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For more than a decade, the East Village's iconic Obscura Antiques & Oddities shop has been New York City's foremost destination for one-of-a-kind, bizarre-and often shocking-artifacts. Since becoming the focus of SCIENCE's hit series, ODDITIES, the Big Apple's epicenter of the eccentric has become pop culture's Mecca of the macabre.

This season of ODDITIES turns up the volume for eleven ridiculously entertaining episodes that redefine the notion of "freak chic." The merchandise has never been more memorable, with notable highlights including a two-headed pig, a mummified "member," an occupied coffin, a prostate warmer, and a preserved heart full of bullet holes. However, at Obscura, the people are even more eccentric than the products.



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The Zombies 5 Box Set Vinyl Release Out 2/22 Photo The Zombies 5 Box Set Vinyl Release Out 2/22
by Tori Hartshorn - February 19, 2019

For the first time ever, the essential studio recordings of Britain's legendary Zombies and 2019 Inductees into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame are assembled in one place on vinyl via Varese Sarabande, Feb 22nd, 2019.   This is a 5 Box Vinyl Set which includes two original US albums:  She's Not There...


Horse Meat Disco to Headline Brixton Disco Festival Photo Horse Meat Disco to Headline Brixton Disco Festival
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 13, 2019

After the success of Brixton Disco Festival 2018, London's premier disco event is back celebrating over 40 years of the genre. What better way to mark the occasion than with a headline slot from the capital's best-loved party veterans, Horse Meat Disco, and a performance of the most iconic disco tra...


Susie Dent To Bring Her Secret Words To Swindon Photo Susie Dent To Bring Her Secret Words To Swindon
by Stephi Wild - July 09, 2018

Take a journey into the curious, unexpected, and downright surreal origins of the words we use every day. Queen of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent will retell the adventures that lie hidden within such words as lasagne (involving a chamber pot) and bugbear (a terrorising monster), and explain such odd...


IFC Unveils 'Slightly Off' Initiatives, Partnerships and Late-Night Specials Photo IFC Unveils 'Slightly Off' Initiatives, Partnerships and Late-Night Specials
by Tori Hartshorn - March 29, 2018

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by Kaitlin Milligan - October 10, 2018

Science Channel treks deeper into the cosmos to understand the great mysteries of our universe in a new season of SPACE'S DEEPEST SECRETS.  Following ground-breaking scientific missions, experts will bring viewers to the far reaches of our solar system to solve some of the most puzzling wonders of t...


Ocean Spray Rolls Out Colossal Can of Cran Just in Time for Thanksgiving Photo Ocean Spray Rolls Out Colossal Can of Cran Just in Time for Thanksgiving
by Marina Kennedy - November 18, 2018

It wiggles, it jiggles and it's most certainly the SWEETEST icon of the Thanksgiving table. Today, Ocean Spray takes its tasty titan to the next level at 500 times its original size. Ocean Spray unveiled its saucy secret at the museum of all-out oddities, Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Times...


Children's Show LOOSE ENDS Comes to Fringe Photo Children's Show LOOSE ENDS Comes to Fringe
by Stephi Wild - February 25, 2018

Last year's Fringe Award Nominee is coming back with this wonderful show full of wacky thingamabobs, naughty puppets and madcap clowning....


Backstreet Boy Howie D, Phantom Limb Among New Victory's 2017-18 LabWorks Artists Photo Backstreet Boy Howie D, Phantom Limb Among New Victory's 2017-18 LabWorks Artists
by BroadwayWorld JR - December 07, 2017

The New Victory Theater, a leading presenter of Theater for Young Audiences, announces the 2017-18 New Victory LabWorks Artists, NYC-based artists pursuing the creation of bold and exciting performing arts for family audiences....


BWW Review: PIGMALIONE/PIGMALION at City Opera Not Lover-ly Enough Photo BWW Review: PIGMALIONE/PIGMALION at City Opera Not Lover-ly Enough
by Richard Sasanow - March 27, 2018

There's no 'Enry 'Iggins or 'Liza Doolittle in Donizetti's IL PIGMALIONE or Rameau's PIGMALION--we'll have to wait for Lincoln Center Theatre's MY FAIR LADY revival (based on Shaw's PYGMALION) next month for that. But this pair of oddities, produced by New York City Opera last weekend at the Gerald ...


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by Stephi Wild - November 15, 2018

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Photo Coverage: 92Y Lyrics & Lyricists Celebrates OKLAHOMA! at 75 Photo Photo Coverage: 92Y Lyrics & Lyricists Celebrates OKLAHOMA! at 75
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by Paula Kiger - June 18, 2018

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by Brian Stanczak-Tuscany - February 09, 2019

FRIENDS! The Musical Parody at the City Theatre, running now through February 10th, is a fast-paced parody comedy that will leave you laughing throughout the entire performance. Based on the popular 90's sitcom, the parody show is as much nostalgic as it is wacky....


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by A.A. Cristi - October 24, 2017

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by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2018

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by A.A. Cristi - July 31, 2018

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Appelsap, David Rodigan's Ram Jam, Deep Medi, Swamp 81, Subdub, V Recordings, Metalhe Photo Appelsap, David Rodigan's Ram Jam, Deep Medi, Swamp 81, Subdub, V Recordings, Metalheadz And More Join Outlook Festival
by Stephi Wild - June 21, 2018

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by A.A. Cristi - January 28, 2019

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by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2017

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by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2018

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