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Keep it from becoming the Broke-tanic Garden

Bah to those fat cats in Albany, they of the not-allowing-wine-in-grocery-stores infamy, they of the no-go on gay marriage. And…

Ladies, become the next Miss Brooklyn

Do you have a passion for community service, look good in a swimsuit and high heels, but aren't quite ready…

Brooklyn’s future farmers need you

You gotta root for a group that's teaching Crown Heights high schoolers to farm. That's BK Farmyards' plan, anyway, but…

Alexander McQueen: an eBay retrospective

Fashion Week begins today, and Alexander McQueen is dead. The British designer killed himself at age 40, days after the…

Park Slope’s infamous ‘Fabulous’ mom launches blog

Members of the Park Slope Parents community may remember a posting a few weeks ago by one Courtney W., a…

Brooklyn has a new poet laureate… and so does Brokelyn!

Last night at his swearing-in ceremony, Marty Markowitz introduced the talented Tina Chang, who was just named Brooklyn's poet laureate. Chang,…

Scenes from Idiotarod 2010

It's not the grueling race of sleds, dogs and their hard-driving masters through the frigid wilds of Alaska. It's more…

Weekend and beyond: MLK salutes, free bowling,TV writer comedy night

FRIDAY-MONDAY BAM's Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (NYC's largest) features Danny Glover, screening of documentary "Soundtrack for…

Martha Stewart and the Martha Stewart Bloggers

For a site not explicitly about crafting, cooking, decorating, gardening or any other domestic pastime (although we do enjoy all…

Yay! Park Slope Armory YMCA opening today

Any time you hear of a new YMCA opening in Brooklyn is a good day—how many Bally's offer financial aid?—and…