Free Vivian Girls show coming to Brooklyn Bowl
Have you heard about the new showcase at Brooklyn Bowl obsessing over all things local? It kicked off last month…
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Cheaper ways to learn digi-design
If being able to type 90WPM is the most impressive computer skill you have, it may be difficult (i.e. impossible) to stay competitive…
Free and cheap ways to try Zumba tonight
By now you've probably heard of Zumba, the Latin-fusion, easier-and-sweatier-than-a-rhumba fitness style of dance that's supposed to be this decade's…
Tested: the census test (plus where to take it today in BK)
Last week, one helpful reader gave us a heads up that the 2010 census was struggling to hire qualified census…
Mon dieu! Le Brokavore deigns to try $2.50 Canadian bagels
Brokelyn's frugal foodie, The Brokavore, tries Canadian Bagels for $2.50 and isn't pleased.
The $5 dinner (for two) and other secrets of Not Eating Out
Brooklyn may be on the verge of its annual 10-day restaurant fest/dining-out extravaganza, but not eating out is a pretty…
Car-service price check: Cobble Hill
This week we turned our car-service lens on Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens. The area as a whole is pricey,…
Bar of the Day: The Diamond
This is the latest entry in our series on the venues featured in the Brokelyn Beer Book. Greenpoint's The Diamond…
This weekend: fried cupcakes, Bushwick arts fest, Oscar parties galore
FRIDAY 10am-3pm: A big hit last year, the department of transportation will once again be giving out free bike helmets…
Adventures in outdoor meat drying
I have the utmost respect for my predominantly Chinese neighbors in the minimally gentrified nook of Sunset Park that I…