F-Stop
Dumbo-dwellers Daniel Power of powerHouse Arena and Frank Evers of VII photo agency have organized the country’s first International Photo Festival this Wednesday through Sunday in their hood, featuring two dozen photographers from Harrell Fletcher of Learning to Love You More fame to British firestarter Sarah Pickering (whose “Fire Burst,” 2004, is pictured). Exhibitions, […]

“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 […]

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 […]

The Scoop: Ice cream that is so delicious, it makes you feel like your entire ice-cream-eating life has been a sham, that Haagen-Dazs is not and has never been the bomb, and no one should ever wait on line at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Company again.
Problem: While some will trek for miles or brave […]

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 […]

The weather is finally fit for outdoor drinks, so we’ve compiled open-air spots that will suit your every mood. Garden hours and phone numbers noted only when the site (or lack thereof) doesn’t spell it out.
All to Yourself

Rocky Sullivan’s (formerly Liberty Heights Taproom), 34 Van Dyke St, Red Hook
opens 11 am Mon-Sat and Sun […]

Blood Ties
Tapping the same, dark comedic vein of a Martin McDonagh play, The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh, now at St. Ann’s, is horrifying in the most entertaining sense. The first act seems like a drawn-out gag, as a father and his two sons play act a madcap tale in their London flat. You think […]

Events for a Small Planet
Habana Outpost is not yet open for the season, but you can gain early admittance this weekend for its first annual Earth Day Expo, two days of workshops on beekeeping, kid’s crafts, electronic waste recycling, and a how-to on turning your cheap, street umbrella into a reusable tote. The full […]

Have Your Credit Cards ReadyThe July 9 Feist concert at the Prospect Park Bandshell goes on sale Friday at noon, and Ween’s July 25 show at McCarren Park Pool goes on sale today at noon. bowerypresents.comNews for Sweet ToothsFormer Real Simple art director Carolyn Veith and her lit professor husband Kai Krienke have […]

Oh how we love to complain about our supermarkets — especially in hoods where fresh produce means “not that wilted.” But however much Fairway puts our neighborhood grocers to shame, these stores deserve some props for their ethnic and specialty foods.Food Bazaar, 21 Manhattan Ave., BushwickFrom the four-foot-tall stalks of sugar cane in the […]