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Bed-Stuy stoops get turned into art exhibits this Sunday

by | 6.18.13 | 0 Comments

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.

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. (more…)

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Turn stoop books into cash, quick!

by | 7.28.11 | 4 Comments

Stoop books: easy reads or quick cash?

A light bulb went off when when I heard about BookScouter, a website that scours the Internet for used book sellers, at a recent Brooklyn Brainery event. By simply typing in the ISBN code of any used book and getting an aggregated list of online sellers willing to buy it, I could be making easy money. But instead of selling my prized book collection, I wondered how much I could get selling my neighbor’s castoffs. I decided to try it out for myself to see if I could turn a bit of stoop scavenging into some real cash. (more…)

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