WEDNESDAY: Summer Theater
Beat the heat tonight (high of 97 degrees in the city!) with a moody French film at BAM: Dans Paris screens as part of BAMcinematek’s series featuring the “it” French actor, Romain Duris. Bonus: the film is in French with subtitles.
FRIDAY: On the Big Screen
This weekend marks the opening–finally–of Williamsburg’s very own independent [...]

If you ever felt like the organizers of the Brooklyn Book Festival were playing a cruel joke by packing so much literary goodness into one day, take heart. This year, they’re introducing a series of “Bookend” events that will expand the Festival’s offering into Brooklyn parks, bookstores, venues, and bars over the course of three [...]

2010 has been the year of the Vampire–at least the True Blood and Twilight variety. But these beings have seduced us since the era of silent films, and to honor this immortal love, BAMcinématek has curated a fabulous series of fanged features, Bela Lugosi’s Dead, Vampires Live Forever.
Through September you can see classic [...]

WEDNESDAY: Party Hard
Perhaps Court Street-favorite Frankies 457 and party-crazed rocker/motivational speaker Andrew WK aren’t the most logical pairing in the world, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome. Tonight, beat the midweek blues with the last Finger on the Pulse BBQ Blowout of the summer at Good Company (formerly Hope Lounge). Frankies will be [...]

 
           
Within a matter of days, McCarren Park will open its six, new U.S. Open-style blue tennis courts. American Express and the United States Tennis Association funded the makeover, but it was Sean Hoess and the McCarren Tennis Association who got their attention.
The Bushwick resident (above, center) founded the Association around a year and a half ago [...]

Before we proceed to today’s post, a brief housekeeping note: For the next two weeks we will only be sending out the Tip Sheet on Wednesdays. No, we’re not headed to the beach–we’ll be working on taking our long-anticipated new site live, moving our archives over and setting up the new BB blog. We’ll resume [...]

WEDNESDAY: Magic Dance
Perhaps it was the work of the Goblin King that last month’s SummerScreen showing of Labyrinth was rained out, but no worries–tonight’s the rain date. Head out to McCarren Park to get your belated fill of Bowie’s bulge and camp creepiness, along with the usual food vendors (including Asiadog and Sixpoint) and live [...]

Unless you make it onto a reality show like Bravo’s Work of Art, where your work is critiqued before millions of viewers, entering a juried art competition is a poorly documented experience. Most contestants rarely get feedback on their work or have any sense of the judges’ decision-making process. Which is why Canteen’s inaugural photo [...]

If you haven’t yet visited an outdoor pool in Brooklyn, August is a good month to stick your toes in. The city feels empty, and the waters are less crowded, especially during the week. But “the rules” can be a bit of a shock. All pools are open daily from 11 am to 7 pm, [...]

WEDNESDAY: Charity Sugar
There really isn’t anything not to love about 826NYC: they have a superhero supply store, they do great things with kids and writing, and they throw awesome events. This week marks the second event in their new benefit series Show Off Your Sugar, which pairs one author with one musical act for aural/literary [...]