Let's go big blue! Photo via BK Bowl.
OK, you’ve waited this long and what did you really expect? Spend the next 11 months thinking about how you should plan ahead next holiday so you’re not left short on Christmas eve. For that one last person on your list, here’s what you do: grab ‘em after brunch, throw on your preferred blues or greens and head over to Brooklyn Bowl to watch the high-stakes Giants/Jets matchup at 1pm (what the Post Daily News! called “EVE OF DESTRUCTION.”) Your $25 will get you each a two beers (maybe bring a few extra bucks for tip) or an eight piece pack of that famous fried chicken. And you can also bowl for free from 12-2 (with free shoes too)! Drinking + football + throwing a heavy ball at things = a great pre-holiday stress reliever.
FRIDAY
8pm: comedy + music promoters creaghead + company’s ‘mandatory office party‘ presents an evening of comedy with rob cantrell, brooke van poppelen, sean patton, tom shillue, barry rothbart, and host caroline creaghead. plus, $7 creag nog and captain drink special. union hall, $8. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
6:30pm: dan rollman and corey henderson discuss their book the recordsetter book of world records and attempt to break the record for the largest group hug in a bookstore, amongst other feats. powerhouse arena, free. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey nerds! This Friday (Dec. 2), Brooklyn gets its own TED event at Brooklyn Bowl, TEDxBrooklyn. The stage program will feature an all day-bonanza of talks from local entrpreneurs, artists, activists, storytellers and scientists, including comedian Eugene Mirman, Sean Meenan, founder of Habana Outpost, and Ruth Ozeki, an author/filmmaker and ordained Zen minister. Sound cool? Want to go? Too bad! This crap’s been sold out for a long time. But you can still watch it for free: stream it all day from 9am to 6pm or watch it with fellow Tedheads at one of the live streaming parties at the Knitting Factory, 61 Local and Brooklyn Brainery. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
12-6pm: the brooklyn navy yard museum (bldg 92) officially opens to the public for the first time since 1801. free.
7, 11:11pm: ‘these go to eleven’… spinal tap, followed by skype q+a with band members nigel tufnel and derek smalls (christopher guest and harry shearer) at 7pm screening. bam rose cinemas, $12. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
various times (thru sun): the annual eugene mirman comedy festival takes over the bell house and union hall for four days with guests neil degrasse tyson, john hodgman, ira glass, jessi klein, leo allen, michael showalter, hannibal buress, marc maron, sarah vowell, more. $10-20. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
8pm: ‘be there and be square’ @ the 4rd annual nerd nite nerdtacular: three presentations, a performance by palomar and science acrobats, more. galapagos, $15. Read the rest of this entry »
Instagram is a great if you want to make the photos taken with your cutting-edge spacephone look like they were taken by your amateur wedding photographer uncle in 1981. Brooklyn Bowl is giving you another reason to use/abuse the faux-vintage photo sharing: winning tickets! Says the ‘Bowl: “From now on, when you take Instagram photos at Brooklyn Bowl (be it of your bowling shoes, Blue Ribbon fried chicken, or your best electric slide) and tag them with #brooklynbowl, you’ll be entered to win 2 FREE TICKETS to any upcoming show of your choice.” Best photos win, so remember: never look modern.
FRIDAY
7-9pm: all things textile-y at the opening reception for the textile arts center’s artists in residence exhibition, free.
8pm: it’s too cold to go to rock-rock-rockaway beach, so get your ramones fix at the observatory with the documentary end of the century: the story of the ramones with filmmakers jim fields, michael gramaglia, and john gramaglia, who stick around for q+a. $8. Read the rest of this entry »
Let's go big blue! Photo via BK Bowl.
OK, you’ve waited this long and what did you really expect? Spend the next 11 months thinking about how you should plan ahead next holiday so you’re not left short on Christmas eve. For that one last person on your list, here’s what you do: grab ‘em after brunch, throw on your preferred blues or greens and head over to Brooklyn Bowl to watch the high-stakes Giants/Jets matchup at 1pm (what the Post Daily News! called “EVE OF DESTRUCTION.”) Your $25 will get you each a two beers (maybe bring a few extra bucks for tip) or an eight piece pack of that famous fried chicken. And you can also bowl for free from 12-2 (with free shoes too)! Drinking + football + throwing a heavy ball at things = a great pre-holiday stress reliever.
FRIDAY
8pm: comedy + music promoters creaghead + company’s ‘mandatory office party‘ presents an evening of comedy with rob cantrell, brooke van poppelen, sean patton, tom shillue, barry rothbart, and host caroline creaghead. plus, $7 creag nog and captain drink special. union hall, $8. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
6:30pm: dan rollman and corey henderson discuss their book the recordsetter book of world records and attempt to break the record for the largest group hug in a bookstore, amongst other feats. powerhouse arena, free. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey nerds! This Friday (Dec. 2), Brooklyn gets its own TED event at Brooklyn Bowl, TEDxBrooklyn. The stage program will feature an all day-bonanza of talks from local entrpreneurs, artists, activists, storytellers and scientists, including comedian Eugene Mirman, Sean Meenan, founder of Habana Outpost, and Ruth Ozeki, an author/filmmaker and ordained Zen minister. Sound cool? Want to go? Too bad! This crap’s been sold out for a long time. But you can still watch it for free: stream it all day from 9am to 6pm or watch it with fellow Tedheads at one of the live streaming parties at the Knitting Factory, 61 Local and Brooklyn Brainery. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
12-6pm: the brooklyn navy yard museum (bldg 92) officially opens to the public for the first time since 1801. free.
7, 11:11pm: ‘these go to eleven’… spinal tap, followed by skype q+a with band members nigel tufnel and derek smalls (christopher guest and harry shearer) at 7pm screening. bam rose cinemas, $12. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
various times (thru sun): the annual eugene mirman comedy festival takes over the bell house and union hall for four days with guests neil degrasse tyson, john hodgman, ira glass, jessi klein, leo allen, michael showalter, hannibal buress, marc maron, sarah vowell, more. $10-20. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
8pm: ‘be there and be square’ @ the 4rd annual nerd nite nerdtacular: three presentations, a performance by palomar and science acrobats, more. galapagos, $15. Read the rest of this entry »
Instagram is a great if you want to make the photos taken with your cutting-edge spacephone look like they were taken by your amateur wedding photographer uncle in 1981. Brooklyn Bowl is giving you another reason to use/abuse the faux-vintage photo sharing: winning tickets! Says the ‘Bowl: “From now on, when you take Instagram photos at Brooklyn Bowl (be it of your bowling shoes, Blue Ribbon fried chicken, or your best electric slide) and tag them with #brooklynbowl, you’ll be entered to win 2 FREE TICKETS to any upcoming show of your choice.” Best photos win, so remember: never look modern.
