Month: June 2014
The one-year-old cat who was viciously kicked by terrible person Andre Robinson, has been taken to a new home just hours after being put up for adoption by the ASPCA. It took sixteen people hours of searching for the injured cat before he was brought into the ASPCA Animal Hospital for emergency veterinary care on May 6. “We are […]
Ralf, Junior’s Restaurant. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Several street art murals, like this one by Nepo, were painted in Brooklyn recently to help Exit Room Gallery kick off its first ever Juicy Art Festival this weekend. (Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Artist Bunny Rogers has just released her much-anticipated book of poetry with original illustrations by LA artist Brigid Mason. In addition to her sculptural work, online artworks, installations, game-based projects and performances, the Queens Museum resident artist has been doing poetry readings across North America. Cunny Poem Vol. 1 represents a complete archive of poetry written from 2012-2014. One of my favorite […]
Green, blue, pink pills, each carrying the stamp of Snapchat’s jolly old ghost, how cute. Too bad these pressed ecstasy tablets are sending people to the hospital in Australia. The Daily Telegraph reports that four people, who had taken half of Snapchat pill, became “aggressive and disoriented after ingesting the drug and were taken to […]
Julian Oliver, an artist based in Berlin, has created a script that will boot anyone wearing Google Glass off the WiFi in a given location. He was inspired by a comment by Omar Shapira at the ITP show that the presence of a person wearing Glass made him feel uneasy. The code is up on […]
Klear.me is a new online tool that lets you manipulate any gif into your own personal psychedelic fantasy, using transparency as a starting point. The creator, Vince McKelvie was inspired by oscob, a Tumblr-based artist. The tool allows you to “select a colour for transparency, alter the amount of visible colours, and choose from a […]
Here are some art, film, music and other stuff happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 79° F NIGHT 61° F In theaters: Edge of Tomorrow, Borgman, Citizen Koch (some IFC screenings feature filmmakers in person and Michael Moore hosting). “The Quantified Self” group art show […]
The city of Chicago is suing five of the biggest pharmaceutical companies for “ten counts of fraud, conspiracy, unjust enrichment, insurance fraud, misrepresentation in advertising, and other violations of Chicago municipal code,” Vice reports. The case against Big Pharma is pretty damning. The lawsuit alleges that these massive corporations have been in conspiracy to sway the public towards […]
Today, season two of the critically acclaimed Netflix show Orange Is The New Black is available to stream in full online. To coincide with this date, activist groups have launched a campaign to highlight the real life problems at some of the prisons where the show filmed. One of these is Suffolk County Jail, in Riverhead, Long […]
