After spouting off on the wonders of Brooklyn Yard and how sweet all the parties would be there this summer, I feel bad for getting your (and my) hopes up since the venue shuttered less than a week after I wrote about them, goddamnit. But don’t fret, the Sunday Best

The Patsy Cline radio station on Pandora has been ubiquitous in my room and in my earbuds for the past 2 weeks, at least.  Not only have I since been remarking that this is probably one of the best alone-time and inexpensive activities (and/or accompanying soundtracks to writing!) ever, but

Last weekend,  Governor’s Island was transformed into an oasis of collaborative art. This weekend, the punks are moving in. The result?  By this point next weekend, there won’t be a Governor’s Island. Entering its third year, Punk Island is music festival far removed from the your hip older brother’s Bonaroo and

Summer officially starts in less than a week, but there are signs of it all around the city. You will hear an ice cream truck once every 37.6 seconds, shorts are getting shorter and awesome free concerts are popping up in giant open areas like the South Street Seaport, Central

What do Drake, Hanson and Ninjasonik have in common? If you guessed a song called ‘œSomebody’s Gonna Get Pregnant,’ well, you’re only sort of wrong. But the three acts are appearing together at the Seaport tonight at 6pm as part of the Sounds like Paper Summer Concert Series. For FREE.

You ever been to a bar where you want to take away everyone else’s jukebox privileges? Or where you contemplate taking control of the DJ’s macbook when they’re not looking? If yes, you need to go to The Foundation tomorrow night. Everyone in the bar can step up and take

Last night, my friend saw a “Free Norah Jones” headline and thought, “What did Norah Jones do? Why does she need to get freed?” Then she realized that Norah had not been incarcerated, she’s just playing a free show in Prospect Park tonight. Her concert kicks off Celebrate Brooklyn, a

I relish three-day weekends, not just because of the time off, but generally there is a mass exodus from the city and I get to roam around a little bit more people free. For those of you who were like f this I’m outta here. I’m happy for you, but