Melissa Kacar

Greetings from the Upside Down! My first visit to Netflix House Philadelphia was such a fun experience! This is a new attraction at the King of Prussia Mall, located just outside of the city. It opened last year and I have been looking forward to getting a chance to finally visit, but was waiting for them to inevitably have a Stranger Things installation here - and alongside the tenth anniversary of the first season premiering, the time has finally come!  Netflix House is free to enter, but the different attractions are all individually ticketed and paid, timed experiences. Even just stopping in to see the lobby and gift shop is a great time, especially with all of the photo ops throughout the space. Netflix House is in what used to be one of the old department stores that closed a few years ago at the mall and they completely transformed it into a really unique spot. They really nailed all of the theming and design - the way they incorporate their biggest original shows and films...

Jack Antonoff has been one of my favorite musicians for so many years, and recently I had the most incredible experience when I was invited to a special event in celebration of his band Bleachers' new album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night in New York City! Not only is Bleachers one of my favorite bands ever, but I also absolutely love all of the different albums he has co-written and produced with artists like Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, St. Vincent and many others through the years. His music has truly become the soundtrack of my life ever since I was about 15 years old, so getting the chance to talk to him and be a part of such a special event like this is something I still can't believe actually happened!  About a week prior to this, Bleachers posted a link to submit questions to Jack on a Google Doc, so I filled it out not really thinking it would go anywhere, at the most I figured it would be answered in some kind of  Twitter or YouTube Q&A. A few days ...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, I wanted to share my experience visiting the site of the festival in Bethel, NY and the importance of it a half-century later - Enjoy!  Woodstock Art and Music Festival was held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm in rural Bethel, NY, on August 15, 16, and 17 in 1969. It was the epitome of the counterculture made up of the American youth during the late 1960s and early 1970s. No music festival has ever had as much of an impact on society as Woodstock has.  It took place at the end of a very tumultuous decade in modern U.S. history. The festival was billed as “3 Days of Peace and Music”, which considering how many people attended, there were no issues with violence. According to a firsthand account from attendee Glenn Weiser, “A city of that size also would have had a predictable number of violent crimes in a three-day period, and this simply didn't happen… love had beaten the odds. The miracle of a multitude at peace wit...