MARY Fest brought New York’s cannabis, wellness, food, fashion and lifestyle communities to 99 Scott in Brooklyn for a vendor-filled event built around discovery, education, music and connection. Created by the team behind MARY Magazine, MARY Fest brought brands face-to-face with attendees in a marketplace setting that reflected the expanding shape of New York cannabis…
Photo Essay / Music Festival Photos by Richard Scalzo / A Fixed Moment Vans Warped Tour DC 2026 returned to RFK Campus in Washington, D.C., on June 13 and 14, bringing together punk, pop-punk, emo, hardcore, metalcore, alternative rock, skateboarding, BMX and a crowd ready for a long summer festival weekend. A Fixed Moment mainly…
The Public Theater’s Romeo & Juliet brought Free Shakespeare in the Park back to the Delacorte Theater with a visually rich production that mixed romance, music, movement and bilingual storytelling in Central Park. Directed by Saheem Ali, the production stars Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens as Juliet and Daniel Bravo Hernández as Romeo. This version of Shakespeare’s…
BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Comic Con returned on June 6, 2026, bringing superheroes, villains, anime characters, video game icons and original creations together for a day of cosplay, fandom and community. The event drew fans across Brooklyn for a convention built around cosplay, gaming, comics and entertainment culture. Throughout the day, attendees moved through vendor areas,…
PHILADELPHIA — Fan Expo Philadelphia 2026 brought celebrities, artists, vendors and pop culture fans to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, but throughout the day, cosplayers helped define much of the event’s visual energy. On Saturday, May 30, attendees filled the convention halls as characters from comics, anime, video games, fantasy, horror and film. Hallways, stairways, upper-level…
PHILADELPHIA — Fan Expo Philadelphia 2026 filled the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Saturday, May 30, bringing together cosplayers, collectors, artists, vendors, celebrities and pop culture fans for a full day of comics, anime, gaming, horror, sci-fi and fantasy. The convention offered the kind of large-scale fan experience that draws people to major pop culture events:…
NEW YORK — Dance Parade NYC 2026 turned Manhattan into a moving celebration of dance, culture and community on Saturday, May 16, as the 20th Annual Dance Parade and Festival brought more than 100 styles of dance into the streets. The 20th Annual Dance Parade and Festival moved through the streets on May 16, 2026,…
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Rain pushed much of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s Open Stages festival indoors on May 9, but it did not stop the music. Across Park Slope, church sanctuaries, classrooms, basement stages and community spaces filled with jazz, bluegrass, choirs, funk and young rock bands as neighbors packed into venues throughout the day….
