http://brokelyn.com Food, restaurants, shopping and cheap fun on a budget in Brooklyn NYC Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:07:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://brokelyn.com/here-are-all-the-free-outdoor-summer-movie-series-in-brooklyn/ http://brokelyn.com/here-are-all-the-free-outdoor-summer-movie-series-in-brooklyn/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:07:27 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=44447 Read More]]>
Pop quiz hotshot: where is this movie playing? Holy moly, there sure are a lot of outdoor movies this summer. So many that you might have trouble keeping track of whether you’re supposed to be going to Coney Island or Red Hook, before realizing you should really be Fort Greene. So to help you keep track of it all, we’ve put everything from SummerScreen to Red Hook Flicks into a handy list so you’re never confused again. About where the movies are playing, we don’t know why you keep getting dumped either. EAST RIVER PARK East River Park, Williamsburg June 24: Despicable Me July 1: Life of Pi July 8: Hugo July 15: The Artist July 22: Up July 29: Skyfall BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK SYFY MOVIES WITH A VIEW Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Heights True love lasts through other people punching you July 11: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off July 18: Enter the Dragon July 25: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory August 1: 8 Mile August 8: Roman Holiday August 15: Rocky August… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/here-are-all-the-free-outdoor-summer-movie-series-in-brooklyn/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/sundays-stoops-project-turns-bed-stuy-stoops-into-art-exhibits/ http://brokelyn.com/sundays-stoops-project-turns-bed-stuy-stoops-into-art-exhibits/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:29:37 +0000 Katrina Casino http://brokelyn.com/?p=44377 Read More]]>
Team STooPS not on a stoop but at the next best thing: Simplicity Wine Bar, where they’re holding their afterparty on Saturday. Via STooPS Facebook. Ever feel like it might be time to get out of your apartment, and you know, do something? Everyone knows that summer in Brooklyn is like an endless carnival of film festivals, readings, street fairs, and concerts…if you’re willing to travel to the right place. But what about opportunities for arts and music that are literally right in your backyard, or in this case, on your front stoop? For residents of Bed Stuy this Saturday, this fantasy is turning into a reality, thanks to the STooPS project, which is geared up and ready to bring Brooklyn artists right to your front door. Literally. STooPs is coming around the block this Saturday, June 23 thanks to the industrious creativity of Kendra Ross, a dancer, teaching artist, and community… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/sundays-stoops-project-turns-bed-stuy-stoops-into-art-exhibits/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/free-concert-alert-make-music-ny-hits-brooklyn-on-friday/ http://brokelyn.com/free-concert-alert-make-music-ny-hits-brooklyn-on-friday/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:43:00 +0000 Rebecca Fishbein http://brokelyn.com/?p=44398 Read More]]>
MMNY 2010 (via Facebook) The Williamsburg Waterfront’s free concerts might be a washout this summer, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t more free music to be had on the streets of Brooklyn. This Friday marks the return of Make Music New York, a day packed with over 1,000 gratis musical performances from fabulous musicians all over the city. And, naturally, Brooklyn’s not being left out in the cold this year; our fair borough’s getting a good dose of the shows. Here are some highlights, organized by ‘hood. BED-STUY: Blues singer-songwriter Kira Lyra will be performing some soul and jazz hits from 4pm to 5pm at 1114 Fulton Street. At 7pm, hip-hop and R&B group H.O.M.E. TEAM will be laying down beats at 376 Tompkins Ave. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: For fans of acoustic country and bluegrass, Chicken Barn Heroes will perform at 155 Montague Street from noon to 1pm. BUSHWICK: Silent Barn’s crew will team up with… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/free-concert-alert-make-music-ny-hits-brooklyn-on-friday/feed/ 1 http://brokelyn.com/go-on-a-questlove-and-14-other-free-ideas-to-get-you-through-the-week/ http://brokelyn.com/go-on-a-questlove-and-14-other-free-ideas-to-get-you-through-the-week/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:38 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=44391 Read More]]>
