I always thought of Al Pacino as being middle-aged, like in his early retirement years. This was before I wiki’d him and discovered he is 70 YEARS OLD. One foot in the grave, basically. So it seems urgent to make it to Shakespeare in the Park this summer. Pacino stars

Last weekend,  Governor’s Island was transformed into an oasis of collaborative art. This weekend, the punks are moving in. The result?  By this point next weekend, there won’t be a Governor’s Island. Entering its third year, Punk Island is music festival far removed from the your hip older brother’s Bonaroo and

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

Say hello to the official start of summer with FREE yoga in Central Park Tuesday, June 22nd at 6 pm. It is fixing to be the most well attended yoga event (ever?) ‘“ 10,000 people plus from all skill levels and experience.  The only difference is instead of being crammed

Pirates are kind of a mid-00’s joke, but when there’s FREE admission and the option to drink mead and eat giant turkey legs or dodo bird meat or whatever it is that Pirates ate (eat?) there’s really no excuse to not get excited about the opportunity to mingle with drunk

When you open a biergarten during the summer, you simply can’t go wrong.  Especially in Brooklyn.  However, I did happen to stop by Loreley Williamsburg during the USA vs England World Cup game, during which it was pretty packed and the humidity level was totally insane.  So I will say

If you’re tired of spending your Sundays in Dolores Park, acting like you’re actually enjoying whatever crap is spewing out of your neighbor’s boombox/ukulele/accordian while you try to make it through your hangover and someone’s hula hoop is smacking you in the face, then you will probably be interested in

Summer officially starts in less than a week, but there are signs of it all around the city. You will hear an ice cream truck once every 37.6 seconds, shorts are getting shorter and awesome free concerts are popping up in giant open areas like the South Street Seaport, Central