If you’re still a few rupees short of the zip car rental you need to make it out to the beach this […]

In an unusual new program funded by REI through the National Audobon Society, New Yorkers can exchange Prospect Park volunteer time for recording hours in a state-of-the-art new sound studio in the park’s Audobon Center.

They’re ain’t no party like a library party, because a library party don’t stop. Except, of course, when it is forced to […]

At long last, but not too long, the busy elves of Brokelyn bring you our big, fat, evolving list of no-cost events […]

This is the nineteenth in our series on the venues featured in the second Brooklyn Beer Book. This week we spotlight a Beer […]

Dumbo is first all-Wifi NYC neighborhood [Brooklyn Paper] Meet the house photographer for the “Kings County Art Vandal Underground” [NY Times] Outdoor […]

FRIDAY thru sat: the 18th annual red hook fest focuses on interactive art through photography, storytelling, music and dance performances. bonus: free […]

If you’re looking to supplement to your meager freelancing income and you think WWOOFing and Michael Pollan are the greatest cultural advances since the Honeycrisp apple, consider working as a hired hand for your favorite farmer’s market vendor. Now is prime greenmarket hiring season, so read on to find out how to join the world of tents, trucks and free-range turkey sausage.

If you have a big DIY projects in the works — and we mean anything, from crafting to opening a bar to […]

Swap meets: we love em, you love em, so here’s another, with a bit of an added twist. The good folks at […]