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The Jury Experience in NYC is an immersive courtroom experience where you’re not just watching the trial—you’re living it. Over the course of 60 minutes, an emotionally-charged hearing unfolds before your very eyes. You’ll find yourself on the jury as a key player, dissecting witness testimonies and carefully examining the evidence. But just when you’re ready to reach a verdict, the defense challenges all your assumptions with unpredictable twists.

On selected dates, this simulated courtroom drama is set to take place at Irondale in Brooklyn. There is limited availability so don’t wait too long before getting your ticket or you might not guarantee your spot in the jury. Will you be the voice of reason or the wildcard who flips the room on its head?

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The Jury Experience: An Immersive Courtroom Case

May 10, 2025 18:00
+ more dates

Irondale (85 South Oxford Street Brooklyn, NY, 11217)

From $46.00

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What is The Jury Experience?

The Jury Experience is both an immersive courtroom drama and a crash course in morality. As you navigate a fun and at times, nerve-wracking trial, you’ll witness convincing performances by professional actors, unpack evidence and hear the lawyers’ opening and closing arguments. Packed with twists and turns, this 60-minute simulated trial might just change the way you think about justice.

What is the trial about?

What once seemed like a distant future is now a reality—self-driving cars promise effortless travel. Or do they? Although they offer convenience, questions about their safety and reliability still remain, not to mention the legal landscape. What happens when sensors fail, or worse, if there is an accident? This trial must look at every single piece of evidence to determine whether this accident was truly an accident. And, even if it were, who should be responsible? The devil’s in the details and it’s up to you to decide who’s to be held accountable.

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The Space at Irondale will be transformed into a courtroom to make the whole experience more realistic. Deciding someone’s fate is a pretty serious job but you’ll have all the evidence presented on a cinematic screen so that you can closely examine every piece of the puzzle. At the end, you’ll vote and (hopefully) justice will be served.

There will be two sessions at The Space at Irondale scheduled for 6:00pm and 8:30pm so you can choose the one that best suits you. This isn’t jury duty so there is really no excuse for missing The Jury Experience.

Court is officially in session and the jury has been sworn in. Has the jury reached a verdict?

Event details

The Jury Experience: An Immersive Courtroom Case

May 10, 2025 18:00
+ more dates

Irondale (85 South Oxford Street Brooklyn, NY, 11217)

From $46.00

Buy tickets

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L10 Arts and Cultural Center, the huge new multidisciplinary hub that just debuted at 10 Lafayette Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, is set to completely change the neighborhood’s ethos.

The 65,000-square-foot will soon host a vast range of cultural programs and activities by four giant local institutions. Specifically, the destination is home to a brand-new branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, a gallery and performance space for the Museum of African Diasporan Art (MoCADA), a novel archival space and cinemas operated by the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and the first permanent space for arts organization 651 ARTS.

“The opening of the L10 Arts and Culture Center represents a monumental investment in the cultural vitality of Downtown Brooklyn and New York City as a whole,” said First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer in an official statement. “This state-of-the-art facility will serve as a vital community hub and will elevate and support the incredible talents of New Yorkers. By prioritizing spaces like L10, we are ensuring that New York City remains a global hub for culture, creativity and innovation for generations to come.”

According to a press release, the library’s newest brand will actually be its first “dedicated entirely to the arts.” Expect a curated collection of books, music, magazines and plays to be available for browsing on site. 

The new MoCADA Cultural Lab II, on the other hand, will serve as the organization’s flagship, also operating an adjoining cafe and performance space. 

As for BAM, the institution’s latest address will be the site of two 108-seat cinemas, a 25-seat screening room and a black box theater. 

Particularly exciting is 651 ARTS’ new permanent home, where artists will get to produce and present all sorts of programming, from theater shows to dance, music and more. 

The new center was built within the larger 460,000-square-foot mixed-use residential tower that opened in the area back in 2017, so visitors will notice over 70 units of affordable housing, plus ground floor retail spaces currently occupied by Apple and Whole Foods, and a new public plaza where officials hope to set up farmers markets and public performances.

It’s the dawn of a new cultural era in downtown Brooklyn—and we’re here for it.

* This article was originally published here

Known for having the best hotels in the world, from luxury to budget, New York City has so many options for places to lay your head, whether it’s for a trip here or a staycation.

