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Two Book Parties
While not creating quirky short story collections or blockbuster indie flicks, Miranda July, along with artist and co-provacateur Harrell Fletcher, have been assigning the public odd tasks like “write down a recent argument” or ” braid someone’s hair.” The responses, in the form of videos, texts, photographs and drawings, […]

Brace yourselves. There are so many fantastic things to do this weekend, it will be hard to commit to just one.
First, there’s cabbage head: one Hungarian artist’s riff on his national dish, stuffed cabbage, cooked up by the Hungarian Cultural Center for a group show at this weekend’s 11th annual Art Under the Bridge […]

You may want to call in sick on Friday to attend the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment’s third annual Green Brooklyn expo, a day-long event meant to encourage New Yorkers to make their lives a little more eco. The non-profit, known mostly for its tours through industrial zones like Newtown Creek, has added […]

Do you ever wish you knew how to speak Spanish, silkscreen a t-shirt, build a table, blow glass, or just work your digital camera? Here’s how to get on it:
DIY Central: 3rd Ward (Bushwick)
This is the one-stop shop for Renaissance Men in training. Registration for Sept. classes – which range from welding to learning […]

“These days, you don’t have to go to a Yaddo or MacDowell to find a writer’s colony,” says New York Times book critic, Liesl Schillinger. “You just have to cross the Brooklyn Bridge” — particularly next Sunday, Sept.16, when the Brooklyn Book Festival returns to Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza.
Two new venues were added […]

Signs that you’re a Greenmarket junkie: You see nothing wrong with dropping $20 on four oddly formed, jewel toned tomatoes. You love pursalane — whatever it is. And the idea of visiting the farm where all this gorgeous produce is grown sounds like a great day trip to you.
Well, good news: next Sunday, September […]

Some birders travel the world seeking exotic species to add to their life list. Steve Baldwin found one in his backyard, and stopped there.
The Bay Ridge Internet marketer first spotted the Monk Parakeet, a South American species of parrot, at Brooklyn College in 2005, and their massive nests atop the stadium lights. Each nest […]

The last JellyNYC McCarren Pool Party of the season is upon us, with a very danceable lineup this Sunday that includes electro rockers like Austin’s Ghostland Obsvervatory, the quirky, electronic musician Jona Bechtolt (a k a Yacht, pictured) — who is also the creator of the blogging reality show, Ultimate Blogger — and Brooklyn […]

Open One Week: Black Mountain Wine House
Manager and “wine wrangler” Shane Smith, a former buyer at Uva Wines, says he and owner Jim Mamary (Pacifico, Patois) didn’t want to create a stereoptypical wine bar, “where everyone is sipping Chardonnay and whispering.” So they created a country cabin instead, inspired by Mamary’s Catskills getaway. […]

If you’ve never experienced the time-stood-still strangeness of Governors Island, boat across this Saturday to bike around, picnic, and hear Bushwick’s big band, Antibalas. The afrobeat music collective is as big (14+ musicians) as their sounds are varied (jazz, funk, soul, Latin and classical elements are all there). Along with the Afro-Brazilian opening act […]