parades

23 May 2014

Entertaining for the Poor as F*ck: Doing Memorial Day Cheap as F*ck!

Murica! Did you know that most people don’t know the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day? Including your author? Memorial Day honors the men and women who died for our country. Veterans Day celebrates all service men and women, living and otherwise (dead, Marissa. Say “dead”). Got that straight?

Forever Renting Riss 0
19 Dec 2011

Make Some Noise at Make Music Winter on Wednesday –

The organizers of Make Music NYC have been known for fete-ing the first day of summer with a smorgasborg of live music in public places for the past six years, but they’re adding to their repetoire this year with Make Music Winter on Wednesday, December 21st. With 12 different musical

Tiara Francis - NY Know-it-all 0
14 Feb 2011

FREE Phil Collins Day Parade

After a lot of thought and some research into interesting things that happened on February 15th (like Canada adopting the maple leaf flag), I realized that I’m writing about something too absurd to try and be clever in my introduction. Instead, I’m just going to tell you that tomorrow is

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
24 Nov 2010

Watch the Inflation of the Macy's Balloons for FREE

I feel like a bit of an asshole for saying this, but I can go my entire life without seeing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in person. Standing on a sidewalk with swarms of tourists in the cold cuts into my time for gluttony, napping, super family fun time and yelling

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
03 Sep 2010

The Clown Theatre Festival Wants to Help You Beat Your Fear of Clowns Today

If you ever want to place a name to the that irrational fear you have of those pasty-faced, rosy-nosed people that prance around and get paid to be laughed at, it’s coulrophobia. Just for the record. Also for the record is this: The Clown Theatre Festival, which has existed in

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18 Jun 2010

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade…Yes Please!

New York is home to several iconic parades, but none promise quite as much nudity as the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Mermaid costumes are skimpy enough, but a lot of spectators and participants take their nautical costumes to the extreme in the grand tradition of Coney Island spectacle. You’ll see

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0