Get out your finest red, white, & blue attire for these Independence Day activities in North Jersey.
Looking for the best food and drinks North Jersey has to offer? Clear your calendar – and your stomach - for July 9.
BBQ, Bourbon, and Biergarten. These three B’s are the crux of the fourth annual Montclair Food and Wine Festival, and they’re guaranteed to lead to another “B”: bliss. more
Who says ice cubes have to be made of water? Check out these gussied-up cubes that will take your beverage to the next level.
Treat Dad with these family events and activities in Northern New Jersey
12th Annual Washington Borough Car Show
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
In the words of Junot Diaz, It’s Where All of New Jersey Comes Together
By Ilene Dube
Whether made from Brazilian hardwood or recycled soda bottles, chances are a boardwalk will be making contact with your feet in the coming months. Boardwalks are about mingling: people-to-people, of course, but also a place where the scent of sauerkraut and mustard meets the sea air; the screams from carnival rides mingle with the crashing surf; and the steady rumble of pedestrians, cyclists and skateboarders overlaps with the serenity of those sitting on benches. more
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Photo by Montana Pritchard/The PGA of America
By Bill Alden
The northern Jersey town of Springfield has the feel of a typical upscale, leafy, east coast bedroom community with impressive homes, well-manicured lawns, and quiet neighborhoods.
But tucked into 474 acres in the northwestern part of town, off of Shunpike Road, stands one of the iconic sporting venues in the world, the Baltusrol Golf Club. more
Mana Contemporary Offers Alternate Ways of Viewing Art
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
The pocket square is making a comeback.
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
Friday, June 3
ALL DAY A Taste of Greece 46th Annual Greek Festival at St. John the Theologian, 353 East Clinton Ave., Tenafly. http://stjohntenafly.org
6-10PM Norwood Carnival, 200 Summit St., Norwood, NJ.
Get your tickets for this doggone good performance at bergenPAC
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
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Bee3 Extendable Sun Canopy | bloomingdale's
The Bugaboo Bee3 extendable sun canopy is UPF 50+ with adjustable coverage from the sun.
Photo Credit: John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum
In honor of John F. Kennedy's 99th birthday anniversary, Urban Agenda Magazine remembers the former President and New Englander's classic summer style. From white oxford shirts to trainers and aviators, JFK's impact on men's fashion continues to endure.
(Photo Credit: @wallyb_9 - Spring Lake Beach)
Welcome summer with these Jersey Shore Instagram accounts
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
JOHN MONTO: www.mindofmonto.com
List via Montclaircenter.com
Check out the artists that will be viewing their work at these downtown stores.
If Phil Mickelson’s had trouble with these holes, we can only imagine how we’d look teeing off at these challenging spots on NJ golf courses
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Urban Agenda highlights some of the toughest spots to tee off in New Jersey.
By Sarah Emily Gilbert
Consumer Reports finds that many sunscreens aren’t doing much screening at all.
One of the most eclectic craft fairs comes to Brooklyn May 20-22
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
In the Jal Mahal at Jaipur two chicks with a block-printed floral motif by Brigitte Singh billow out in a breeze. © 2016 Henry Wilson
London design expert Henry Wilson captures the most eye-catching floral patterns in the country that inspires him
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
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#TheDress, #BlackLivesMatter, #iLookLikeAnEngineer, #NotOneMore
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
Telephone Wire Plate | Shoptiques
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.
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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