Saturday, June 18, 9am-2pm
44 Washington Avenue (Route 57) Washington (Warren County)
This family-friendly annual event features antique trucks, farm equipment, and classic cars. Aside from the 100+ cars featured at the event, there will be a live DJ, a weekly farmer’s market, and tons of open downtown shops. Tickets are $20 advanced and $25 day of show. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Photos Courtesy of Richard Clarkson Studios
Nothing is better than snuggling into your own bed during a thunderstorm: the distant rumbles and flashes of light bring peace and calm when you know you’re safe and sound. Perhaps no one appreciates this feeling more than industrial designer Richard Clarkson, founder of Richard Clarkson Studios and creator of the Cloud, a $3,360 smart lamp that brings thunderstorms into your home. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Grenoble, France native and innovative designer Elodie Blanchard found her artistic niche in New York City thanks to young love, a visionary eye, and well…curtains. more
By Ilene Dube
Jersey City—sometimes called New York’s sixth borough, or the new Brooklyn—has become a highly desirable place to live, and among its cultural draws is Mana Contemporary, a 35-acre collaborative community bringing together dance, art and music in a sprawling red brick complex that once housed a tobacco warehouse. more
This elegant accessory is often worn in bright, contrasting colors to a men's tie. Urban Agenda Magazine has selected our top pocket square patterns below, which make the perfect gift for Father's Day on Sunday, June 19. more
The perfect set to help little one’s express their creative side, this pack of six finger paints from Djeco come in bright rainbow shades. The non-toxic paints will provide endless fun, ideal for rainy days indoors. more
This Friday, June 3, 2016 at 11 a.m. the tickets for Mutts Gone Nuts: Canine Cabaret at bergenPAC will go on sale. Deemed “A Must See” by the Washington Post, this canine comedy show features athletic, acrobatic, and adorable pooches that went from the shelter to the stage. This energetic performance will be showing at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, NJ on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 1 p.m. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
It’s 5 a.m., and you’re five months postpartum, but today is the day you’re going to return to your morning boot camp class. Your fellow a.m. gym goers miss you and your core muscles aren’t getting any stronger sitting on the couch folding onesies. You throw on your sneaks, grab your keys, and… more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
It might be a little dreary outside, but that’s not preventing the Jersey Shore from embracing the unofficial start of summer. This weekend, most of our beaches will open and fearless New Jerysians will dive into the Atlantic. Other, less adventurous beach-goers will set up camp along the boardwalk or indulge in some Jersey burgers and beer. No matter how you’re celebrating Memorial Day weekend, these Instagram accounts will surely get you pysched for summer. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
The fashion industry is going all Alice in celebration of Disney’s May 27 release of Alice Through the Looking Glass. Starring Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, the Tim Burton movie is teeming with fantastical costumes, colors, and scenery that has inspired a myriad of fashion collections. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Like the diamonds she uses in her timeless designs, Yanina Fleysher is equal parts elegance and strength. As the founder and owner of Yanina and Company in Cedar Grove and Basking Ridge, Fleysher is one of New Jersey's premiere jewelers. But before her baubles attracted the likes of Caroline Manzo and Kim Kardashian, Fleysher was catering to a far more humble crowd. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Where else, other than the Renegade Craft Fair could you find a dinosaur vase and a porcelain animal skull? As the largest independent craft fair in the world, the event attracts the best (and most unusual) goods from the indie art scene. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
India is a place of raw, natural beauty. Its vast plains swelter under the golden sunrise. Its rivers churn through winding countryside, and its hills are a kaleidoscope of native plants and flowers. As is evident in photographer Henry Wilson’s newest tomb Floral Patterns of India, these splendors are often reflected in some of India’s most illustrious buildings and monuments. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
10 of the year’s most memorable hashtags become art in this upcoming exhibit at Caelum Gallery, NYC
For the active social media user, these hashtags require little to no explanation. That’s because they are partnered with millions of images and posts from around the world that say more than we could’ve imagined. more
Traditional Zulu work and it is made from coils of telephone wire wrapped around a solid metal core, to define its shape. It has a modern twist to its make with the infusion of bright colour patterns. The intricacy in the design makes this basket so precious due to the long production days involved in its design. No two pieces are the same. Designs may vary, making each individual piece that much more unique.
Elodie Blanchard Studio’s site-specific installation, “Growing Out of Scrap” is on view for WantedDesign Brooklyn until May 17. The installation’s “fabric trees” are made of leftover textiles from Blachard’s Studio and production scraps donated by Araks and HBF Textiles. The recycled artwork is intended to show how discarded textiles can be re-used to create new art, new trees, and new art trees. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
For a society that dares to be different, we have a rich history of being the same – at least when it comes to our dress. From military uniforms to McDonald’s uniforms, the Museum at FIT’s “Uniformity” exhibit will explore the role of uniforms in our history. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Braids are the foolproof hairstyle for any situation. Hair’s a day old? Braid it. Is the weather hot and humid? Braid it. Going on a date? Braid it. Okay, so you get the idea – braids are the best, but they’re not always the easiest to master. more
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Mother’s Day cruise around the NYC Harbor: Hornblower Cruises is offering a family brunch cruise on Mother’s Day. At 10am the yacht leaves Pier 40, located at 353 West Street, for a two-hour ride along the Hudson. The cruise includes a brunch buffet, a dessert station, coffee and herbal teas, a live jazz band, and a DJ. more
