Email Author Araceli Cruz

2011 Stories by Araceli Cruz

• UNDERGROUND DEALS

  published October 19, 2011

  How many times have you been to some obscure warehouse party and everyone, from the DJs to the stage dancers (and those people who never wait in... More >>

• MAKEOVER GONE GROSS

  published October 19, 2011

  Women go to great lengths to look good: waxing, facial peels, eyebrow threading, vajazzling, anal bleaching, etc. Imagine how you’d look if... More >>

• TAKE BACK BROOKLYN

  published October 19, 2011

  With the slew of subway altercations captured on YouTube lately, you’d think we were watching a scene out of Walter Hill’s 1979... More >>

• THEY LIVE!

  published October 5, 2011

  You know that ugh feeling you get when you wake up too early? That's exactly the spirit you'll need for this year's ZombieCon, where the... More >>

• CYBERDORKS

  published October 5, 2011

  What will the world look like in 2019? Find out tonight when Dances of Vice hosts Tokyo Blade Runner, a party to celebrate what humans will... More >>

• WILD CARD

  published October 5, 2011

  Not your average indie-film fest, the Royal Flush Festival, hosted by the esoteric pop-culture magazine Royal Flush, adds art,... More >>

• CITY OF LIGHTS

  published September 28, 2011

  In French, "nuit blanche" means "white night" or "all-nighter." But it also refers to the nighttime festival, which launched in Paris in 2001,... More >>

• RUNNING ON EMPTY?

  published September 28, 2011

  All those cute food trucks that drive across the city are no longer alone. From fashion to art to design, just about anything you need can be... More >>

• SAY KANPAI!

  published September 28, 2011

  Move over sake, Japan is experimenting with a new drink: beer! Early this summer, Slate featured an article about the booming beer business... More >>

• LIFE IS A BLUR

  published September 28, 2011

  Ever wonder what it’s like to be in a mosh pit? Ever wonder what it’s like to be in a mosh pit sober? Artist Jeremy Shaw is giving us a... More >>

• BRINGING UP BABY

  published September 28, 2011

  Now that Facebook has decided to publish a timeline that includes all of our online goings-on since birth, we wonder what a tangible chronicle of... More >>

• TIMELESS STYLE

  published September 28, 2011

  Harper’s Bazaar made its debut in 1867 as the first fashion magazine. Back then, it was a weekly that printed in a newspaper design format,... More >>

• THE BLAIR BRONXPROJECT

  published September 14, 2011

  Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched or perhaps even videotaped? Tonight's film, Ariane Michel's The Screening, part of the... More >>

• GOING TO THE CHAPEL

  published September 14, 2011

  Four years ago, Mrs.V and Cherelynore first laid eyes on each other at the faux-queen party debut Victoria at the Stonewall,... More >>

• TOP SHAKESPEARE

  published September 14, 2011

  Sure, you've seen Top Gun before. But have you ever experienced flying through the Danger Zone on a fighter jet named William Shakespeare? We... More >>

• COME AND GET IT

  published September 14, 2011

  Like to eat with your hands? No one will judge you tonight when the Brooklyn Beefsteak returns to the Bell House. Bring a bib or buy a... More >>

• A CLOSETED AFFAIR

  published September 7, 2011

  If you didn't get a chance to see "Savage Beauty," the Alexander McQueen exhibition at the Met, or just can't get enough of staring at beautiful... More >>

• HANG LOOSE

  published September 7, 2011

  It all started with Endless Summer, the 1966 film that documented Mike Hynson and Robert August's surf trip around the world, and as a... More >>

• FOOD SCOUTS

  published September 7, 2011

  What's a good pairing with beef and chive salad? Perhaps a side of James Murphy? Sounds delish, and that's exactly what's going down at... More >>

• GENERATION NOW

  published September 7, 2011

  On the heels of the New York International Latino Film Festival comes another film series celebrating the talents of young Mexicans who are truly... More >>

• A STAR IS BORN

  published August 31, 2011

  Please don't try and deny the fact that you secretly watch American Idol, Dancing With the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, or one of the... More >>

• SARTORIAL STORM

  published August 31, 2011

  If you're not into shopping, clothes, celebs, and free goodies, you might want to clear the streets and hide to avoid the annual stiletto-wearing... More >>

• IT'S A SMALL WORLD

  published August 31, 2011

  Looking out the window of a plane, seeing all those little cars and houses down below sure makes us see the big picture with more clarity.... More >>

• STUCK IN YOUR MIND

  published August 31, 2011

  Lady Gaga's latest transformation, in which she is now Jo Calderone, a roughed-up-looking dude with a pompadour, is such a striking transformation... More >>

• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

  published August 24, 2011

  Freddie Mercury, with his biker mustache, tight leather pants, and wifebeater, could work the stage like no one else. So how could we ever come... More >>