It’s no secret that Brooklyn is a giant hub for locally made anything. If you’re a local junkie and are looking for a one-stop-shop for a sustainable living environment look […]
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What’s Happening? (2/22-2/28)
WEDNESDAY 2/22 * NATIONAL MARGARITA DAY! * * Newtown Creek Public Meeting Invitation @ Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility Visitor Center (329 Greenpoint Ave) 6:30pm, NYSDEC and DEP want to […]
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McGolrick Park Farmer’s Market Update
Nicole Reed, who began petitioning for a Farmer’s Market in McGolrick park sent me some positive feedback and updates: The first meeting on 1/30 to discuss the possibility of a Farmer’s Market […]
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Williamsburg Fashion Weekend 10th Season
Both nights of Williamsburg Fashion Weekend were highly entertaining. The fashion show style differed from neighboring Manhattan’s fashion week in a refreshing, non-corporate, chill, handmade and environmentally friendly kind of […]
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Brooklyn Staycation #1
We live in the best borough in the world! Instead of spending money on a plane ticket, we decided to take a much needed staycation in Brooklyn. Hotel Williamsburg was […]
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Sunday Snaps: Moving Forward From Behind
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Great Backyard Bird Count Starts Today!
We can all be scientists, civilian scientists that is. Researchers, including ornithologists, rely on data collected from us regular people because they can’t be everywhere at once to observe everything […]
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Smoking Hot Women
The year was 1922 and prohibition in Greenpoint was already well underway. Led by the Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the dry forces had succeeded in convincing […]
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YOU DA BALM: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
This Saturday (2/18/12) Brooklyn’s You Da Balm presents a midnight screening of the 1986 Kurt Russell/Kim Cattrall epic Big Trouble In Little China at IndieScreen in Williamsburg (285 Kent Ave.) What you need to know: 10pm: IndieScreen’s bar […]
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Per-Oskar Leu At Triple Canopy
I have friends who live on Freeman Street, and I’ve been there for all manner of reasons in the past, but last weekend was the first time I ever ventured […]