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Friday, December 4th at 7pm (rain date: Dec 11th) Tree Lighting Ceremony in Carroll Park Say hello to Santa and his Elves Sing Christmas carols Free refreshments Gifts for the children Hosted by The Court Street Merchants Association, with the cooperation of The Committee to Improve ...
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Hands on World is hosting an exclusive seasonal even, supporting the debut of these women owned businesses: Class Ceiling Massilia Home and Garden Amini Jewelry Find gifts fr everyone on your list: Men's, women's and children's attire from up-and-coming NY designers Quality hand-crafted jewelry ...
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Brooklyn
CATCH THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT AT PS 29 Pie! Shopping! Movies! Crafts! On December 5, PS 29 will host the first annual “ Eat Pie and Shop ” Holiday Gift Fair and Pie Social, proceeds from this family-friendly Holiday event will support the PTAs of the school and neighboring ...
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Celebrate the Urban Meadow and show your neighborhood pride! Meadow t-shirts are available for purchase at Everyday Athlete , 136 Union Street (bet. Hicks and Columbia). All proceeds from the sales go to the Meadow, allowing us to purchase supplies for the garden and to organize all ...
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A number of businesses have united in Red Hook to form a group called RED: Red Hook Economic Development. Their first event is RED Friday on 11/27, featuring specials and discounts in all of the participating businesses. Confirmed businesses so far are below: Metal & Thread Tiburon Red ...
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Red Hook
Brooklyn
Head over to Moonshine on 12/4/09 at 11 Pm for a Free comedy show - the perfect compliment to Moonshine's cheap buckets of beer! This show will be happening on the first Friday of the month from now on, so check out the official Cobra Clutch blog page for more details about this and ...
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Brooklyn
Red Hook
The Courier touched on two issues this week that are affecting Red Hook's quality of life: trash and concrete In an article about State and City procedures for keeping the new Red Hook concrete plant on a "short leash," the Courier's Gary Buiso writes: State and city officials are vowing to ...
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Red Hook
The Daily News ran an article earlier this week called "Red-hot deals in Red Hook" where they highlighted a number of local businesses that often don't get media attention. Its almost like a Not-for-Tourists guide to Red Hook. Here's what they included: GROCERY STORE: Fairway 480 Van Brunt ...
Food
Red Hook
Brooklyn
Marty Markowitz's office is sponsoring the 2nd annual smART Hop this weekend, which offers five different bus loops around Brooklyn to bring people to local art galleries. Neighborhood participants in the tour include: BWAC Kentler International Drawing Space and WORK They are included on the ...
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Brooklyn
Red Hook
Brooklyn Heights
Park Slope
Gowanus
The Cobble Hill Association is offering us an opportunity to meet with our elected officials through a series of Community Round Table. The CHA is kicking it off with State Senator Daniel Squadron. 7:30 PM on Monday, November 23rd @ Christ Church, at the corner of Clinton and Kane Streets More ...
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WORK Gallery presents DO I MOVE YOU, ARE YOU WILLING November 21 - December 14, 2009 a group exhibition of photography opening SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 7-9PM. Curated by JOSIE MINER, the exhibition features eight New York City based photographers whose works collectively ...
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We're a little late on this one, but some new stuff recently popped up at the Art Lot on Sackett and Columbia. Our favorite of the pieces is this robot statue:
News
Brooklyn
The Municipal Art Society recently hosted a conference called "Designing Urban Farms to Feed Our City," and they now have a podcast ( here ) and slideshow (embedded below) related to it up on their site, which describes the event as follows: Representing a variety of perspectives on sustainable ...
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Red Hook
Brooklyn
A couple of weeks ago we walked past Pit Stop and saw signs on the window advertising that the restaurant would soon be making changes to appeal to families and kids by becoming a racecar themed Bistro 4 Kids. This made a lot of sense, since they had always been popular among families anyway - ...
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Brooklyn
Earlier this week, we heard around the internet that there was a taping for a Brooklyn episode of the Martha Stewart show. Then, earlier today, the Red Hook Food Vendors posted a link to their Twitter account for the pupusa recipe below, which is featured on Martha Stewart's website . This is ...
A&E
Red Hook
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On 11/20 and 11/21, the Falconworks Artist Group will be sponsoring a theater event featuring local Red Hook youth: "Six young playwrights, with the support of professional writers, actors, directors, and creative artists, take center stage in their own plays for an evening of funny, moving, ...
News
Red Hook
Brooklyn
On Friday, 11/20, the PS58 PTA brings the Story Pirates to Brooklyn and they are opening the event up with welcome arms to the entire community! Details from the organizers: For months our PS 58 kids have been busy writing stories for the Pirates review. After reading all of our stories, the ...
News
Brooklyn
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Despite Red Hook's new concrete plant nearing completion,
the neighborhood fight against it continues on. The NY...
Times published an article about the struggle last week, saying: So the plant, which is nearing completion, has spurred protests in this ...
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The Concrete Plant fight continues
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LAST FREEBIRD PARTY OF THE YEAR! Sunday, November
15, 2-4 pm In conjunction with the New York...
Independent Book Week (not to mention the present management's 2-year anniversary), Freebird will join forces with WORD Bookstore in Greenpoint to ...
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Freebird Party11/15: Red Hook Chickens, Six Point, and Moxie
A video has been released about the "Honey I Shrunk Red Hook" project by Luis Blackaller and Andy Cavatorta that appeared at Lucky Gallery this past August. This art project and installation - described on Lucky's site as a little Red Hook in the big Red Hook - is such a great concept, ...
