Month: November 2014
Wyatt, Penn Station. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
On Tuesday evening, New York City continued to show solidarity with Ferguson. Following the announcement that officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted for the fatal shooting of Mike Brown, protests have erupted around the nation. ANIMAL’s Bucky Turco has been live-tweeting from the scene in NYC, where protesters are marching through the streets. It […]
CB23 x Tony DePew, Bushwick. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
In one of the more harrowing videos to emerge out of the discord in Ferguson last night, is this footage by livestream champ Tim Pool. It shows a group of good samaritans flanked by others with cameras, carrying an unconscious woman to the police line, frantically yelling, “She’s having a heart attack, she’s having a […]
A controversial painting by Banksy depicting Mary and Joseph (Jesus’ parents) unable to reach Bethlehem because of the Israeli- Gaza separation wall, has reared it’s head once again. Made in 2005, the artwork keeps being passed around each year as his “new Christmas card.” This time it’s ringing in the season on a billboard in Atlanta. […]
Thanksgiving is almost here and people will start cooking dinner tomorrow, if they haven’t began already. For those looking to spice up the holiday or make spending time with family a little more bearable, ANIMAL has assembled a guide to cook a whole Thanksgiving feast with weed-infused dishes. The following recipes are guaranteed to make […]
On Tuesday, workers removed the Astor Place cube so it could be renovated according to Bedford and Bowery. The spinnable, iconic steel sculpture with a Texas-sounding name was designed by artist Tony Rosenthal and is by no means a one-off piece of artwork. The NYC version was first installed at its East Village location in 1967 […]
For some reason, 2014 is the year to hate SantaCon. Although the annual drinkfest has had its detractors in the past, the backlash is more concentrated than ever with bar owners, community organizations and even the City of New York, officially rejecting the group’s repeated attempts to establish a kicking-off-point for attendees. But how come […]
In a new study, scientists believe that they may have unlocked the ability to teach people to experience synesthesia, the condition in which a person experiences overlaps between their senses. In its most extreme form, those effected by synesthesia report hearing tastes or experiencing sounds as colors. For their landmark study, researchers conducted a nine-week course […]
This Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, stores around the country will be open for marathon hours and offer mega-sales, but only one will be offering joints for one dollar according to Stuff. For residents of Denver, Colorado, where weed is legal, the possibility of waiting in line for holiday deals on ganja is a reality. […]
