WEDNESDAY: Bay Meets BK
West Coast print mag Meatpaper and the local Diner Journal joined up for tonight’s cocktail party, East Meats West, with folks from Chez Panisse, Bar Tartine, and Marlow and Sons. Tonight at Enid’s, this bi-costal group will serve up food and drinks from the best of both worlds from 8-11.
THURSDAY: The Sacred [...]

Halloween falls on a a Saturday this year, all the better for spooky fun. There are so many haunted houses, costume parades and general mayhem to choose from that we put together a few of our favorite events to make it easier to plan a bewitching evening (and pre-Halloween partying).
Steampunk Invasion
After last year’s blowout [...]

WEDNESDAY: You’re Golden
Do you have the tax day blues? Stop by Babeland in Park Slope today for a little, ahem, stimulus package. Free “gold digger” to the first 100 Brooklynites (who have already filed their taxes) through the door, and 10% off all day. 462 Bergen Street (between 5th Ave. and Flatbush Ave.)
If At First [...]

WEDNESDAY: Green Living
As part of its monthly Community Forum Night, the Community Bookstore hosts an open discussion/brainstorming session on how to incorporate alternative energy sources into your home, at 7pm.

THURSDAY: Talky Literati
Over the years, The Paris Review has consistently published the literary world’s most enlightening author interviews. On Thursday, the magazine’s editor, Philip Gourevitch, speaks [...]

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY: My Mother is a Fish
On Wednesday through Friday, catch Immediate Medium’s production “Chuck.Chuck.Chuck.” consisting of live music, video, text and dance based on William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying” at Collapsable Hole, 146 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg.
THURSDAY: Summoning Springtime
Stop by a local Brooklyn Industries location on Thursday from 5:30pm-8pm for refreshments and a chance [...]

Ah yes, Valentine’s Day again: inspiring couples to canoodle and singles to sob since the Middle Ages. Here’s the Brooklyn Based guide to date ideas, how to keep the kids occupied and where to score a last-minute dinner reservation.
It might feel counterintuitive to head to the subway to linger over high culture and art, but [...]

Happy Year of the Ox! For Chinese New Year we called upon Zach Brooks, the blogger behind Midtown Lunch and master of all things dim sum, to name the best place for shu mai, pork buns and soup dumplings in the city. Of course, it also happens to be in Brooklyn.

Picking one dim sum place [...]

WEDNESDAY: Lost and Found
We’re putting on the biggest, best Lost party EVER! Tonight at the Bell House, gear up for the big premiere with $1 rum punch from 7:30-8:30pm, and Previously on Lost recapping Season 4 at 8pm, followed by the season premiere in its entirety. We’ll have 150 seats, so get there early to [...]

Happy Thanksgiving! Family driving you crazy already? We asked Park Slope comedienne Kristen Schaal (the hilarious Mel on “Flight of the Conchords” and onetime switchboard gal on “Mad Men”) to provide a little comic relief and name five things she’s thankful for this Thanksgiving:
1.) Obama!
2.) Being safe from Palin for at least four years.
3.) A [...]

We don’t fancy ourselves the Ms. Manners of Brooklyn media, but we do know this: If someone invites you to Thanksgiving you better not show up empty handed. Here are our suggestions for gifts that will get you invited back next year. If you’re hosting, check out our turkey buying guide.

DIY:
Brooklyn Kitchen
Williamsburg, 718-389-2982.
Want to [...]