A lazy man’s guide to celebrating Mardi Gras: How to Cajun from your couch
Zapps, a Hurricane (via Wikipedia) and a bizarre, mostly forgotten horror film It’s Mardi Gras, the holiday when even the most devoted Brooklynites question why they haven’t moved to New Orleans yet....
View ArticleNYC Beer Week: Where to go in the final hours
Photo via KCBC Night / Facebook If you’re a craft beer drinker in New York, you’ve most likely picked up on the fact that it’s New York City Beer Week, an annual, 10-day long celebration of craft beer...
View ArticleBrooklyn vendors wanted in Queens for LIC Flea & Food’s fifth season
Pic via LIC Flea & Food I’ve got pocket warmers in my pants and most of Brooklyn is currently covered in ice but spring is right around the corner and with it returns outdoor flea markets. LIC Flea...
View ArticleCelebrate Prospect Park’s 150th bday this weekend with ice skating roller...
Look familiar? Photo via NYPL For 150 years, Prospect Park has served as a green haven for Brooklynites, a place to breathe fresh air, cry under a bush, smoke a joint, actually maybe see a star or two,...
View ArticleFree massages, henna, hair wraps at Green(point) Earth Day party Sunday
Inside Greenpoint Loft. Photo via Greenpointers No matter the forecast, it is currently spring, and thus returns the Greenpointers Spring Market, celebrating the season with free thangs, yummy thangs,...
View ArticleYour guide to BK Bridge Park’s free summer programming: ‘Office Space’,...
Last summer’s Movies With a View. Photo by Julienne Schaer via BBP’s Facebook The official start of summer is still over two months away but people have started wearing shorts and sundresses on the...
View ArticleThe Celebrate Brooklyn! 2017 free summer music and movie lineup is here
ACs are turning on, coats are coming off, outdoor music venues are rapidly thawing, concentration is lagging, and now the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival lineup is here meaning, despite the summer...
View ArticleMissy Suicide talks burlesque and SuicideGirls before taking Brooklyn this...
Back in 2001 SuicideGirls, as many of you may remember, became an online sanctuary for people looking to defy social beauty norms and celebrate one another's bodies. Fifteen years later, these bad ass...
View ArticleTonight, buy a cocktail and help save a legend: A local bartender’s ode to...
In New York, the only constant is change – the turnover rate for restaurants, for tenants, for stores and for buildings is disgustingly high. Shops are there one day, gone the next, far faster than the...
View ArticlePlay with rescue puppies and drink cheap pints at Coney Island this Sunday
If you 1. Love dogs, 2. Love beer, and 3. Love not spending a lot of money, then oh (good) boy are you gonna dig this: Puppies n’ Pints, a happy hour series that connects rescue dogs with potential...
View ArticleHey filmmakers: Nitehawk wants your shorts for their festival
Everyone's favorite high-end eat-in Williamsburg movie theater, Nitehawk Cinema, is gearing up for the 5th edition of its Nitehawk Shorts Festival, and they need your shorts. The festival is open to...
View ArticleFinally, a formal gathering to hone your hustle – Hustle Fest: A Freelance...
Oh the joys of freelancing. While no one's doing it for the incredible health insurance or the prompt pay and the reliability of the lifestyle, the hustle really is an art form. Offering a rare...
View ArticleCelebrate being a strong New Yorker who doesn’t need the L train in W’burg...
The rise of Williamsburg is directly linked with the L train's ability to quickly ferry neighborhood residents into Manhattan. This codependent relationship, like most codependent relationships, has...
View Article‘Making Rent in Bed-Stuy’ film series coming to Manhattan
The act of making rent and the two syllable "Bed-Stuy" together convey, in many ways, the crux and complexity of American cities' current class and race related struggles. While to many, paying housing...
View ArticleMeet your neighbors and be an active community member at Flatbush Fest this...
There is a little known variation on a well-known saying. It goes: home is where the heart heals. Just ask the founder of Flatbush Fest, Hiedi Woo. Woo started this summer’s Flatbush Fest as a one-day...
View ArticleCelebrate the start of summer with $20 flash sheet tattoos in Bushwick next...
Fresh season, fresh ink, fresh you. In honor of the start of summer, Bushwick's Friends NYC – vintage and "indie department store of dreams" – is hosting a storewide sale and tattoo pop-up in their...
View ArticleConey Island Brewery to celebrate bar workers with Monday Industry Nights all...
Bartending is a job that tests a person's humanity on a daily basis. From putting up with foreign tourists unfamiliar with the concept of tipping to dealing with bridge and tunnel trash five cocktails...
View ArticleBushwick’s Unit J to host alternative ladies night with free drinks for men...
"The theme is about celebrating women and objectifying men" musician and event organizer Megg Farrell told me with wink. If you are looking to party this weekend and want to support some of Brooklyn's...
View ArticleDaptone Records to host ‘Super Soul Stoop Sale’ with free beer in Bushwick...
Growing up in Brooklyn, the concept of a stoop sale felt as obvious an occasion as a block party, a BBQ in the park or a kickback in someone's apartment. The motive is simple: you have stuff you don't...
View ArticlePeace to Queens immediately and Get Summered at a 4th of July beach bash
Well, Macy's has strategically positioned their barges so as to starve non-north Brooklynites of the air pollution show this 4th. Thus, we recommend getting the hell out of our fair borough for the...
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