Email Author Araceli Cruz

2010 Stories by Araceli Cruz

• TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN

  published September 8, 2010

  Last year, John Hughes’s untimely death at the age of 59 brought about endless reminiscing over his films and so many high school memories.... More >>

• TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN

  published September 8, 2010

  Last year, John Hughes’s untimely death at the age of 59 brought about endless reminiscing over his films and so many high school memories.... More >>

• GLEE MEETS MURDER

  published September 1, 2010

  Dancing and singing in high school like the kids on Glee wasn’t so common back in our day as were popularity contests, jealousy, and... More >>

• THE ROOTS

  published September 1, 2010

  Now that cook-off pros Theo Peck and Nick Suarez have been named among the “Top 20 People To Watch” by The Brooklyn Paper, these guys... More >>

• HARAJUKU FUN

  published September 1, 2010

  From the girls who dress like cutesy Sailor Moons to the Victorian-inspired gothic Lolita look, Tokyo is a fashion mecca where new trends spread... More >>

• WORK IT

  published September 1, 2010

  If we learned anything from last year’s first-ever Fashion’s Night Out, the all-night fashion party event that kicks off Fashion Week,... More >>

• ON THE ROAD

  published August 25, 2010

  A rite of passage for most young Americans is getting in a car and taking a road trip with no real purpose except to see where that road will lead... More >>

• YOU PIG!

  published August 25, 2010

  We know a lot of Brooklynites are slightly snobby when it comes to food, but it’s only because we expect the very best in fine... More >>

• SHUTTER ISLAND

  published August 25, 2010

  New York–based arts collective 4heads specializes in bringing together artists from all over the world and presenting their work in unique... More >>

• ONE MORE CHANCE

  published August 18, 2010

  “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” “Thriller”—whatever your favorite Michael Jackson song is, expect to hear it today at... More >>

• STAYIN’ ALIVE

  published August 18, 2010

  In the special features on the Saturday Night Fever DVD, John Travolta said the one thing that really irked him about making the iconic... More >>

• THE SUN WILL COME OUT

  published August 11, 2010

  Little orphan Annie has all the luck in the world. Yeah, so, her parents were killed in a fire, leaving her alone during the worst economy... More >>

• PUSSY GALORE

  published August 11, 2010

  Who else could take the insane performance party known to us as Pussy Faggot from the streets of the Lower East Side overseas to the Queer... More >>

• OTTO’S GERMANY

  published August 11, 2010

  If you’ve yet to check out the Otto Dix exhibition at Neue Galerie, this is the final week to do so. The first solo exhibition ever... More >>

• WHISKEY A GO-GO

  published August 11, 2010

  Since we don’t have our own romantic hot spot the way Ilsa Lund and Rick Blaine had Rick’s Café Américain in Casablanca,... More >>

• PRETTY IN PUNK

  published August 4, 2010

  Didn't go to your high school prom or simply want a do-over? OK Prom promises to be an excellent cross between Pretty in Pink and... More >>

• THE LOVE TRAIN

  published August 4, 2010

  When we first moved to New York, we were told that making a love connection on the subway and getting off together for a little rendezvous always... More >>

• BUZZ GOES THE NEEDLE

  published August 4, 2010

  It's almost a rarity to see someone in Brooklyn—or anywhere, for that matter—without any tattoos, which makes it even odder that... More >>

• WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

  published August 4, 2010

  If you've yet to visit the Starbox in Bryant Park, a huge box with a "mystery star" inside, tonight is your final chance to come... More >>

• BODY BEATS

  published August 4, 2010

  Growing up, we were always trying to master the armpit fart, but could never get it right. If only we'd worked a little harder, perhaps we could... More >>

• MEMORIES . . .

  published July 27, 2010

  Whether you've attended our Siren Music Festival, seen Nathan's hot-dog-eating contest, or frolicked in the sand, everyone has a Coney Island... More >>

• GOOD LORD!

  published July 27, 2010

  We aren't sure who Michelle Falsetta is or what her deal is exactly, but we do know that she is the host of a weird but intriguing Wrestling... More >>

• CUT COPY

  published July 27, 2010

  What came first: sculpture or photography? Sculpture, of course, but what about the documentation of sculpture's 3-D subjects? The Original... More >>

• WE ALL FLOAT ON

  published July 27, 2010

  If floating could be called an art form, then Berlin-based media artist Thom Kubli has mastered it. His Float Think Tank 21 is a perfectly... More >>

• IT MUST BE THE HAIR!

  published July 27, 2010

  How can one man have us shitting bricks one second, like he so awesomely did as Nick in The Deer Hunter, and then have us laughing in... More >>