Anime NYC 2026 Day Two cosplay at the Javits Center in New York City

Anime NYC 2026 Day Two: Cosplay at the Javits Center

AFixedMoment Photography & Culture — Brooklyn, NYC About This Story A photo-driven look at Day Two of Anime NYC 2026, photographed Friday, August 21, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Anime NYC reported more than 172,000 attendees across the full four-day event. Photography & Text — Jose Richard Gomez / A Fixed Moment By…

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Anime NYC 2026 Day One feature image with cosplayers at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

Anime NYC 2026 Day One: Cosplay, Artist Alley & Netflix

Anime NYC returned to the Javits Center on Thursday with a relatively relaxed opening day before Netflix closed out the evening with a Main Stage showcase of its upcoming anime slate. August 20, 2026 · Jacob K. Javits Convention Center · New York City · Photography and text by A Fixed Moment I arrived in…

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Historical interpreters and participants gather for Battle of Brooklyn 250 at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn

Battle of Brooklyn 250 Brings Living History to Green-Wood

AFixedMoment Photography & Culture — Brooklyn, NYC About This Story The Battle of Brooklyn 250: The Meaning of Freedom August 23, 2026 The Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn, New York A living-history program marking 250 years since the Battle of Brooklyn. Photography & Text — A Fixed Moment The Green-Wood Cemetery marked the 250th anniversary of the…

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2026 National Dominican Day Parade in Midtown Manhattan

2026 National Dominican Day Parade: Identity and Culture in NYC

Red, white and blue filled Sixth Avenue on Sunday as the 44th Annual National Dominican Day Parade brought thousands of marchers, musicians, dancers, carnival performers and flag-waving spectators into Midtown Manhattan. Held on August 9, 2026, the parade stepped off at 11 a.m. under intense summer sun. The heat was impossible to ignore, but along…

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Jamaican flags, dancing paradegoers and a feathered carnival participant at the Jamaica Rising Day Parade in Brooklyn.

Jamaica Day Parade Brooklyn 2026 Makes Historic NYC Debut

Photo Essay · Brooklyn · August 8, 2026 Jamaica Day Parade Brooklyn 2026 Makes Historic NYC Debut Jamaica Day Parade Brooklyn 2026 brought grand marshals, Jamaican flags, music and dancing to the borough, where spectators eventually crossed the barricades and joined the procession. Jamaica Rising Day Parade Brooklyn, New York City Photos by Richard Scalzo…

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ConnectiCon 2026 cosplay at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford

Inside the Costumes and Characters of ConnectiCon 2026

By Saturday afternoon, the Connecticut Convention Center had become a constantly shifting collection of anime heroes, comic-book villains, pirates, monsters and original fantasy characters. Swords, horns, wings and handmade props moved through the Connecticut Convention Center hallways as cosplayers stopped for photographs, found friends and slipped into character. ConnectiCon XXIII took place July 16–19 at…

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