New York City's West Indian Festival J'Ouvert is a legendary staple in Brooklyn during Labor Day Weekend, but this year's event ended in two brutal deaths.

Movies this summer have pretty much sucked. Some of them fell far short of expectations, others were just god awful, and some just looked so bad that people didn’t even bother to go see them. But luckily for you, I’ve seen basically all the movies that came out this summer, and I’ve picked 7 of […]

This summer was totally epic and we'll have lots of great memories to look back on...

The annual West Indian Carnival in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn is today. And you’re thinking about going. But…you have people in your ear telling you “Don’t you dare.” “Why?” You say. Ah, right. OK, OK so the parade has gotten a terrible rap over the years, due to some violent incidents. Things have […]

September only means one thing: back to school. As summer comes to an end and the weather begins to cool, kids of all ages are heading back to school for another long drawn out year. School is sometimes a drag, but if you’re lucky enough to be heading back to class and not coping with the […]

How great was summer? OK so maybe it wasn’t exactly like that, but it totally felt like it… Sun, sand, beach, parties. It’s basically like Beyonce. Perfect. So Labor Day totally sucks because it means summer is over. FML. For those of us in the working world, it means less rooftop happy hours the changing of seasons […]

Our hearts weep. Summer has officially come to a close and even though most have not officially exerted their summer wardrobe to its full potential, it is alas, time to pack it in, way in to the back of the closet until next year. There is the old, and very well-known, adage that after Labor Day announces the close of […]

There’s one good thing about the end of summer: sales. Everything has to go, and that usually means things are criminally cheap. Here’s the thing: there’s this crazy misconception that Labor Day sales are stores trying to dump their summer shit off (pink floral print tank top, 90 percent off!) This is kind of true. However, […]

A lot has happened, but here is our list of the hottest (and most heartbreaking) stories of the season...