Culpepper's in Crown Heights: a stop on Emily Cavalier's West indian tour
One of Brooklyn’s countless pleasures is the fact that you can get pretty much any type of food you want, 24-7, 365. For many, the great food—say, a favorite restaurant or the spot of a memorable past meal—may be the only way they think [...]
Get to know Brooklyn, one spicy meal at a time
Sing a solo with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
This could be you
Do you have pipes to rival a church organ’s? If so, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir wants you. The world-renowned Gospel ensemble is offering two singers the chance to sing solos during a Sunday service. And beyond singing with the Grammy-winning group, each winner plus a guest will get an [...]
Brooklyn Etsy queen opening DIY jewelry school
Tracie Howarth, an Etsy success story. Photo by Patrick Fagan.
Success can come in many ways these days: a promotion, a new job, finally paying off your roommate for dropping her blowdryer in the toilet last summer, finding $20 in your jeans on laundry day; or, by our standards, getting four retweets in the space [...]
Miss Brooklyn 2010: your name here
If you’re seriously thinking about pursuing this path to scholarship money (probs $1000) and free stuff galore (see “sponsors,” below), here’s some advice from reigning Miss Brooklyn Keelie Sheridan, a 23-year-old Manhattan Beach student who’s been living in Brooklyn for the past five years.
Ladies, become the next Miss Brooklyn
Leigh-Taylor Smith, Miss Brooklyn 2008, made it all the way to Miss America 3rd Runner-up
Do you have a passion for community service, look good in a swimsuit and high heels, but aren’t quite ready to be questioned by the likes of Rush Limbaugh? Did you know there was a Miss Brooklyn pageant? Neither [...]
Scrabble players, cheat for a good cause
Love Scrabble but hate waiting half the game to put together that perfect seven-letter, 81-point triple-word score? Well, screw the rulebook—buy the missing ‘U’ to your ‘Q,’ and feel good about it. 826NYC, a nonprofit that promotes creative writing skills for students of all ages, is holding its third annual Scrabble [...]
Tomorrow, swap your stuff of relationships past
Ever save an old cell phone because you couldn’t bear to part with an old love’s texts? Or maybe you’re still holding on to flowers, claw machine toys, crumpled love notes, mix tapes and other tokens from partners past? Well, here’s your chance to use your sentimental junk for something other than self-pity: Tomorrow, Saturday, [...]
Get wired at NYC Resistor’s hack-a-thon
Why not wire some summer shoes? Pumps by Poly Verity.
Annie get your glue gun: NYC Resistor, a hacker collective located in downtown Brooklyn (397 Bridge St., Floor 5), is saying goodbye to its old space with a 48-hour hack-a-thon starting Friday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m. To those unfamiliar with the [...]
Get your comic on at a Brooklyn comic con
Tomorrow there’s a rare opportunity to rub shoulders with contemporary comics greats and snag a one-of-a-kind gifts at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, a free event co-created by Desert Island and Picturebox. The con boasts more than 50 artists/exhibitors from local talent (Michael Kupperman of Tales [...]
