Hallowilloween: Nefarious Silliness

Freaky fun abounds from childrens author Calef Brown's newest book

A contemporary Dr. Seuss, Calef Brown‘s childrens books are as an exciting read for kids as they are adults. His catchy rhymes put his self-illustrated book “Flamingos on the Roof” a place on the NY Times bestselling list and his latest edition “Hallowilloween: Nefarious Silliness” is no less entertaining. Filled with tongue twisters and short poems, Brown says “Since childhood, Halloween has always been my …

You Are Here: Mapping The Pyschogeography of NYC

The neurotic nuances of New Yorkers in a series of interpretive maps

New Yorkers’ famously overwrought personalities take center stage in the new exhibit You Are Here: Mapping The Pyschogeography of New York City, guest-curated by “The Map as Art” author Katharine Harmon. Currently on display at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery, the show includes an assortment of map-based mediums, each charting NYC through subjective representations of the cityscape. Highlights include Liz Hickok‘s 3D Jello-like vision of lower …

A Night Club Map of Harlem

Piss whiskey, cannabis catering, a cigarette-smoking machine and more in our weekly web survey

Originally published in a 1932 issue of Manhattan Magazine, ” A Night Club Map of Harlem” plots out points of interest and places to be during the NYC neighborhood’s heyday. The painstakingly-detailed illustration is the work of Elmer Simms Campbell, the first African-American cartoonist to be published in national publications like The New Yorker, Esquire, and Cosmopolitan.