Questlove, always looking towards that bright future 1. James Bond is flying in all the way to the Huckleberry Bar From Russia with Love and boy are his arms tired (Monday) 2. The Secret Science Club is hosting a discussion on the future of robots and their terrifying future in our society and how they’re going to replace bartenders. But probably not Lena Dunham (Tuesday) 3. The Book Report is a game at the Beauty Bar where you make up whatever you can about a book you’ve never read. So basically like the third through eighth grade (Tuesday) 4. It’s Juneteenth! Celebrate the best part of Texas at the South 4th Bar with cheap Shiner Bock (Wednesday) 5. Transportation Alternatives invites you to hang out at Red Lantern bike shop and talk bike stuff and have a beer on them. Nice guys (Wednesday) 6. Head to WORD and see some pictures of the DC punk and hardcore… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/go-on-a-questlove-and-14-other-free-ideas-to-get-you-through-the-week/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/tonight-join-bks-award-winning-chess-team-to-rally-for-after-school-programs/ http://brokelyn.com/tonight-join-bks-award-winning-chess-team-to-rally-for-after-school-programs/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:15:22 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=44381 Read More]]>
The Brooklyn Castle team, on the chopping block. via Facebook You’d think that being awesome at your given field and having a documentary made about you would make you safe from the city’s unyielding budget axe. Well, you’d be wrong and probably haven’t spent much time in city politics, because everyone’s worst fears about Williamsburg’s I.S. 318 losing their chess team, along with a ton of other schools losing their after-school programs could come true if the mayor’s budget is passed. Don’t want to see that happen? Rally ’round the team and after-school programs in general tonight in Williamsburg. The Campaign for Children and the Afterschool Alliance are hosting a free screening of Brooklyn Castle, the documentary made about I.S. 318′s chess team, at St. Nick’s Alliance Williamsburg Beacon Center (850 Grand Street, Williamsburg), followed by a rally to save that team and after-school programs for thousands of other public school kids in… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/tonight-join-bks-award-winning-chess-team-to-rally-for-after-school-programs/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/vacation-with-the-griswolds-and-10-other-ways-to-spend-the-weekend/ http://brokelyn.com/vacation-with-the-griswolds-and-10-other-ways-to-spend-the-weekend/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:05:29 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=44357 Read More]]>
No need for violence, the movie’s free. via Facebook 1. Check out a play at the Irondale Ensemble in which the author claims that everything in life he needs to know he learned from zombies. Hopefully not full of diet tips (Friday) 2. Or watch some animated shorts at Videology and drink $3 Sixpoint beers. Don’t worry, it’s normal to see pink cartoon elephants in this case (Friday) 3. Use our badgeless Northside guide to get all the free music you can shake a stick at. And then put down the stick, it’s disconcerting (Friday – Sunday) 4. Take a tour of the city’s secret sugar history in DUMBO, eat some sweet things, make your dentist rich (Saturday) 5. Go to the Pine Box Rock Shop’s summer-themed vegan shop-up. Despite the fact that the government weather machines are depriving of us of summer at the moment (Saturday) 6. If you go to one Northside show you… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/vacation-with-the-griswolds-and-10-other-ways-to-spend-the-weekend/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/east-river-park-gets-summer-movies-now-too/ http://brokelyn.com/east-river-park-gets-summer-movies-now-too/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:45:41 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=44316 Read More]]>
