The Secret Science Club Returns To The Bell House To Talk Gravitational Waves

October 12, 2009 by Jeffrey L. Wilson · Leave a Comment 

The Secret Science Clubs returns to the Gowanus’ Bell House with more brain-stimulating lectures, starry-eyed cocktails, and stratospheric sounds for astronomy nerds with a thirst for knowledge and tasty drinks.  All-star astrophysicist Janna Levin is in hot pursuit of the cosmic drumbeats produced by gravitational waves. Read more

Head on Over to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park this Summer for Low Cost Fun

June 28, 2009 by Christine Rochelle · Leave a Comment 

Tree in the park

Brooklyn’s Prospect Park is one of the best things the borough has to offer, next to Coney Island. The 585-acre park was designed by the same landscape architects as Central Park, making it an urban oasis far from any tourists or Gossip Girl wannabes. Read more

Beat The Heat: 5 Cheap Indoor Activities

August 22, 2008 by Lauren Fairbanks · 2 Comments 

Photo by Eliane

If 90-degree heat and dense humidity doesn’t get you all hot and bothered and ready to jump outside to play a game of baseball in the park, you share the same sentiments as a lot of New Yorkers (myself included). And since the idea of staying cooped up in a semi air-conditioned apartment for twelve hours is a bit less appealing, here are a few indoor-activities we’ve dug up that won’t leave your wallet feeling a few ounces lighter. Read more