Arts and Culture

21 Apr 2016

Epic High-Fives for Slappiest National Holiday

Nothing beats a classic high five when it comes to celebrating awesome moments in life. There’s no better way to celebrate National High Five Day than with a plethora of the best damn high fives in history. Happy Fiving my Broke-Ass Bitches! “I feel the need. The need for speed.”

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21 Apr 2016

How NYC’s BanterGirl Protects and Promotes Female Comedians

I met Trish Nelson last year at Women of Letters, one of the many shows she produces. Right away she impressed me with not only her ambition but her ability to remain humble in all she has accomplished. You can feel her enthusiasm and energy not just in her voice

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14 Apr 2016

The Truth Behind Žiga Virc’s Film Premiering at Tribeca

In 2012, I was staring at my computer contemplating what I’d just watched. The teaser trailer for Houston, We Have a Problem! left me confused: it claimed Yugoslavia sold its space program to the US in March 1961, two months before president Kennedy announced Americans would land on the Moon

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05 Apr 2016

Wanna Test the Vegan Waters? ‘Mama Tried’ was my Gateway

April 5th is Go Vegan for a Day, and this past week I’ve been trying to see if this would be a) hard, b) enjoyable, and c) costly. To my surprise, it was easy, tasty, and cheap. I didn’t go in blind though I had a really wonderful cookbook to

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05 Apr 2016

Obsessed With Oddities? This Place is for You!

Weird stuff. Oddities. Strange. Perplexing. Interesting. I got a thing for anything and everything that describes the above. When I was a little kid I would get back home from school as soon as possible to watch reruns of Ripley’s Believe It or Not on Spike (you know the one hosted

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01 Apr 2016

MOCCAFest: It’s Where the Art is this Weekend!

Starting bright and early (well, 11:00. . . ) this Saturday morning is the MoCCA Arts Festival, which is Comic-Con for those whose favorite ‘comic book’ movie is Ghost World. This convention, focusing on independent and small press comics/creators, was first organized in 2002 by the Museum of Comic and

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17 Mar 2016

What September 11th Can Still Teach Us About Each Other

I was a little kid when the attacks on the World Trade Center occurred. My Mother got me out of the Catholic school and we ran home to see my dad in the kitchen with the TV on. My interest at the time was on airplanes. I absolutely loved them,

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