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    February 13, 2012

    Live: Romeo Santos Summons Usher And Prince Royce To Madison Square Garden

    Romeo Santos Madison Square Garden Saturday, February 11 Better than: Coming home and hearing about Whitney. I lived in the Bronx during the 23 weeks when Aventura's The Last reigned over the Billboard Latin chart, and the local quartet's music was everywhere. From all-night dance clubs to family ... More >>

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    November 9, 2011

    Slick Rick

    Romeo Santos Madison Square Garden Saturday, February 11 Better than: Coming home and hearing about Whitney. I lived in the Bronx during the 23 weeks when Aventura's The Last reigned over the Billboard Latin chart, and the local quartet's music was everywhere. From all-night dance clubs to family ... More >>

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    October 19, 2011

    Congratulations To All The Music-Related Winners In The Voice's Best Of New York Awards

    Das Racist, New York's Best Rap Moguls With A Business Plan. ​It's Best Of New York day! We've honored about 40 different music-related entities in our annual roundup of the best this city has to offer, from the Best Twitterer to the Best Fiddler to the Best Radio Show. Congratulations to all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Live: Slick Rick Discusses The Great Adventures Then Performs At The Paradise

    Slick Rick Paradise Theater Tuesday, September 27 Better than: Date night at the movies. Last time I caught up with Slick Rick, it was a family affair. Performing at a Crotona Park Summerstage event with DJ Brucie B (some 20 blocks south from last night's venue, the magnificent Paradise Theater), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Live: Brucie B And Slick Rick Stir Up Memories At Crotona Park

    Slick Rick w/ DJ Brucie B Crotona Park Tuesday, July 12 Better than: Any other reunion, formal or not, that I've been to. When I crossed the Cross Bronx Expressway and arrived outside the makeshift stage that was about to support two of hip-hop's G.O.A.T.s, I realized I had arrived too late. No, ... More >>

  • News

    June 1, 2011

    The Innocence Project's Poster Child with a Past

    They hailed Alan Newton's exoneration—without mentioning his other case of attempted rape

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Riding Fresh Powder in the Five Boroughs

    warren lynn via Flickr​Tuesday night's not-quite-apocalyptic snowfall blanketed the city with up to 10 inches of snow, and while the last big storm wreaked havoc on the city, New Yorkers were ready and waiting for iteration two. This time we dusted off our sleds.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Maloof Money Brings NYC a Massive Skate Party, and a Free Park

    ​In a lonely corner of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, in the shadow of Philip Johnson's decaying New York State Pavilion, construction workers are filling the Astral Fountain with huge chunks of styrofoam, which will then be covered with concrete. Is styrofoam really a good idea as a building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2010

    Things To Do This Weekend for (Mostly) Free

    ​Sunday at 10, it's the Easter Parade on 5th Avenue between 49th and 57th. Get out your bizarre headgear and take a walk , or,if you'd rather sleep in, the live webcam is here. This weekend's free museums: on Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum is showcasing their new exhibit of ancient egyptian fun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2009

    Bloomberg: No snow day, but hey, cocoa and sleds!

    Mayor Bloomberg announced this morning that although alternate side and trash pickup are canceled for tomorrow, school isn't. To make it up to the children of New York, the Parks Department is providing sleds and cocoa in all five boroughs (Crotona Park in the Bronx, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, River ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2009

    Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

    ​Leaf peeper map of NYS What little there is left, we have here, and we're at peak leaf (according to the News, we owe that information to the city's official foliage monitor, Cori Carl). Local foliage tours are here.

  • Music

    September 11, 2007

    Bee Kind, Rewind

    The exuberant wild style of Busy Bee still resonates three decades later

  • NYC Life

    June 12, 2007

    Where Gay Doesn't Play

    Think you've got it tough? Try being queer in the Bronx.

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    May 22, 2007
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    July 18, 2006

    Wednesday 7/26

    Think you've got it tough? Try being queer in the Bronx.

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

    Think you've got it tough? Try being queer in the Bronx.

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