Last weekend, in every way. Photo by dennisandluba
Barely a week after its jam-packed season-opening weekend—replete with dance party, food-truck fest and pop-up swap—BKLYN Yard, the hipster hotspot on the Gowanus Riviera, is closed. According to a subscriber email blast from the good folks at MeanRed Productions, which runs the grassy space in Carroll Gardens, the group was handed its walking papers on Tuesday when their landlord renegged on their existing lease. In the note, MeanRed promised to keep fighting the good fight, reassuring its yardie fans that it will work to relocate and reschedule its summer programming. We sure hope so. Here’s the full email from MeanRed: Read the rest of this entry »
SATURDAY
Coney Island’s new Luna Park is set to open with 19 new rides today. Check out the Coney Island History Project’s free exhibit about the original, and take a free walking tour of the area’s remaining historic buildings, several of which are in danger of demolition (including where Harpo Marx first performed with brothers Groucho and Gummo)
Thru Sun: 2 days + 2 rooftops + 21 bands (Ava Luna, Rescue Bird, Magic Man, Red Wire Black Wire, 18 more…) = The Bushwick Rooftop Festival . Free.
Zack Fisher and Alex Nelson totally scored.
Over a thousand people attended the massively fun Score! Pop-up Swap at 3rd Ward on Saturday, where our photographer Eric Reichbaum snapped portraits of participants and their finds—like Zack Fisher and Alex Nelson (left) who proudly display a conveniently-sized dry-erase board and a train-shapped sippy cup. A Score indeed! Eric’s photos are awesome, if we say so ourselves. Check out the first few in our Flickr pool—more on the way—where you can also add your own shots from the event.
This not-quite Thanksgiving weekend means you’re not-quite behind schedule for holiday shopping. What better way to get a jump on that lugubrious task than check out some free, random, fascinating, totally-great-gift-idea-you’d-never-woulda-thought-of-in-Macy’s merchandise?
Score! will host its latest pop-up swap meet at 3rd Ward this Saturday, and guess who’s part of the give-and-get action? Brokelyn! We’ve signed on as an official supporter of the event (along with L Magazine, Hearty Magazine, Impose, Girlie Girl Army and Yelp) because it’s got that sort of groovy help-each-other-out-while-helping-yourself-on-the-cheap vibe that we love so much. Read the rest of this entry »
Halloween is coming up and it turns out putting together that really elaborate Lady Gaga-As-Kanye-West in a Where the Wild Things Are furry costume is going to be more expensive than you thought.
Never fear (well, fear a little bit if that really is your costume idea): the good folks who organized last spring’s totally awesome, totally schwaglicious free swap meet on the Gowanus Canal are gearing up for a duo of new swaps for the holiday season, starting with a Halloween costume swap the week before All Hallow’s Eve. Yes, it’s a little early, but this is the year we’re not going to be cobbling together a costume at 4 o’clock the day of. Read the rest of this entry »
