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Tip Sheet: June 11 - June 19
ROY G. BIV + LGBT
Saturday Brooklyn Pride (brooklynpride.org) in Prospect Park will kick start a day of revelry, leading up to the nighttime parade on 7th Ave. and after parties on 5th. Dads will have to vie for attention during the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket’s Father’s Day Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest. Wonder who’s going to […]
Published on June 11th, 2008 under Everything, Food & Drink, Arts & Entertainment, Community, Family.
Tip Sheet: June 5-9
Sure sign that summer is upon us: Too much fun to be had on any given weekend, starting with this one.
For the Grillmasters
Compete in the RUB-sponsored,Grillin’ by the Bay cookoff in Sheepshead Bay this Saturday — or just eat the charred masterpieces of bigtime barbecuers like The Rhode Island Anchormen, last year’s winners. grillinonthebay.org
For […]
Published on June 4th, 2008 under Everything, Food & Drink, Arts & Entertainment, Shopping & Services, Community, Family, Play.
Blues Explosion
If the closest you’ve come to experiencing the Delta Blues is through the White Stripes, the coming week will bring original masters like Robert “Wolfman” Belfour and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, and those influenced by them, straight to Brooklyn.
The bluesmen and women are here via the Mississippi Delta Heritage Project, an ambitious program by a 20-year-old […]
Published on May 29th, 2008 under Everything, Arts & Entertainment, Community, Quiz.
Tip Sheet: May 21-27
Everybody Dance Now
In a nod to the Brooklyn Bridge’s 125th anniversary, Chuck Davis, artistic director of DanceAfrica — BAM’s famous festival of African and African-American dance, music, art and film — has curated a program that celebrates building bridges between cultures… and in that gracious spirit, BAM is extending a pair of free tickets to […]
Published on May 21st, 2008 under Everything, Arts & Entertainment, Community, Play.
The “Other” Brooklyn Bridge Celebrations
The five-day blowout celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge’s 125th anniversary begins Thursday, May 22, and there are a multitude of cool things planned: a Technicolor light installation, a Brooklyn Philharmonic performance, outdoor films in Fulton-Ferry State Park, guided tours, and Grucci fireworks (all detailed here).
But BB is particularly psyched about two great events that just […]
Published on May 15th, 2008 under Everything, Arts & Entertainment, Community, Family, Play.
On the Waterfront
Lest you forget, we’re on an island, surrounded by water, and these seven organizations make it insanely easy to see Brooklyn* by boat — oil slicks, egrets, and all. Some will even let you paddle for free, so there’s no excuse for landlubbers.
Gowanus Dredgers, waterfrontmuseum.org/dredgers
The Deal: Free canoes, life vests, and maps to explore the […]
Published on May 13th, 2008 under Everything, Community, Family, Play.
Yo, Mama (to be)
“Got any weird cravings?”
If you’re pregnant, or you’ve been pregnant, you know this is one of those questions people love to ask, because they all want you to say pickles.
Nevermind that few reliable studies confirm this craving. (One Sri Lankan survey found that many pregnant women do crave sour foods — especially those who believe […]
Published on May 8th, 2008 under Everything, Food & Drink, Community, Family, Play.
Tip Sheet: May 7 - May 14
Give Me Your Pour
Next Wed., May 14, Long Island winemakers bring their estate-grown vintages to Brooklyn for Edible Brooklyn’s second annual Brooklyn Uncorked, and we’ve got two free tickets for the first person who can name the East End winery owner whose sculpture is installed at Pratt. Stumped? Take this list of Long Island wineries […]
Published on May 7th, 2008 under Everything, Food & Drink, Arts & Entertainment, Community.
Tip Sheet: April 30 to May 4
Kid ‘n’ Play
Indulge your mini, 7- to 16-year-old speed demon this Sunday in Bay Ridge’s Owl Head Park, where they’ll learn how to build and embellish hot-wheels-sized cars from scratch, then race them down a 40-foot track. (A non-racing class called the “Show Boat” division exists for art cars.) The free event, from 11-3, is […]
Published on April 30th, 2008 under Everything, Food & Drink, Community, Family, Play.
How Our Gardens Grow
Brooklyn has the greenest thumb of all five boroughs, if you measure that by our 349 community gardens (Manhattan comes in second with 204). The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust defines a community garden as “a shared green space which is planned, designed, built and maintained by some community members for the use and enjoyment of […]
Published on April 10th, 2008 under Everything, Community.
