Soho
Artful Dirt in the Earth Room
New York is a city where nature was an afterthought. After paving everything over, city planners added some pretty amazing parks to sit in the grass and stare at buildings peaking up over the trees. Soho is a bit lacking in the green space department, but it’s home to the
Knitting is for Pus**** by Olek
Knitting goes in and out with being the “it” hipster crafting activity, but Polish artist Olek isn’t the kind of knitter who works on scarves on the train. She’s more likely to knit a cocoon around the train itself. Her knitting sculptures are giant, we’re talking camouflage covers for convertibles,
Learn About Paragliding at Hobby
Recently, I figured out that it’s been a while since I picked up an entirely new hobby. Most of my favorite things to d0–write, bike, read, glue, sew, etc.–are the same activities that I loved in elementary school. But if I was ready to add a new hobby to my repertoire,
Fall Downtown Festival: Stop Saying You Can't Afford Arts Stuff
What do you get when you cross a cheapskate, over 30 arts events, and the dollar amount of the late fees you’ve racked up from renting “MacGruber”? The Fall Downtown Festival, of course! Eleven arts organizations that make up the Lower Manhattan Arts League are joining up to give you
FREE Beer and Wine at Alite Designs Pop Up Store
While The North Face, Coleman and Kelty make some quality tents and sleeping bags, none of them make a sleeping bag that you can wear like a jumpsuit. But Alite Designs came to the rescue with their “Sexy Hotness” sleeping bag with zip apart legs, so you can wrap yourself
Free Snacks and Booze for International T-Shirt Day
I thought about starting this post asking who likes T-shirts, free booze and free snacks. But that’s kind of like asking, “Who likes puppies, breathing, and candy?” So instead, I’m just going to say if you’re really, really into T-Shirts you should go to Sweet and Vicious tonight for their
FREE Hugh Raffles Reads about Bugs
The first time I went to the Natural History Museum at the Smithsonian, I spent about thirty seconds looking at the Hope Diamond. Then I went and spent at least a half an hour staring at bugs in glass tanks. Don’t get me wrong, I love shiny things. But I