BROOKLYN, NY — Thousands gathered on the lawn of the Lena Horne Bandshell on Saturday, July 26th, 2025, for one of the summer’s most joyful celebrations of Black culture, music, and community: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! A Tribute to Quincy Jones: The Wiz. The event marked the closing of BRIC’s multi-part homage to the legendary producer…
BROOKLYN, NY — June 7, 2025Brooklyn Comic Con returned with energy and attitude, bringing together passionate fans, brilliant artists, and wildly creative cosplayers for a full day of pop culture celebration. Held in a gritty warehouse-style venue, the event was packed wall-to-wall with excitement—and people. Let’s get the tough part out of the way first:…
The 2025 NYC Pride Parade once again turned the city into a living rainbow on June 29th — but this year’s real triumph was the dazzling array of people who became the parade itself. Stretching down Manhattan’s avenues, thousands of marchers brought the streets to life with bold colors, giant flags, painted faces, glitter, sequins,…
New York City — The NYC Pride Parade on June 29th, 2025, brought its signature rainbow spectacle back to the streets of Manhattan — but as dazzling as the floats, performances, and costumes were, the real stars of the show were the thousands lining the barricades, dancing on sidewalks, and cheering from stoops and balconies…
On June 28th, 2025, thousands gathered in Midtown Manhattan for the annual NYC Dyke March — a grassroots, unapologetic show of lesbian and queer power that has defiantly reclaimed the streets since 1993. Marchers assembled at Bryant Park and made their way down Fifth Avenue toward Washington Square Park, carrying signs, chanting, drumming, and dancing…
On the evening of June 27th, Tompkins Square Park erupted into a kaleidoscope of wigs, glitter, political signs, and fearless self-expression as hundreds gathered for the annual Drag March — a raucous, irreverent, and fiercely political tradition that turned the East Village streets into a runway of queer resistance. Under the canopy of summer trees,…
On a sun-drenched Saturday, June 21, 2025, the annual Mermaid Parade—Brooklyn’s whimsical ode to summer—once again animated the storied streets of Coney Island. Now in its forty-third year, the parade has evolved from a modest gathering of artists and eccentrics into an exuberant ritual, attracting thousands who collectively abandon terrestrial norms for maritime fantasy. From…
On June 14th, 2025, Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood became a dazzling display of pride and celebration as the Twilight Brooklyn Pride Parade transformed the iconic 5th Avenue into a vibrant runway of joy, diversity, and inclusivity. Thousands of jubilant participants and spectators filled the streets as the evening set in, their excitement enhanced by colorful…
