Music
Northside Market Opens Today! Brooklynites and AC Lovers Rejoice!
So apparently markets are the new $2 PBR of Brooklyn, and I am 100% okay with that. Taking cues from the success of predecessors like Brooklyn Flea and most recently, Smorgasburg, Northside Market knows what the borough likes and is opening a summer-only indoor market in Williamsburg starting today, Saturday
Catch Mos Def and More at the FREE Fort Greene Festival Saturday
I am 100% devoted and true to the neighborhood love of my life Greenpoint, but there’s no harm in having a little crush on Fort Greene is there? I don’t see nothin’ wrong with a little nap in Fort Greene Park while belly rubbin’ from some deliciousness at Brooklyn Flea
Broke-Ass Band Interview: Matt Bauer (Thursday @ Viracocha!)
This Thursday, June 23rd at 8:30pm, I am performing at Viracocha with Matt Bauer, who is on tour from New York. Matt Bauer’s new record, The Jessamine County Book of the Living, which features Jolie Holland (watch video below!), Mariee Sioux, and Angel Deradoorian of the Dirty Projectors, has been
Play Me a Song, Pop-Up Piano Man
Sing for Hope, an organization dedicated to making sure art is available to everyone in New York City, is bringing the beats to the streets once again this year with Pop-Up Pianos. For two weeks, 88 public pianos throughout all boroughs will give New Yorkers a chance to see if
Broke-Ass Guide to Surviving Summer Festivals
Summer is here and that means festival season has arrived! Being broke-asses and all, it’s not like you can afford to go to every “festi” that comes to your neck of the woods. Whether you are going to The Bounce Festival this weekend, High Sierra over Fourth of July Weekend,
RSVP to see Mark Farina at SF Public Works for FREE this Friday!
For those of you old enough to remember the late 90s, you should then remember Mark Farina and his whole Mushroom Jazz phenomenon (which was produced on local label Om records) which rocked the electronic scene for over a decade. Farina is known for his Chicago house, acid jazz and
Northside Open Studios this Weekend
If you haven’t heard of the Northside Music & Arts Festival already, or don’t ever go to Brooklyn (really?!) then you may have noticed plenty o’advertising for this massive weekend event. Along with tons of bands playing venues all over town (see full line-up HERE), local artists will also be
See Lou Reed, Todd Rundgren, Rosanne Cash and More Tonight FREE in Prospect Park
If you’ve never seen Lou Reed, then I’m sorry but you are not yet a New Yorker no matter how many years of high rent and sticky summers you’ve put in. Fortunately, tonight you can fix this. Reed and icons like Todd Rundgren, jazz legend Geri Allen, Rosanne Cash, Eric