But, sometimes, finding just the right spot is difficult because of all the available options: that’s where the new Now Now NoHo comes in.

Opening on April 1, 2025, at 338 Bowery, this accommodation will be the first-of-its-kind sleeper cabin hotel, which means that its 180 rooms are small but “thoughtfully designed,” apparently combining the nostalgia of European train cars with the ingenuity of Japanese capsule hotels, a press release says. Essentially, the destination is for solo travelers looking for a boutique hotel experience at a lower price—starting at $125 per night.

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Like a hostel, there are shared bathrooms on each floor, including a dedicated “Women+” floor designated for women and non-binary guests. Each bathroom boasts Grown Alchemist bath products and lockable showers and toilets. They’re also designed with bold colors—purple doors and green sinks—and feature herringbone green tile, asymmetrical mirrors and pendant lighting.

Unlike a hostel, the cabins, which is what the rooms are called, are home to custom Wright mattresses, Garnier-Thiebaut linens, a Brooklinen robe, a sound machine and a Now Now NoHo-branded eye mask, earplugs and slippers. So, yeah, there’s no sharing these boutique-y sleeping quarters.

If you need a little more room, you can pay an additional $30 a night for the Now or Never Sleeper Cabin, which is slightly larger than the entry-level category and features art murals by local artists.

The hotel is tech-forward: you’ll get to check in on your own through a mobile app or via lobby kiosks, where you’ll also be able to browse through merch and rentable products like Fuji Instax cameras, Therabody Smart Goggles and Theraguns, Nintendo Game Boys and Solawave Red Light Therapy Masks.

Also on deck is a guest lounge boasting gradient rainbow-colored wallpaper, a community calendar and a vending machine stocked with health and wellness products (think face masks, adaptogenic mushroom gummies, lip balms, curated snacks and more).

The aforementioned calendar will list activities and on-site events, in addition to happenings at neighboring businesses, from yoga and wellness classes at Three Jewels to happy hours at Bowery Electric and coffee cuppings at Dark Matter Coffee. Make use of the on-site connections board as well: you can post about gatherings and leave notes to make plans and get to know fellow guests. Now Now NoHo will also surprise visitors with tickets to concerts, art exhibits and museums. Talk about exciting!

If you happen to stay in NYC a lot, you can grab a membership for just $100 a month or $1,200 a year. The membership includes one free night’s stay per month, 25% off additional stays, 10% off gift shop purchases and early check-in or late check-out when available. Annual members also receive a free robe and slippers when signing up. Now Now NoHo also has what it calls a “Sleep Club,” which is free to join, that offers special member rates and perks such as free slippers after five stays and a free night (up to $150 value) after 10 stays for those who stay on a less regular schedule.

You can book your stay right here.

* This article was originally published here

Talk about artistic recycling: “Love Ever After,” a new 50-square-foot heart sculpture that is going to debut in Times Square on February 4, is made with over four dozen oyster cages.

Created by Pernilla Ohrstedt Studio and presented by Times Square Arts, the visually striking installation is a three-dimensional heart that changes color and shape as you move around it, “creating a tactile and human-scale experience on the plaza below the high-tech screens for which Times Square is famous,” reads an official press release. 

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Needless to say given the materials used to construct it, the art piece seeks to turn everyone’s attention to matters involving biodiversity. According to the release, in fact, New York used to be known as the “big oyster” because of the abundance of shellfish in its harbor.

“Oysters were so plentiful in the city that their shells became a key waste product, used in road construction, mortar and even burned to produce lime,” reads the release. “Today, however, most oyster shells in New York City end up in landfills.”

Although organizations like Billion Oyster Project, a partner in the unveiling of the installation, alongside The World Around, have worked hard to change the situation for the better, there’s something about shedding light on the topic from an artistic perspective that feels very much of-the-time. 

More specifically, the metal mesh used in building “Love Ever After” will be placed in the New York Harbor by Billion Oyster Project once the installation wraps up. In addition to the cages on display, visitors can peek inside an additional oyster cage that accompanies will accompany the show and be filled with shells as well. 

Among the many public art works now on display all around New York, we must admit that “Love Ever After” feels extremely powerful—and it’s not even up yet!

* This article was originally published here