The Brooklyn Lyceum holiday market/Photo by Flickr's groundsel
As if Amazon’s anti-small-business tactics weren’t enough to convince you, here are more than a dozen reasons to ignore e-tailer spam and shop locally in Brooklyn. This year, holiday markets are popping up around Brooklyn like Swedish espresso shops, with added inducements like concerts, performances and booze. At Dekalb market, Santa’s even posing for photos in a shipping container. Beat that, internetz. Markets are free unless otherwise noted. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
12-4pm: all robicelli’s cupcakes are 50% off at dekalb market: pumpkin spice latte, bourbon caramel apple, and pear cardamom ginger. $1.50/each (reg $3). Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
7:30pm: put on your best specs for nerd night trivia + presentations about zombie combat methods, bad trips (that’s travelling trips) and the ‘psychology’ of twilight. galapagos, $10 adv, $14 door. Read the rest of this entry »
due to hurricane irene, please check venue website, facebook, and twitter accounts for weather cancellations
FRIDAY
thru 9/1: rerun gastropub theater highlights favorite films from their first year with double features, filmmakers in person, and $4 chilled absolute brooklyn + il prosecco (mention the password ‘the new year’). $7, or arrive 30+ minutes before showtime for free admission (with $7 bar/food purchase). Read the rest of this entry »
How fabulous is Kate Payne, author of the Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking, a blog and now a book? Yesterday the thoroughly modern housemistress invited us to the Brooklyn Flea in Williamsburg (gorgeous, btw), handed us $25 and told us to buy the grooviest home item we could find. The only catch: four other bloggers would be doing the same, and our merch would be judged against theirs in an online contest on Kate’s blog. The purchases have been logged and photographed, Kate’s blog post is up, and it’s a tight race. These other gals found some good stuff. But we’re in this here Broketucky Derby to win it, people. We’re not going to ask for your vote. We’re going to BEG for it. For the love of G-d, PLEASE pick number 3. Vote in the comments. Thank you.
FRIDAY
7pm: the boozy baritones of opera on tap fill intimate barbes with song. $10 sugg. don.
8pm: the bee gees’ music is stayin’ alive w. all-metal tribute band tragedy. brooklyn bowl, $8. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
9pm: now this is an office christmas party: cubicle maze, byo boss shooting gallery, secret santa glory hole, kiss the intern booth, business suit bonfire and homemade snow cannons! bonus: open bar 9-10pm. gowanus ballrooom, $10 before 11pm, $20 after, $15 with rsvp.
9pm (thru sat): the house of yes ‘xmas spectacular: xmas around the world’ promises strong language, drug references, nudity (full frontal, male and female), racial profiling, strobes… fun! $20+. Read the rest of this entry »
SATURDAY
10am-5pm: last chance to enjoy the brooklyn flea outdoors this season before it moves indoors to one hanson
1pm: enjoy an hour-long chamber music concert on a floating barge at the foot of the brooklyn bridge. free.
6:30pm: the zero film fest closing party features all flowers in time from tarnation’s jonathan caouette, starring chloë sevigny. plus musical guests school of seven bells, natureboy and a dj set from bear in heaven. bonus: free booze! nutroaster studios, $12 adv/$15 door. Read the rest of this entry »
Hear the flea calling. Photo via Brownstoner
You all know the Brooklyn Flea pretty well by now, we’re sure: the lick-smacking tastes of Asia Dog, the free samples of McClure’s Pickles, the guy with the REAL zebra-skin covered trunk and so forth (and if you don’t, Martha Stewart is way cooler than you). But how much do you know about the beautiful neighborhood that surrounds the flea? And even if you do think you know it, do you really pay attention to all its sights and sounds? Elastic City, a new walking-tour company, is kicking off this Saturday, May 1, with the first in a series of Flea Walks, and it’s free this weekend only. Read the rest of this entry »
Artisanal caramel. It's happening.
