Yas queen(s): volunteer at the Bushwig drag festival and see all the shows for free
At a Celebrate Brooklyn! show in Prospect Park last year, performance artist Taylor Mac described drag as "taking everything you…
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Enter the Prospect Park camping lottery to spend a final summer night under the stars
And just like that, it's September. Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last. But so long as these…
The Brooklyn Flea’s winter market is going back to that cool bank building in Fort Greene
When the grass freezes over and droves of Brooklynites huddle indoors for the winter season, what's a flea market to do?…
Lei-man’s work: Get paid to do some chores and live in a rent-free cabin in Hawaii
There's a long and hallowed tradition of states that aren't New York offering artists long-term housing in cities that aren't New York…
What makes something a ‘Brooklyn book?’ The Brooklyn Public Library wants to find out
Brooklyn is probably second only to Manhattan when it comes to literary cachet -- though you'll find plenty who say…
Underground lit: You can now download free ebooks on subway station wifi
Subway wifi is a mixed blessing: some people are eager for more of it so they can never lose a…
The week in Broketown, 8/22-8/26
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Brooklyn Wild: Meet Isa Del Bello, whose job is to reveal the secrets of the BK waterfront
Isa Del Bello, the director of education at Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, may have grown up in the desert, but…
A hole new world! You can now play mini-golf in Coney Island
Recently, we recommended Shipwrecked, Brooklyn's first indoor mini-golf course, as a fun, air-conditioned diversion on a hot day. Since opening in Red…
Sure why not: Let’s all celebrate ‘National Duck Out for a Drink Day’ on Thursday
Most of the entries in the big book of fake holidays are terrible: Best Friends Day, Raccoon Appreciation Day, Green…