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Montessori Circus Show comes to town
Montessori Circus Show comes to town
24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com — By Meredith Deliso Forget parading elephants and cheesy emcees. The Montessori Circus Show is a Brooklyn-style stage... spectacular, an avant-garde piece featuring aerialists, hula hooping, puppetry, wood chopping, baking, and some clowning thrown in for good measure. Conceived by trapeze duo ... (more) Montessori Circus Show comes to town
2 Bushwick Supermarkets Settle Labor Charges
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com — The owners of two supermarkets in Bushwick, Brooklyn, agreed to pay more than $1.1 million in restitution... to more than 50 employees to settle charges that the stores violated state wage laws, New York State’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, ... (more) 2 Bushwick Supermarkets Settle Labor Charges
Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos
Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos
roboppy.net — Tortillas. Inside. I don't eat Mexican food as much as I should. It doesn't help that New... York City is known for having bad Mexican food—like, it exists here, but most of it blows. Or so I've been told. Growing... (more) Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos
Reserve now: five free art tours of Brooklyn this weekend
Reserve now: five free art tours of Brooklyn this weekend
brokelyn.com — The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center. It’s only Monday, but we wanted to tell you about a... Brooklyn-wide gallery hop that Marty Markowitz has put together for this weekend. Five free buses will be doing loops around our artiest ... (more) Reserve now: five free art tours of Brooklyn this weekend
SCORE!
SCORE!
greenpointers.blogspot.com — I'm fairly bummed I will not be around this Saturday for this as there are quite a... few things I'd be up for swapping. I'm REALLY bummed, actually. Are ugly sweaters crowding your closet and out of date CDs taking up too much shelf space? Instead of getting snubbed by Beacon's Closet, bring ... (more) SCORE!
Weekend Blend: 11/20-11/22
Weekend Blend: 11/20-11/22
greenpointers.blogspot.com — There's still two more Fridays of Cafe Grumpy's Roastier & Toastier movie nights. This Friday is The... Ice Storm and next Friday their concluding with Christmas Vacation. This Saturday come to NYC Pet and help the McCarren Park Dog Run . NYC Pet has come to the dog run's rescue, helping them ... (more) Weekend Blend: 11/20-11/22
Bar owner defies tarot reading and opens anyway
Bar owner defies tarot reading and opens anyway
brooklynpaper.com — The tarot reading made it clear: “It’s not in the cards!” But bar owner Jesse Levitt ignored... the cautious divinations and took inspiration from the occult omens regardless: He’s steered his destiny to bustling Washington Avenue, where on Nov. 20 he’ll ... (more) Bar owner defies tarot reading and opens anyway
COUNCIL DISTRICT 34: Brooklyn bishop bestows blessing on Dem boss’ candidates
COUNCIL DISTRICT 34: Brooklyn bishop bestows blessing on Dem boss’ candidates
boropolitics.com — Williamsburg residents have been receiving a higher calling this week: an automated message from Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas... DiMarzio urging voters to support Assemblymember and Kings County Democratic Chair Vito Lopez and his candidates in next ... (more) COUNCIL DISTRICT 34: Brooklyn bishop bestows blessing on ...
Criminals are going holiday shopping
nypost.com — Burglars are going holiday shopping early this year in Williamsburg and Bushwick, with burglaries up 22 percent... this year — and 36 percent over the last two years — in the neighborhoods’ 90th PrecinctCops say that the crooks are jacking small, mobile... (more) Criminals are going holiday shopping
Real Good Chair (realgoodchair) on Twitter
twitter.com — I'm at Union Square! #realgoodexperiment http://flic.kr/p/7d8gyH 4 minutes ago from Flickr Sorry..it's McKibbin w/ an "i." #imachair... #icantspell 30 minutes ago from Tweetie I'm at White / McKibben in Bushwick! http://flic.kr/p/7dbLdd 34 minutes ago ... (more) Real Good Chair (realgoodchair) on Twitter
New York Shitty Recession Watch: Stripped On Varick Avenue
New York Shitty Recession Watch: Stripped On Varick Avenue
newyorkshitty.com — You know we’re living in troubled times when folks are stripping and abandoning strollers. Bushwick: it isn’t... for the feint of heart. Miss Heather (more) New York Shitty Recession Watch: Stripped On Varick Avenue
NYCLeaves: Project LeafDrop
nycleaves.org — Bring your leaves HERE this Saturday , 11/7 Click on boroughs for maps! QUEENS Astoria Park (19th... st @ Astoria Park South) 11am-1pm St. Marks Garden in Jackson Heights (34th Ave @ 81st/82nd) 11am-3pm MANHATTAN Clinton Community Garden in Hell’s ... (more) NYCLeaves: Project LeafDrop
The Defender of Grove Street
bushwickbk.com — Jaime Alvarez keeps watch over the block he’s championed for decades. — Photos by Conrado de la... Rosa Jaime Alvarez knows Bushwick. He has been a Grove St. resident for the last thirty-seven years and admits to having lived through ... (more) The Defender of Grove Street
Project LeafDrop
nycleaves.org — compost M any community gardens across Brooklyn, in partnership with the GreenBridge Community Garden Alliance of Brooklyn... Botanic Garden , bk farmyards , Vokashi , and the Neighborhood Open Space Coalition will accept and compost residential leaves ... (more) Project LeafDrop
Earth Matter NY, Inc.
earthmatter.org — Composting Resource Homepage RSS Aug 24 volunteer events Filed under: events — admin @ 3:24 PM Bushwick... Farmers Market Compost Project Compost Tabling Event at our Food Waste Drop-off Station Location: Bushwick Farmers Market corner of Broadway and ... (more) Earth Matter NY, Inc.
’70s Bushwick Street Gang Video Resurfaces
’70s Bushwick Street Gang Video Resurfaces
bushwickbk.com — How the times have changed. By watching this gritty 1976 NBC newscast, Bushwick newcomers will quickly realize... why some native New Yorkers still avoid this neighborhood and, in the meantime, pinpoint the real-life personas that inspired those ... (more) ’70s Bushwick Street Gang Video Resurfaces
Old Bushwick Gangs to Inspire New Bushwick Band Names
Old Bushwick Gangs to Inspire New Bushwick Band Names
curbed.com — BushwickBK brings us this unearthed 1976 news footage of local toughs the Devil's Rebels , a "teenage... gang that roams the 83rd precinct looking for trouble." (Note: We're only 60% sure this isn't just deleted footage from The Warriors .) ... (more) Old Bushwick Gangs to Inspire New Bushwick Band Names
Video: Ye Olde Bushwick Gang Footage
Video: Ye Olde Bushwick Gang Footage
gothamist.com — Street gangs used to have way cooler names — like, say, the Devil's Rebels for instance. Now... there's some amazing footage that's resurfaced of the '70s Bushwick gang, originally broadcast as part of a 1976 newscast. The footage was allegedly ... (more) Video: Ye Olde Bushwick Gang Footage
Hoping for a Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn
dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com — Roberta's in Bushwick is planning to set up a rooftop farm that make take up a full... acre. (more) Hoping for a Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn
Farming and Fundrai$ing: Roberta's, the Bushwick pizza joint that...
Farming and Fundrai$ing: Roberta's, the Bushwick pizza joint that...
ny.eater.com — Roberta's, the Bushwick pizza joint that has received accolades from the press for using locally grown products,... is upping its game. Reps announce they are now building Brooklyn Grange Farms , a one acre rooftop farm in Bushwick, to supplant their ... (more) Farming and Fundrai$ing: Roberta's, the Bushwick pizza ...
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