Brooklyn Brewery

12 Jan 2011

Token up at Brooklyn Brewery

I find it way easier to spend things that represent money than actual money, even though it takes actual money to get the things that represent it. Which is a confusing way of saying I think it’s pretty awesome that Brooklyn Brewery uses wooden tokens as currency for beer, and

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09 Dec 2010

Dance, Drink and Do Good at Physical Action Tonight

It’s freezing. There are signs/sales/stories reminding you what presents you should be buying for people that you can’t afford in your grill constantly, and you are probably busier than ever trying to get enough work done to take time off for the holidays. You know what you need to combat this

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20 Nov 2010

Closing Night of the Zero Film Festival

The term “indie” has been appropriated to describe many things. Everything from music, t-shirts and even coffee shops, the term has long been watered down from its original definition, which is essentially financing your own art and doing innovative things on your own terms. In celebration of that mantra, the

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25 Sep 2010

Lulu's Raises the FREE Pizza Bar in Greenpoint

My family is in town. They’ve seen the sites, they’ve walked in the mysterious street puddles, they’ve had someone sneeze on them in the subway… they’ve pretty much done it all, people! As I racked my brain for more to do, however, I realized that there was one more pivotal

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21 Mar 2010

FREE Vivian Girls Brooklyn Bowl Show

While the rest of my friends are busy chowing down BBQ and filling up bars to listen to the next big thing down at SXSW, the one thing I’ve had to console me was the unexpected, freakishly beautiful weather we’ve been having in NYC. You would have thought we time

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24 Jan 2010

Brooklyn Haiti Fundraiser

People have many opinions about those “crazy kids” living in the hipster hotbed that is Bushwick. They turn dumpsters into swimming pools, try to secede, and throw riotous parties in their DIY music spaces. Cynicism aside, these kids know how to work with what they got and put together huge

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23 Jun 2009

FREE: Dancing and Brooklyn Summer Ale

There’s nothing particularly monumental about today’s event except that with the recent weather it’s hard to remind yourself that summer just started and that you should be out enjoying it when everyday is grey, muggy and rainy. BUT…JDub Records and NYPress are offering you the chance to dance tonight, to

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