We’re tallying up 25 affordable local gifts this year, but since this is Brooklyn, we know this you’ll also be shopping for people who eat sustainable pork jowl and say peanut butter is over (pumpkin seed butter, yay!). So we’ve compiled a list of the best locavore edible gifts to give your foodie friends for the holidays. And yes, it’s possible to put your money where your Pollan is when you don’t have much money. Grab one, two, or create a gift basket for the rooftop farmer in your life. Read the rest of this entry »
The Brooklyn Lyceum holiday market/Photo by Flickr's groundsel
As if Amazon’s anti-small-business tactics weren’t enough to convince you, here are more than a dozen reasons to ignore e-tailer spam and shop locally in Brooklyn. This year, holiday markets are popping up around Brooklyn like Swedish espresso shops, with added inducements like concerts, performances and booze. At Dekalb market, Santa’s even posing for photos in a shipping container. Beat that, internetz. Markets are free unless otherwise noted. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
12-4pm: all robicelli’s cupcakes are 50% off at dekalb market: pumpkin spice latte, bourbon caramel apple, and pear cardamom ginger. $1.50/each (reg $3). Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
7:30pm: put on your best specs for nerd night trivia + presentations about zombie combat methods, bad trips (that’s travelling trips) and the ‘psychology’ of twilight. galapagos, $10 adv, $14 door. Read the rest of this entry »
due to hurricane irene, please check venue website, facebook, and twitter accounts for weather cancellations
FRIDAY
thru 9/1: rerun gastropub theater highlights favorite films from their first year with double features, filmmakers in person, and $4 chilled absolute brooklyn + il prosecco (mention the password ‘the new year’). $7, or arrive 30+ minutes before showtime for free admission (with $7 bar/food purchase). Read the rest of this entry »
How fabulous is Kate Payne, author of the Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking, a blog and now a book? Yesterday the thoroughly modern housemistress invited us to the Brooklyn Flea in Williamsburg (gorgeous, btw), handed us $25 and told us to buy the grooviest home item we could find. The only catch: four other bloggers would be doing the same, and our merch would be judged against theirs in an online contest on Kate’s blog. The purchases have been logged and photographed, Kate’s blog post is up, and it’s a tight race. These other gals found some good stuff. But we’re in this here Broketucky Derby to win it, people. We’re not going to ask for your vote. We’re going to BEG for it. For the love of G-d, PLEASE pick number 3. Vote in the comments. Thank you.
FRIDAY
7pm: the boozy baritones of opera on tap fill intimate barbes with song. $10 sugg. don.
8pm: the bee gees’ music is stayin’ alive w. all-metal tribute band tragedy. brooklyn bowl, $8. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
9pm: now this is an office christmas party: cubicle maze, byo boss shooting gallery, secret santa glory hole, kiss the intern booth, business suit bonfire and homemade snow cannons! bonus: open bar 9-10pm. gowanus ballrooom, $10 before 11pm, $20 after, $15 with rsvp.
9pm (thru sat): the house of yes ‘xmas spectacular: xmas around the world’ promises strong language, drug references, nudity (full frontal, male and female), racial profiling, strobes… fun! $20+. Read the rest of this entry »
SATURDAY
10am-5pm: last chance to enjoy the brooklyn flea outdoors this season before it moves indoors to one hanson
1pm: enjoy an hour-long chamber music concert on a floating barge at the foot of the brooklyn bridge. free.
6:30pm: the zero film fest closing party features all flowers in time from tarnation’s jonathan caouette, starring chloë sevigny. plus musical guests school of seven bells, natureboy and a dj set from bear in heaven. bonus: free booze! nutroaster studios, $12 adv/$15 door. Read the rest of this entry »
Hear the flea calling. Photo via Brownstoner
You all know the Brooklyn Flea pretty well by now, we’re sure: the lick-smacking tastes of Asia Dog, the free samples of McClure’s Pickles, the guy with the REAL zebra-skin covered trunk and so forth (and if you don’t, Martha Stewart is way cooler than you). But how much do you know about the beautiful neighborhood that surrounds the flea? And even if you do think you know it, do you really pay attention to all its sights and sounds? Elastic City, a new walking-tour company, is kicking off this Saturday, May 1, with the first in a series of Flea Walks, and it’s free this weekend only. Read the rest of this entry »
