CultureCon 2026 Brings Creativity, Conversation and Style to Brooklyn CultureCon returned to Brooklyn on October 3 and 4, bringing two days of conversations, fashion, art, entrepreneurship and creative community to the Duggal Greenhouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Photos by Richard Scalzo / A Fixed Moment Built around the theme “Museum of Us,” the 2026…
AFixedMoment Photography & Culture — Brooklyn, NYC Riot Fest 2026 September 18–19, 2026 Douglass Park Chicago, Illinois Two days of live music, crowds, festival culture and a weather-shortened Saturday. Photography & Text — Jose Richard Gomez / A Fixed Moment Riot Fest 2026 brought me to Chicago’s Douglass Park for two days of music, crowds…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sports Photography · Manhattan · July 19, 2026 Global Citizen’s sold-out Central Park World Cup watch party brought approximately 50,000 football supporters to the Great Lawn as Spain defeated Argentina 1–0 after extra time. A sold-out crowd watches the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final on a large screen at Central Park’s Great Lawn. Photo by…
House of GOAL Brings Soccer Culture to Industry City in Brooklyn House of GOAL brought soccer culture to Industry City in Brooklyn on July 4, turning the holiday afternoon into a full festival built around the world’s game. The event was centered on World Cup watch parties, but it quickly became more than a place…
