· Enjoy specials on Latin inspired cuisine and cocktails from June 8th-12th during the Gourmet Latino Festival at participating restaurants, including Hoboken hot spots Cucharamama Restaurant, Zafra, Ultramarinos, Fonda and Palo Santo in Brooklyn, and Gabbana in Corona, NY, plus additional activities. [gourmetlatinofestival.com]
· Visit Brooklyn Flea on Sunday, June 6th, to check out personal items of iconic potter and interior designer, Jonathan Adler, while listening to tunes of Scottish Pop Band Camera Obscura. The event will take place at 1 Hanson Pl. (at Flatbush Ave.) in Williamsburg from 2-4pm. [brooklynflea.com]
· The Brooklyn Historical Society has opened the “Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field” exhibit to allow Dodgers fans the chance to experience highly valued memerobelia from the baseball team’s heydey, notably the banner from the team’s 1955 World Series win! The event, located at 128 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Heights, will extend until April 24, 2011. [brooklynhistory.org]
· Celebrate Storm King Art Center’s 50th anniversary with two one-of-a-kind exhibitions, “5+5: New Perspectives” and “The View from Here: Storm King at Fifty,” including sculptures specifically crafted for the event. The festivities, set within the 500 acres in Mountainville, NY, start June 5th and can be reached via bus from Port Authority. [stormking.org]
· Peruse handcrafts of over 300 of NY’s finest indie-craft talents, attend one of the free workshops or simply enjoy the free entertainment at the 6th Annual Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, June 5 & 6 from 11am-7pm in McCarren Park! [renegadecraft.com]
· Brooklyn’s 13th annual International Film Festival will debut over 100 film premieres from all over the world, from June 4th-13th at indieScreen and Brooklyn Heights Cinema for a mere $10, $8 for students. [brooklynfilmfestival.org]
· Enjoy the Red Hook Fest, a free waterfront arts festival featuring a diverse mix of progressive performers, at Coffey Park on June 4th, and Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park & Pier on June 5th. [redhookfest.com]
Annie is a travel writer, environmentalist, and surfer based in Venice, CA. She heads up our West Coast team, keeps our grammatical errors in check, and makes sure our California writers always have a plan for their next adventure. Follow Annie’s travels @annelisemcb.
Sarah Knapp is a Brooklyn based entrepreneur whose love for the outdoors and community building led her to the October 2013 creation of OutdoorFest. She has a BA in History, is a Wilderness First Responder and a NY state hiking, camp and boating guide. Her proudest achievement to date is reading the Aeneid in Latin. 
Allison was one of our first top writers and Chief Editor but is no longer working with offMetro. Allison is a native New Yorker, who has lived in Rome, Tuscany, Melbourne, Toronto and Los Angeles. She frequently contributed travel pieces to Family Travel Forum, using her own children as guinea pigs as they travel the globe. She never missed a chance to sample local delicacies, as her love for travel goes hand-in-hand with her love for food and wine. 
Josh Laskin is a freelance travel writer and photographer based in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. When he is not at work or on the road, you can find him in the mountains snowboarding, climbing, hiking, fly fishing, mountain biking, and eating bagel bites.
Annie is a travel writer, environmentalist, and surfer based in Venice, CA. She heads up our West Coast team, keeps our grammatical errors in check, and makes sure our California writers always have a plan for their next adventure. Follow Annie’s travels @annelisemcb.
Carly Pifer is a freelance writer who has been known to follow whims inspired by romantic movie scenes or colorful street style shots to India, Japan, Tunisia and Argentina. After stints living in Seoul, Boston, Paris and Los Angeles, writing and searching for something intangible, she landed somewhat steadily in Brooklyn and has begun to find inspiration in her more immediate surroundings. 
Kate E. O’Hara is a New York based freelance writer and photographer who loves all things food—especially the people who make it and market it. Her writing aims to capture the essence of the food experience; the stories that go well beyond a plate of ingredients. In addition to her love of food, Kate is also known to have a hankering for red wine and craft beer. You can also find Kate on Instagram