Independent comic book stores can still be found near most towns across Long Island. You can still pick up read comics, flip through them, talk […]
Tropic Con Loading Up With Wrestlers, Voice Actors and Geek Icons for 2026
Anime royalty, wrestling champions, SpongeBob voices, and a certain firebending prince are all heading to Long Island this summer. The…
Star Wars Cosplayers, Futuristic Tech and Fire Art Landing at Maker Faire Long Island
Lightsabers, futuristic printing technology, giant fire art, cosplay groups, engineering projects, DIY gadgets, and hands-on creativity are all converging at…
LEGO Fox Hunt and Giant Brick Sculptures Take Over Old Westbury Gardens
A fox made entirely from LEGO bricks is hiding somewhere inside Old Westbury Gardens and visitors are being challenged to…
Fun Things to Do on Long Island on May the 4th
Sure you can sit home and binge Star Wars on Disney + or your trusty old VHS tapes but let’s be real, we do that […]
Podcasts, Radio Shows, And YouTube Channels About Genre Fandom From Long Islanders
There are so many ways to share our love of movies, comics, books, games and everything else. Below we have listed some of the podcasts […]
Throughout Time, Ken Deep Has Been a Companion of Doctor Who Fandom on Long Island
Like many fans of science fiction who grew up in the 1970s, Ken Deep relied on real world connections to share his fandom. The cultural […]
SciFi, Comic Book, and Other Genre Movies and Shows Filmed on Long Island
Sometimes Long Island is called Hollywood East, especially by the tourist bureau that wants more movies to be filmed here. Below we present a list […]
Largest Digital Camera Ever Built is Completed, Set for Astronomical Survey in Chile
Brookhaven National Lab has contributed to the construction of the largest digital camera ever constructed for astronomy, one that will be placed atop a telescope […]
What the Heck is the Electron-Ion Collider That’s Being Built at Brookhaven National Lab Anyway?
Everything from the depths of the earth to the center of the sun and beyond is made up of a jumble of atoms. The matter […]
Guide to Free Comic Book Day on Long Island, Saturday, May 4th
Free Comic Book Day draws big crowds bringing people to shops who might not normally come in or bringing people together all at once on […]
Can’t Find Eclipse Glasses? Here’s An Alternative: A Pinhole Eclipse Viewing Box
Eclipse glasses have been hard to find. The New York State visitor center on the LIE has been out of them for weeks and most […]
Looks Fake (100% Real): BNL’s Joanna Fowler with Radioisotope Synthesis Aparatus in 1979
In our series of historical pics that look like they were taken on a movie set but are 100% real life is a picture of […]