The Oscars: The Good, The Bad, and a Whole Lot of Right Leg

​ Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: Today’s buzz is bound to…

A Hanging Changeable Art Wall

Introducing Pin Up Girl, a weekly guide to all-things-Pinterest. Our resident pinner, Laura Gill will take a look at some of the best eye candy from around the web and provide a few pointers on how-to crafts, as well as weigh in on weekly trends and highlight local and national…

Crafting a Pinata for the Mutant Pinata Show (Part Two)

​As the Mutant Pinata Show, which will be at Bragg’s Pie Factory in March and April, gets closer, appearance is key in order for our pinata to make its wow statement. But while we’re working on our show entry, we’ve decided to create a much simpler pinata. Wait for it –…

The Stereogranimator: Turn Historical Photographs Turned 3D Gifs

Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning:The New York Public Library’s archive includes more…

Big Brain Awards 2012: Cash Prizes for Emerging Creatives

Nothing beats creativity — especially if it’s used to make a wave in the local community. Since 2010, we’ve been on the hunt for emerging creatives in the Valley who are working on cool projects. Call them designers, performers, chefs, singers, dancers, painters, sculptors… We’re sticking to Big Brains. Starting today, we’re taking…

Oscars Fashion: Five Dresses We Want to See on the Red Carpet

Like all good celebrity worshippers, we enjoy the Oscars telecast, the jokes from Billy Crystal, the awkward mispronunciations during foreign film awards, feigned surprise, looks that could kill, and incidental swearing in acceptance speeches. But, we gotta say, our favorite part of the movie-maker merriment is the red carpet.  Our penchant…

Art Condoms: For When You’d Rather Just Display Your Goods

If you get​ lucky enough to stumble across a limited-edition rubber by the GARAGE collaborative, you should know better than to use it. The condom packages are stamped and pasted with designs by Keith Haring, Mat Collishaw, Sue Webster, and Tim Noble. They’ll be scattered about Fashion Weeks in New York, London, and…

Turquoise Floral Tea Dress at Holy Smoke Vintage

Each week Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: With head-to-toe florals (somewhat unsurprisingly) making their way to the spring runways, this turquoise tea dress encapsulates the all-over botanical statement — which we saw in…

Sticker Phiends 5: MADONE’s Big Plans for a Return in October

Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: ​It’s no secret that we’re big fans…

Prepare to Feel Tiny: The Illustrated Scale of the Universe

Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We’ll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here’s what’s buzzing this morning: Thanks to Cary Huang, we can all…

Sew Your Own Paper Basket

Introducing Pin Up Girl, a weekly guide to all-things-Pinterest. Our resident pinner, Laura Gill will take a look at some of the best eye candy from around the web and provide a few pointers on how-to crafts, as well as weigh in on weekly trends and highlight local and national…

The Sock Shoe: Yeah, Because Shoes Are So Yesterday

They keep your feet dry, they match your jeans, and they’re super handy when you want to kick something and not break a bone. Socks, on the other hand (especially of the “toe” variety) are awesome. They don’t have laces, they’re durable, they can be thrown in the washer, and now, they…

An Interactive “Starry Night”

Greek multimedia artist is known for his applications of a software called OpenFrameworks, which enables the manipulation and animation of images. And for his latest application/art piece, he applied the technology to Vincent Van Gogh’s classic “Starry Night”.In Vrellis’ demonstration, “Starry Night” is turned into 80,000 particles moving around 30 frames per second…

Fire Opal Teardrop Ring at Nangijala Jewelry

Each week Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it’s a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it’s on our have-to-have list. What: This one-of-a-kind ring with a 2.78 carat teardrop-shape fire opal gemstone sits in an arrow-shaped sterling silver setting.The bauble’s minimalism is what drew us to it,…

Your Plans for Valentine’s Day (a Flowchart)

From time to time, Zach Fowle will provide a visual guide to every day and extraordinary situations … and (because he has bad handwriting) Claire Lawton will illustrate them. Welcome to Charted Territory…