Ahoy, ye limey wenches! Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. If ye be livin’ ‘neath a rock fer the past decade or so, this annual holiday be a jolly excuse not only to talk like a pirate but also to dress and act like a pirate. But avast,

“Why yes,” you say, “A free meditation class in Greenpoint is exactly what I was looking for.” If it wasn’t… get to it post-haste. It just might change your life. Maybe you’ve been thrown off going to meditation because the idea of sitting through all the dopey pageantry sounds like

I’m pretty sure you have one bad movie that you enjoy watching over and over again. It’s a guilty pleasure and you just hate to admit it. Fortunately for you there is actually a group of people that get together to watch these atrocities as a hobby. They share their

Imagine yourself sitting at a quaint little cafe along the Seine, drinking French wine and nibbling on fine cheese and charcuterie. Sounds lovely doesn’t it? Now imagine what the price tag of that plane ticket to get you to Paris is gonna look like…who’s got that kind of money laying

  It’s been about 166 years since Californios marked today as Independence Day, but today the juggernaut of pyrotechnics, tri-coloured faces, epic spreads and booze, booze, and more booze has already started for six countries in the Americas (Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, 15th; México, 16th). Although México’s

You’ve seen engraving prints, but have you seen huge prints pressed by a steamroller?   Rik Olson, a living master of wood engraving and illustration by anyone’s standards, told me that a typical wood engraving is about three inches by three inches. For the last nine years, though, he’s been

Truly, could there be something more pretentious than a battle of the literary types? Yeah, I can’t think of anything either. So in a way, witnessing one would sort of be like seeing… I don’t know… something that’s equally representative of such a special mindset. I guess it would be

Fire dancing in the city?!? It’s here and it’s thriving… if you know where to find it. And you are, as of right now, invited to be part of it. If you’re a fire dancer, you can perform in a cool public location and be photographed. If you’re a photographer