Capture Brooklyn

Explore Brooklyn creativity in the borough's homegrown photo contest

The New York Photo Festival celebrated its third year this past May, but that wasn’t enough for the event’s cofounder Daniel Power (who’s also the PowerHouse Books CEO and a former VII Photo director). Today the NYPH announced a contest called Capture Brooklyn. Photographers can submit their work for a chance to show at The powerHouse Arena in Dumbo, Brooklyn during the Dumbo Arts Festival …

FreshDirect Local

Farm fresh foods delivered to NYC doors within 48 hours of picking

Starting today, it’s easier than ever for New Yorkers to stock their fridge with farm fresh foods thanks to FreshDirect‘s new initiative that doubles their local offerings. The online grocer will travel to over 30 farms found within 300 miles of NYC to gather goods like Grafton Village cheeses, Nature’s Yoke eggs, Wickham’s Fruit Farm tomatoes, Brooklyn Brewery beer and much more. Focusing on family-run …

Rooftop Films Summer 2010

Hasidic drug dealers, Swoon sculptures, unsigned band Twin Sister and more make up this year's cinematic rooftop offerings in NYC

This year’s Rooftop Films—an ode to film and the New York skyline in its 14th year—kicked off with “This is Short Film,” a compilation of short films at New Design High School in the Lower East Side. Culled from over 3,000 submissions, the shorts were played after a set from Twin Sister, whose garage-band style, low-fi sounds under rainbow lights brought a glimpse of laid-back …