Archive for the ‘Happenings’ Category
Hipster Speed Dating
Saw this when walking back from photographing Bustin Boards for an upcoming article. Apparently Thursday is Hipster Speed Dating night at Macri Park. Thoughts? Update: It has come to my attention that the organizer of the recurring event is actually called “The Internet Killed Your Social Skills” and they can be found at their website [...]
Brooklyn Bowl Presents Local X Local
Starts Sunday at Noon, Music Starts At 7pm, FREE Celebrating The Best In Locally Brewed Music, Arts, Media… And Beer! Vivian Girls drop sweet girl-group melodies into proto-shoegaze squalls the way the Jesus & Mary Chain used to and the way groups like the Aislers Set have done with female vocalists. The local dishes you [...]
Michelle Obama Launches “Let’s Move” in Brooklyn
Concerned Community 4 Change and Interfaith Medical Center will host a Health Forum and Food Expo with the focus on Childhood Obesity. On March 29, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Concerned Community 4 Change an organization that addresses the issues of childhood obesity in line with First Lady Michelle Obama’s national initiative, will [...]
Second Annual Northside Festival
The L Magazine crew is at it again. For the second year in a row they are organizing the Northside Festival which they are calling Four Days of Music, Film & Art in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. We can’t wait for the midsummer festivities to commence! Last years music & art fest was a huge success [...]
Live Music In Brooklyn (03/24)
Elysian Fields @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn VNV Nation, SITD @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Weasel Walter @ Zebulon Clogs, Olof Arnalds, Julianna Barwick @ The Bell House Crayon Fields @ Sycamore Red Pony Clock, Magic Caravan, James Ausfahrt (of Love Is All), Bright Lights @ Bruar Falls Zen Tricksters, Westside All Stars, Chris Barron (of [...]
Brooklyn Bridge Pier One Ribbon Cut This Morning
We are happy to see the opening of one more green-space in BK! New York’s political front-men were on hand this morning for the opening of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1. Governor Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg were joined by State Senator Dan Squadron, Assemblywoman Joan Millman and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. The finished park, [...]
