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A Glimpse of the Automotive Future in San Francisco

By Leah Taylor on


If this is the future, we welcome our energy efficient, and frankly fun, new overlords! In honor of the all-new smart electric drive, San Francisco artist Sanford Geuss got creative and wrapped smart’s newest family member in a panoramic portrait of San Francisco. You can check it out this weekend at smart’s funtestdrive. Join us at Justin Herman Plaza on May 11 and 12 and test drive the all-new smart electric drive and the original smart fortwo. And, if that’s not incentive enough, you’ll even have the chance to win your very own smart electric drive two-year lease.* … Read More

New York

For Your Calendar: Hang Out With Mr. Met

By Jason Diamond on

This week the New York Mets and New York Yankees start what some are predicting will end up being one of the most disappointing summers of baseball in recent New York history, thanks to injuries, bad trades (seriously, Mets, you trade the reigning Cy Young winner?), and the impending retirement of the one Yankee that even Red Sox fans will tip their caps to, Mariano Rivera. All we can hope for is that there are plenty of unoccupied beach houses in Montauk, so we can escape the boredom usually filled up by our beloved baseball teams. But no matter how dire things look, you know you’ll still be itching to catch a game or two. And starting this week, the hardest working mascot in showbiz, Mr. Met, gets ready to take the field night in and night out. … Read More

Web

Helpful (and Hilarious) New York City Etiquette GIFs

By Jason Bailey on

Our (and by “our,” we mean the Internet, as a collective) obsession with GIFs serves many purposes: immortalizing catchphrases, making pithy points, creating hilarious juxtapositions, churning out cat superstars. But the GIF can also be an effective educational tool, as evidenced by “NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette,” a wonderful new GIF series by New York-based artist Nathan W. Pyle. “I’ve lived in the city for 4 1/2 years now,” he explains on his blog, “and I’ve decided to start writing down some of the things I’ve learned in my time here.” His notes thus far are both accurate and important — particularly the one about the empty subway cars. (Good heavens. There are certain things you can’t unsee/unsmell.) Check out some of Pyle’s best GIF tips (GIps?) after the jump. … Read More

New York

For Your Calendars: ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

By Jason Diamond on

You’ve seen Clockwork Orange so many times that you speak fluent
Nadsat, you think Lolita is a better film than Nabokov’s original novel, you know Full Metal Jacket word for word, and you made a low-budget version of an unrealized Napoleon biopic script. Congrats,
you’re a huge Stanley Kubrick fan. And since you’re such a huge fan of the late director, the next week should probably find you camping out at IFC Center, as the great theater on Sixth Avenue presents The Films of Stanley Kubrick, a retrospective of his most well known earlier works, including all the above-mentioned movies, Barry Lyndon, Paths of Glory, and many others. Some choices are easier than others (who doesn’t want to see 2001: A Space Odyssey on the big screen?), but there is one film of his that has divided just about every type of moviegoer since its release in 1999, less than six months after Kubrick’s death. … Read More

New York

Flavorpill Guide to the Week’s Top 10 New York Events

By Mindy Bond on

For our (unconscionably high) rent money, the best thing about living in NYC is its endless supply of fun, odd, and inspired cultural events. But with so many options, it can be hard to know where to even begin planning your week. To help you make sense of it all, Flavorpill Deputy Editor Mindy Bond shares the very best of what’s on offer this week. It’s just a taste of what you can find on the new Flavorpill, so if you like what you see, be sure to sign up.  … Read More

New York

Your NYC St. Patty’s Day Roundup

By Leah Taylor on

St. Patrick’s Day festivities can be seen as an excuse for binge drinking and egregious uses of the color green, but here in NYC, there are also some pretty rad events worth your time, money, and liver. Read on for our top recommendations. … Read More

Photography

Eerily Beautiful Photos of New York’s Polluted Gowanus Canal

By Alison Nastasi on

The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn is one of the country’s most contaminated waterways, laden with toxic chemicals dating back to 19th-century New York’s industrial areas. When Nietzsche talked about gazing into the abyss, he was really talking about the Gowanus. Brooklyn photographer Bill Miller wanted to capture the flecks of life floating throughout the tar, feces, and heavy metals. The results are part documentation, part poignant snapshots of cosmic sludge. Miller told website Co.Design he sees the images as “strangely beautiful horrors” that reflect the “industrial crimes that took place there over 150 years.” Get lost in Miller’s shimmering void in our gallery. … Read More

Photography

Eccentric Photos Capturing the Many Faces of Nina Hagen in the 1980s

By Alison Nastasi on

During the height of her glorious punk/post-punk weirdness, Nina Hagen visited the New York City studio of Gilles Larrain, who we discovered on Behance, for a series of improvised photo shoots. With newborn daughter Cosma Shiva in tow, the German singer and actress revealed her many faces — mannered, flamboyant poses and ensembles that prove why she’s a beloved and eccentric style icon. See the “mother of punk” take over Larrain’s SoHo studio in our gallery. … Read More

Film

The Most Underrated Directors in Cinema

By Alison Nastasi on

Quantifying success can be problematic, especially when it comes to a subjective art form such as cinema. That hasn’t stopped us from looking back through film history and examining the directors we felt have been overlooked or underestimated in terms of their importance, contributions, and artistry. In many cases, lack of commercial appeal can prevent a filmmaker from finding the critical success they deserve — especially since Hollywood measures its greatest achievements by the almighty dollar. Other directors’ films display an unheralded genius too frequently unnoticed. Here are ten underrated filmmakers for your consideration. Feel free to chime in with your own picks, below. … Read More

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How Hurricane Sandy Changed Biking in New York City

By Paul Hiebert on

There are few woes in our modern world that a bicycle cannot fix. Are you feeling sluggish and sedentary? Start riding your bike to work. Are you on a tight budget? Biking is far cheaper than any car or monthly subway pass. Relationship problems? Get on your bike to alleviate stress and clear your mind before saying or doing something stupid. Looking for a way to reduce your carbon emissions? Bikes, man. Bikes.

The two-wheeled machines can basically do it all, and it’s borderline bizarre that more people aren’t riding them. To better understand the situation, we sought out Paul Steely White, the executive director of New York’s Transportation Alternatives, which is an advocacy group for bicycling, walking, public transit and all things non-car. Our discussion involved the city’s upcoming bike-share program, how Hurricane Sandy gave people a glimpse of life without a subway system, the frustration of arriving at work hot and sweaty after a morning commute, and what we should expect to see in future transportation trends. … Read More