It wasn’t always artisanal mayo and strollers: New musical digs up Brooklyn’s slave-owning past
Clinton Hill/ Fort Greene

It wasn’t always artisanal mayo and strollers: New musical digs up Brooklyn’s slave-owning past

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It’s hard to believe that Brooklyn hasn’t always been the blogging, handmade, farm-to-table, indie-band-loving, summer-outdoor-movie-watching fairytale land that it is today. Fact […]

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How big will the general strike be?
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How big will the general strike be?

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Tomorrow the Occupy movement may once again make headlines with the general strike, a day of marches, rallies, concerts and workshops held on May 1, in honor of International Worker’s Day. So what exactly is this thing?

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Books worth chewing on: Win two tickets to the first NY Food Book Fair!
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Books worth chewing on: Win two tickets to the first NY Food Book Fair!

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It’s festival season here in Brooklyn: you foodies have Great Googamooga, you lit nerds have Lit Crawl, but what about if you […]

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Monday lunchtime linkage
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Monday lunchtime linkage

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Behold NYC’s new “apple green” taxi cabs [NYTimes] 17 names better than “apple green” for said vehicles [The Awl] Are food carts the […]

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What’s up tonight? Someone is fracking with your beer! edition
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What’s up tonight? Someone is fracking with your beer! edition

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Brooklyn Brewery is hosting a Save Our Beer teach-in about how fracking could affect water supplies that go into your beers. And more events from our calendar.

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Help! Where in Brooklyn can I find an outfit for a black-tie party tomorrow night? (I’m a lady, btw)
Summer is coming: BK Bridge Park free movie schedule released!
Brooklyn Heights/ DUMBO

Summer is coming: BK Bridge Park free movie schedule released!

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Shake off the last of those chilly winter doldrums, boot up your Google calendar and set phasers to “summer,” kids, because here’s […]

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Beyond OK Cupid: A cheap date’s guide to finding love online
Dating

Beyond OK Cupid: A cheap date’s guide to finding love online

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While I fully support the decision many New Yorkers are making to go solo in love and lodging, for those of us […]

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The week in Brokeland: 4/23-4/27
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The week in Brokeland: 4/23-4/27

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Don’t miss a minute of breaking brokester news: Like Brokelyn on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest! -Sue and Eric made a new Brokelandia episode, […]

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Yes, Lypsinka, there are drag queens in Brooklyn
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Yes, Lypsinka, there are drag queens in Brooklyn

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Loving drag queens is like breathing. We all do it but don’t always talk about it. Sometimes we need fresh, unconditioned air […]

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