This week: Star Wars at Café Habana, Blondie/Benatar/The Donnas at Coney
TONIGHT: At Celebrate Brooklyn, porch-rocker-bluesy Grace Potter + The Nocturnals play Prospect Park w. Deer Tick, London Souls, $3, 7…
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How you can help Christine, our Hipster Thrifter
First of all, Brokelyn would like to thank the readers who responded to intern Trevor's plea to buy t-shirts, and…
Fashionistas go plum-crazy at Purple Rain sing-along
Purple Rain–a terrible movie and a freaking fabulous sing-along. Big props to whoever at Celebrate Brooklyn came up with this…
Fashion rescue: where to get ruffles for Purple Rain?
Tonight, of course, is the Purple Rain sing-along in Prospect Park (barring too much actual rain—we'll be on the lookout…
Tonight: two ways to have fun for free
If you've never been to an outdoor show by the Brave New World Repertory Theater, you're missing out on one…
The Smith Street happy hour list
This week, we took it upon ourselves to make the rounds on Smith Street, trolling from Atlantic Avenue to Union…
Buy a Brokelyn t-shirt, sponsor an intern!
This is one of our interns, Trevor, working hard to dig up stories that make your Brooklyn existence easier, cheaper…
A day in Greenpoint for $25
ASME is the American Society for Magazine Editors. Add another 'S' to that, and you've got ASSME: the American Society…
How do I know whether I qualify for food stamps?
Every so often, our Dear Penny column investigates the answers to reader questions about saving money in Brooklyn. This week’s…
Are waitresses really hotter in a recession?
Over at NYMag, Hugo Lindgren theorizes that the worse things get economically, the better looking your server is likely to…