Hey, how’d you invent that cool job? Charlie Adams of the Urban Choir Project
Careers

Hey, how’d you invent that cool job? Charlie Adams of the Urban Choir Project

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Charlie Adams couldn’t get a job to save her life. Over coffee, the 30-year-old choir director and founder of the Urban Choir Project recalled how, […]

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Broad City writer Naomi Ekperigin talks breaking into TV and creative uses for drink tickets
Comedy

Broad City writer Naomi Ekperigin talks breaking into TV and creative uses for drink tickets

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Rejoice, friends, because Broad City Day is now officially upon us! As many of you can attest, it’s been too long without […]

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Coney Island is getting a 5,000-seat amphitheater for free concerts, comedy and more this summer
Coney Island/ Brighton Beach/ Sheepshead Bay

Coney Island is getting a 5,000-seat amphitheater for free concerts, comedy and more this summer

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Coney Island has gone through some fits and starts of rebirth in recent years. Some parts are only exciting if you love […]

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Out with the old, in with the older: Beacon’s Closet is having a rare, huge end-of-season sale!
Sales & Deals

Out with the old, in with the older: Beacon’s Closet is having a rare, huge end-of-season sale!

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Thrift store shopping in Brooklyn is basically real-store shopping anywhere else, and the O.G. “thrift” ripoff has always been Beacon’s Closet, a store […]

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Chick-i-pedia revolution: Help smash the patriarchy during a Wikipedia edit-a-thon
News

Chick-i-pedia revolution: Help smash the patriarchy during a Wikipedia edit-a-thon

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The modern feminist’s greatest frenemy is the internet. Despite a wealth of feminist content and support — not to mention Google’s policies designed to bury hate […]

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An 80s My Little Pony fan goes deep inside Brooklyn Ponycon 2016
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An 80s My Little Pony fan goes deep inside Brooklyn Ponycon 2016

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I spent this Valentine’s Day weekend at New York City’s fourth annual Ponycon. Because if there’s one thing in this world for […]

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How to know when to buy instead of rent, and more Presidents Day linkage
News

How to know when to buy instead of rent, and more Presidents Day linkage

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If you’re gonna live in Brooklyn for four years, you might as well buy a place [DNAinfo] The Breaking Bad-inspired coffee shop will open […]

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The week in Broketown, 1/8-1/12
News

The week in Broketown, 1/8-1/12

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Like us in website form? You’ll love us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, and don’t forget to sign up for our mailing list. We fixed the CDC’s drinking guidelines […]

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Eat global, shop local: The best ethnic supermarkets, and how to shop them
Best of Brooklyn

Eat global, shop local: The best ethnic supermarkets, and how to shop them

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I like supermarkets. I really do. They often make their way into my dating life, and I’ve been asked more than once, “For […]

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Public service announcement: Your terrible vestibule etiquette makes winter worse
Services

Public service announcement: Your terrible vestibule etiquette makes winter worse

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We’re about to go into a bone-chilling, frozen-pipes-warning, the polar-opposite-from-summer, they-even-cancelled-an-ice-festival-because-it’s-too-cold weekend. So let’s take a moment to appreciate some true heroes of […]

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