Art
Last Day to Eat FREE Thai Curry at MoMA!
Admission into NYC’s MoMa is certainly pricey– at $25 general admission, you basically have to brave the horrendous crowds on the monthly free day– or dig up your student ID from ten years ago and try to pass as an 18 year old– to catch a break. Wouldn’t a FREE
FREE Badminton at Open House Gallery’s Indoor Park
Ah, there’s nothing I love more than a relaxing afternoon in the park. Basking in the sun like a lizard on a rock, creepily cat-calling all of the cute dogs on walks (“Hey, you! Check out that strut! Ooh, I like that smile!”), and wearing my one pair of workout
Expand Your Mind: Best Documentaries on Netflix Streaming
There was a point where I would roll my eyes at the thought of watching documentaries on purpose. Why be educational when I could be entertained? However, the quality of documentary film-making has really given other Hollywood films a challenge in the last few years. Maybe your new year’s resolution
Last Week to Check Out FREE “Paranormal Hallucinations” Exhibition in Williamsburg
Awesome art isn’t limited to the stuff you see in museums– comic books, tattoos, and graffiti can have some serious artistic cred, too. A survey of work by all of these types of outsider artists, Paranormal Hallucinations– a current exhibit at Pandemic Gallery in Williamsburg– offers tons of visual gems
See Art Collective “My Barbarian,” FREE at NYU This Thursday
I don’t know about you, but I like my social and political commentary with some rhinestones and jazz hands. For this reason, Los Angeles-based collective My Barbarian is totally awesome. Using theatrical performance and video installations to comment on historical dilemmas and current political crises, the trio– Malik Gaines, Jade
Check Out Mexico’s Artistic Talent at “No Sombrero” Exhibition
Fact: Mexico is much more than sombreros and margaritas. Another fact: the country is chock full o’ some ridiculously awesome young artists. These two statements are the subject of a new exhibition– appropriately titled, No Sombrero— opening TONIGHT at The Poetry Club in Bed-Stuy. No Sombrero is a traveling exhibition
Check Out Local Artists at the Brooklyn Museum’s Raw/Crooked Exhibition
Bushwick may be rife with artists, but unfortunately most of its dwellers haven’t earned big-ticket exhibitions at major museums or galleries yet (duh, that’s why they’re called “struggling“). Well, not so at the Brooklyn Museum– the institution is giving under-the-radar BK artists their time to shine in a new year-long