short films
You Can Help Support Youth Creativity During COVID-19
With everyone sheltering in place, Youth Beat, a digital media training program in Oakland, quickly switched to a virtual classroom format. And it’s been a real lifeline for many of their students, who are almost all low-income, inner-city Oakland kids who’ve been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. Those kids
How to Be a Broke-Ass Patron of the Arts
Whenever I played the “If I won the lottery…” game, my second act in my newfound wealth, after buying a modern loft condo in both New York and LA, was to be a patron of the arts; buy a museum wing, donate money to build a theater, etc. Being fairly
The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide
A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But
FREE Short Science Films
The Secret Science Club isn’t a well kept secret. They meet at the Bell House instead of an underground bunker or camouflaged tree house, and you don’t have to solve a crazy physics equation to get in. But their meetings are always about topics you’d probably never think of on
Rooftop Films Presents Dark Toons
Things that are very New York: accepting your bike as a piece of furniture, having an easier time finding a taco at 3am than computer parts during normal business hours, and making up for your lack of yard with an awesome roof top. And it’s late spring, so it’s time
Casseroles eat Brainiacs
Hey New York. So I hear this week is going to be a little bit warmer than last. However, since the heat hasn’t been on in my apartment for the past week, and the windows don’t even really close all the way, it was so cold I’ve had to sit