Free Vivian Girls show coming to Brooklyn Bowl
Music

Free Vivian Girls show coming to Brooklyn Bowl

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Have you heard about the new showcase at Brooklyn Bowl obsessing over all things local? It kicked off last month with a […]

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Cheaper ways to learn digi-design
Services

Cheaper ways to learn digi-design

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If being able to type 90WPM is the most impressive computer skill you have, it may be difficult (i.e. impossible) to stay competitive in today’s […]

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Free and cheap ways to try Zumba tonight
Services

Free and cheap ways to try Zumba tonight

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By now you’ve probably heard of Zumba, the Latin-fusion, easier-and-sweatier-than-a-rhumba fitness style of dance that’s supposed to be this decade’s Tai Bo. […]

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Tested: the census test (plus where to take it today in BK)
Careers

Tested: the census test (plus where to take it today in BK)

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Last week, one helpful reader gave us a heads up that the 2010 census was struggling to hire qualified census takers and […]

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Mon dieu! Le Brokavore deigns to try $2.50 Canadian bagels
Boerum Hill/ Gowanus

Mon dieu! Le Brokavore deigns to try $2.50 Canadian bagels

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Brokelyn’s frugal foodie, The Brokavore, tries Canadian Bagels for $2.50 and isn’t pleased.

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The $5 dinner (for two) and other secrets of Not Eating Out
Food & Drink

The $5 dinner (for two) and other secrets of Not Eating Out

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Brooklyn may be on the verge of its annual 10-day restaurant fest/dining-out extravaganza, but not eating out is a pretty big part […]

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Car-service price check: Cobble Hill
Carroll Gardens/ Cobble Hill

Car-service price check: Cobble Hill

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This week we turned our car-service lens on Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens. The area as a whole is pricey, with a […]

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Bar of the Day: The Diamond
Food & Drink

Bar of the Day: The Diamond

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This is the latest entry in our series on the venues featured in the Brokelyn Beer Book. Greenpoint’s The Diamond is the […]

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This weekend: fried cupcakes, Bushwick arts fest, Oscar parties galore
Outings

This weekend: fried cupcakes, Bushwick arts fest, Oscar parties galore

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FRIDAY 10am-3pm: A big hit last year, the department of transportation will once again be giving out free bike helmets in Pratt’s […]

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Adventures in outdoor meat drying
Food & Drink

Adventures in outdoor meat drying

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I have the utmost respect for my predominantly Chinese neighbors in the minimally gentrified nook of Sunset Park that I call home, […]

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