about what lies north of the Bronx at…
Give your life meaning, become a kitten foster parent
Kitten season is upon us, which means it's time to give kittens the appreciation they so rarely receive, despite all…
Fake your way through Stephen King, and 15 more free ways to avoid reading this week
1. Do some thinking and talking about race with Brooklyn Public Philosophers as they discuss W.E.B. DuBois and Brown vs.…
Join the Illuminati, 17 more conspiratorial weekend ideas
1. Have a meta discussion about a book about books in at BookCourt at the release of Tim Park's Where…
Brooklyn bars become ‘Game of Thrones’ speakeasies
This weekend, Videology announced they can't continue the Game of Thrones screenings they've been hosting for two years after receiving…
Flip for joy: Circus school The Muse reopens this Sunday
Back in November we told you about how The Muse, the last place in Williamsburg where unironic strong man mustaches…
Give a Big Terrific farewell, and 17 more free ways to laugh (and cry) this week
1. Refine your enemy outwitting/slaying skills as Brooklyn Public Philosophers explain Why Metaphors Make Good Insults. (Monday) 2. Pour it…
Learn to forage, and 15 more ways to pick through your weekend
1. See VickiKristinaBARCELONAÂ perform at Bar Lunatico. We hear they're more fun than the film. (Friday) 2. Memoirist Dale Peck talks…
There are ‘No Catcall Zones’ around the city now
Catcalls are some bullshit. In addition to slandering cats, it should be pretty common sense that women (and unamused people…