X

Free high drama: BK summer plays

If Shakespeare had only known how well he'd go over from a lawn chair. Theater in the park is one…

Thomas Sullivan

Auction-block special: a lighthouse for $10K

It's not often we get to bring you a chance to buy your own island for $10,000, but if this…

Jonathan Berk

Bar of the Day: Brooklyn Bowl

This is the latest is our series on the venues featured in the Brokelyn Beer Book. Brooklyn Bowl needs little…

Faye

Friday, sing back the Mack

It seems like yesterday that the '80s was the surprise comeback decade of colorful t-shirts and hipster-laden Saturday morning cereal…

Jonathan Berk

A cutesy day-trip to the CT shore

We'd climbed nearby mountains, lit upstate cabin-fireplaces---we were ready for our next summer getaway from boom-boxes and sweaty subways. This…

Anna Jacobson

Tonight, sweat it out with free Pilates

It's a little difficult to recommend anything outdoors this week, but we'll just put the stuff out there, and you…

Jonathan Berk

Brokester’s guide to wedding gifts under $25

Summer-time means sunshine, heat, cleavage and, if you're anywhere in a certain age-range, weddings upon weddings. And once that gleaming,…

Jennifer Holder

Our $1 tuna-fish lunch at an NYC cooling center

The cooling centers are open again, and this week, they're sure to be hopping. Here's what we found last summer,…

Faye

This July 4, party like it’s 1776

It’s a couple... 234 years later, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do this thing right. Brooklyn has a hallowed…

Thomas Sullivan

This weekend: (Ben) Franklin St. bar crawl, Contraband Cinema, hot-dog eating!

FRIDAY Thru 7/8: ‘Contraband Cinema’ series: BAM presents 27 political films that touch on everything from animal rights to political…

the skint