The statue in the photo above is of Angelina Eberly. I’d never heard of her until I read Gail Collins’s column Wendy and the Boys in Wednesday’s New York Times. The column focuses on Texas State Senator Wendy Davis’s filibuster that succee…
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Attendees were encouraged to wear “proper shoes to navigate this gritty alleyway are recommended” for Downtown Brooklyn’s Grove Alley Nite Market Friday night. The little known street nestled near Hanover Place between Fulton and Livingston Streets hosted an event featuring many trendy vendors including The Morris Truck, Rickshaw Dumplings, Thanatos Candles & Beauty and more.
The Tale of the Tweets after the jump.
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Gran Electrica, the Fulton Ferry Historic District eatery (not DUMBO!), was featured Friday night on WABC-TV. The Mexican restaurant was opened in 2012 by Colonie owners Tamer Hamawi, Emelie Kihlstrom, and Elise Rosenberg. The report features this recipe: PESCADO AL MOJO DE AJO 1 whole fish (our favorite is local line-caught Porgy) 1/2 cup olive […]
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According to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Carolyn E. Demarest on Thursday ordered SUNY Downstate to present a full accounting of all LICH property, assets and funds transferred to Downstate, the income derived from the properties, details about the other LICH properties SUNY plans to dispose of and more, no later than […]
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Mettle, a documentary about people who collect recyclables for cash—at the risk of arrest or enormous fines—will be premiering at the Jalopy Theater on Sunday, July 28th at 7pm. Cobble Hill resident Andy Arrow who produced and directed the film, says: Each day across New York City, thousands of resourceful citizens, who really seem to […]
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The reasons one may have for setting out on the lengthy pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, in northwest Spain,…
June 28, 2013According to Lois Weiss’s “Between the Bricks” column in the New York Post, cosmetics retailer Sephora will be the anchor tenant in the retail space being developed in the Brooklyn Municipal Building at the southeast corner of Court and Joralemon streets. Weiss quotes Albert Laboz of United American Land, the developer of the site, as […]
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With all the ad agencies and studios filming around the Heights, why not join the fray and aim for a little fame yourself? On My Block Films challenges its participants to: Reach out to one another, introduce yourselves, and make a movie! We make this process more approachable for those who have never done something […]
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Those looking for an alternative to spending mega-bucks on a Broadway show need look no further than 3 Pierrepont Place this Saturday, as Enigma, billed as “Brooklyn’s First Outdoor Mystery Theatre Adventure” makes its debut there at noon.
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The Brooklyn Bridge Park Pop-Up Pool at Pier 2 will open for business on June 27 at 10am. It will be open 7 days a week from 10 AM to 6 PM until Labor Day.
A Lizzmonade stand, featuring ARTISINAL lemonade (hey it’s Brooklyn), will be open pool side. Read the full presser here:
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