No need to do anything rash, there are enough movies for everyone You can never have enough free summer movies. Well, maybe if we schedule two series in the same exact location and same exact time, like some kind of wacky sitcom, then yes, you can. But otherwise, no. And while it was looking for a second there like East River Park would have no free movies to speak of this summer, The Brooklyn Paper says that Neighbors Allied for Good Growth has done the neighborly thing and stepped in with some summer movies. The movies will be shown on Mondays, at 8:30pm at the Williamsburg park, starting on June 24. This movie series skews a little more family-friendly than the others, with no R-rated movies making an appearance. But if you want your fill of cursing and guardian-required cinema in Williamsburg, you can always hit up SummerScreen. The schedule, as follows: June 24: Despicable… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/east-river-park-gets-summer-movies-now-too/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/tonight-debate-the-thing-on-everyones-mind-should-obama-be-impeached/ http://brokelyn.com/tonight-debate-the-thing-on-everyones-mind-should-obama-be-impeached/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:54:45 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=44307 Read More]]>
It doesn’t really help that he’s reading this post right now For awhile, a bunch of the scandals sticking to the Obama administration were of the “paranoid delusion” variety. “Show us the Benghazi!”, the government taking your guns, hell, even the IRS targeting political groups is something that’d been happening for years. But now with the news that the NSA is basically reading your thoughts, and without a warrant no less, we have an honest-to-god scandal that makes the government look like the Eye of Sauron. So the question is, is this Obama’s fault? And if it is, does he have to go? One debate group will be talking it over tonight in Williamsburg. The Dionysium, a philosophy/variety discussion group that meets monthly at Williamsburg’s Muchmore’s, will be tackling what is no doubt a thorny issue for the masses of left-leaning Obama voters, like us, who thought things would be different under… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/tonight-debate-the-thing-on-everyones-mind-should-obama-be-impeached/feed/ 3 http://brokelyn.com/get-a-free-beer-at-running-late-just-for-being-a-brokelyn-reader/ http://brokelyn.com/get-a-free-beer-at-running-late-just-for-being-a-brokelyn-reader/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:10:03 +0000 David Colon http://brokelyn.com/?p=44295 Read More]]>
See Drew Magary talk about dad stuff, curse, at Running Late on Wednesday To us, the benefits of being a Brokelyn reader are pretty self-evident. But sometimes people like you guys so much that they’re willing to give you things just for showing up and hanging with them. Case in point: “Running Late” with Scott Rogowsky, which previously had a visit from Alex Karpovsky from Girls, will give you a free Grolsch beer when you go to this month’s show, just for telling them “Brokelyn sent me.” There is a terrible price to pay however… Wednesday night’s show, at the Galapagos Art Space (16 Main Street, DUMBO) at 8:30pm, will feature Drew Magary, doing a publicity tour for his parenting book, another Lena Dunham connection with David Call, who was in Tiny Furniture, comedian Dan Soder and genuinely vile waste of oxygen Tucker Max. So as to keep you from paying full price for an event with… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/get-a-free-beer-at-running-late-just-for-being-a-brokelyn-reader/feed/ 0 http://brokelyn.com/break-out-your-hazmat-wet-suit-registration-for-gowanus-challenge-now-open/ http://brokelyn.com/break-out-your-hazmat-wet-suit-registration-for-gowanus-challenge-now-open/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:40:16 +0000 Rebecca Fishbein http://brokelyn.com/?p=44279 Read More]]>
Well, it LOOKS nice, at least. (via Facebook) A few months ago, we alerted you to the fact that the dolphin-killing waters of the Gowanus Canal would soon play host to something other than suspected coal tar wastes, sewer discharge and gonorrhea; the Gowanus Challenge, a canoe race, would be held on the Canal’s poop-ey waters on June 15. And that day is almost here, so if you’ve been angling to dip your oar in some sludge, registration is now open. The race is being held by the Gowanus Dredgers, a group of local residents and businesses pushing to help clean up the Gowanus waterfront. The Dredgers are asking participants to raise $500 in pledges if they want to borrow a canoe ($250 for a kayak), but if you bring your own, you’re free to ride sans pledge — though it would be nice if you can raise some cash for the… Read More]]> http://brokelyn.com/break-out-your-hazmat-wet-suit-registration-for-gowanus-challenge-now-open/feed/ 0