All is not textbooks and review sessions–blow off midterm steam in the city. It’s why you’re here! Friday Shhhhh! 9pm-6am 3LD Art & Technology Center 80 Greenwich St (212.645.0374) It’s a party, and you’ll come if you want to!  Want to support 3-Legged Dog, that is, an experimental theater group.  It’s an open bar with […]

You may have tests and essays as far as the eye can see…but then again, it’s supposed to be unbelievably gorgeous this weekend. Decamp yourself from Butler and discover joy again.     Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I Kiffe NY: French Urban Cultures Festival                Various times and locations through Oct. 28th                                                              Go be thuggin’, French-style.  More […]

Since the folks are in, treat them to the best that New York has to offer.  Or, get them lost in the Book Culture and sneak out yourself. We won’t judge. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: New Yorker Festival See schedule of events for times and locations A wild intellectual ride of panels and talks and Q&As.  […]

Even if Rosh Hashanah isn’t on your radar, any weekend can make a good holiday!  Here are our picks to help you make your own high-times for this weekend:  Friday, Saturday, Sunday:  Free Bike Weekend Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am-7pm. Governor’s Island (ferries leave from the Battery Maritime Building, 10 South St., at Whitehall […]

It’s your last weekend before the autumnal equinox, and apparently a beauty–time to store up some sunlight before your skin gets slack and pallid! Here are our picks for events around town; for on-campus stuff, refer to the handy sidebar to the right. Friday and Saturday Manhattan Cask Ale Festival noon – midnight Chelsea Brewing […]

Has your weekend been lacking a certain cultural, athletic or alcoholic satisfaction? If so, check out Bwog’s mid-weekend guide to the weekend update. Cultural Danscores by Ofelia Loret De Mola Shakespeare’s Ophelia was not much of a badass. Rather than sticking it to the man, she let the man stick it to her. Not so […]

Though this weekend many of your fellow Americans will be doing such celebratory things as eating hamburgers in an outdoors setting and watching fireworks, we know that 1. it is hot out, 2. many of you are vegetarians, and 3. there’s an argument to be made that if you’ve seen one firework, you’ve seen ’em […]

Since the weather is going to be mediocre this weekend, and you are probably still recovering from the three days of partying last week in honor of the Flag Day-Father’s Day-Bloomsday holiday trifecta, Bwog enlisted newbie critic Brandon Hammer to brainstorm some classic and not-so-classic films that would fall into the general category of appropriate […]

For those searching for a (very) warm weather weekend activity, tipster Emma Jacobs suggests heading to Fulton Ferry Landing to check out the enormous Telectroscope. The artist/inventor/mad scientist behind the creation is Paul St. George, who explains that original blueprints for the device purport to allow New Yorkers and Londoners to wave to one another […]

Tomorrow kicks off Memorial Day weekend, and the city is likely to fill up with tourists while New York locals try to skip town anyway—and anywhere—they can. Bwog’s doing our part to help you out by suggesting a few public transportation-friendly, relatively close beaches.  Beach: Belmar Beach, NJ How to Get There: Take the NJ […]

As the school year comes to a close, free time, along with Bwog’s Guide to the Weekend, makes a triumphant return. We’ll continue keeping you updated every Thursday throughout the summer about concerts, movies, special events, and lectures.  All Weekend/Continuing:  The Films of Kenji Mizoguchi IFC Center Friday-Sunday; 11 AM $11.50 Heavy Light: Recent Photography […]

In lieu of a typical Guide to the Weekend, Bwog has decided to poll its listservs and aggregate a more helpful list of activities. The following are answers to the question “What do you do to procrastinate?” We hope you’ll try out one or two (or nine) of our ideas and use the comment thread […]

Pardon the temporary hiatus — but if finals and papers are killing you as much as they’re killing us, perhaps it’s time for a break anyway. TONIGHT Goddard’s 60s begins at Film Forum! (209 W Houston St., 212-727-8110). With fashion designer Agnes B. introducing “Breathless” today. Film runs all weekend, event runs through June 5. […]

At long last, the Guide to the Weekend has arrived.  Bwog apologizes for the delay…  Better late than never, no?  SATURDAY New York City Anarchist Book Fair An exposition of books, magazines, pamphlets, art, film/video, and other cultural and political productions of the anarchist scene worldwide. Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South   The […]

If these events are not enough for you, Bwog recommends you check out the listings linked for National Poetry Month. On a tangent from that,  Bwog sincerely enjoys this charming photograph of New York poet Frank O’Hara (who will not be present at any of the events listed). TONIGHT Junot Díaz and Francisco Goldman at […]