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This weekend brings us Mother’s Day, and a happy one to all who celebrate. We here at the Weekend Guide have come up with plenty of guides over the years to help you determine where to eat and what to buy for that first special lady in your life. So, we’ll leave that alone this…

For all its supertalls, high-rises, scaffolding, and henge-worthy structures, it’s easy to dismiss Downtown Brooklyn as a side quest to a stay, overnight or extended, in the County of Kings. But it’s 2026, and the district, more of a nexus of neighborhoods than one defined by firm cultural or geographic boundaries, has bloomed well beyond…

In the remote corner of Gowanus that Public Records’ Sound Room occupies, LARAAJI lurked peacefully stage left while musician and sound healing facilitator Samer Ghadry prepped the crowd. Squished into the north side of the room, we made bird calls, shook our bodies and voices from side to side, and imitated gongs (low) and autoharps…

After six years of hosting some of the city’s best systems and live music programming, the good, aurally-driven folks that brought us Public Records are readying their next chapter. On Thursday, December 4, the Gowanus compound announced Public Studios, a recently formed creative and design firm from PR founders Shane Davis and Francis Harris, would…

There are probably dozens of reasons big venues are struggling right now beyond Gen Z never developing a taste for booze and the general incompetence of club owners. But there is at least one strain of NYC nightlife that is absolutely not floundering, and appears, for now, immune to the drinking habits of those aging…

For a week now, wildfires have been burning, mostly uncontrolled, across the Los Angeles area, scorching tens of thousands of acres, claiming at least two dozen lives, and displacing hundreds of thousands more. In response to the catastrophic scenes unfolding across the country, a grip of NYC-based organizations, businesses, and events have jumped into action…

Whether you like it or not, dancing in the “clerb” is in style again. Gone are the days of treating the dance floor like a forgotten middle child, nervously babysitting your phone in a corner, or standing with your back up against the wall. Not today.   Instead, it’s time to lose yourself to the music….