Spare ten bucks for NYWC on their tenth birthday
Being able to share and express your voice is a pretty epically essential part of being empowered. Recognizing this, the NY Writers…
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The 10 best free tours at Open House New York this weekend
Making Brooklyn your home means more than just stepping over puddles of pee and playing spot the rat for five…
How to turn a scuzzy vacant lot into a green oasis
You know that disgusting lot you have to walk by every day? The one that almost drives you to buy…
Starving artists: Feed your own for the holidays
There's no shortage of worthy ways to be charitable this time of year, but you'd be hard-pressed to find another…
At Occupy Brooklyn: accordions, strollers, and Marty
Although many chants were the same, the scene at Occupy Brooklyn yesterday was quite different than the one in Zuccotti…
Get the low down on loft laws tonight in Greenpoint
You may remember back in June when NY State passed the loft law, meant to protect loft-dwellers for the long…
Help re-unite Edith & Archie for the holidays
Here's a story that should get you posting fliers on the neighborhood lampposts. Edith, a 12-year-old Chihuahua-papillon mix, was stolen…
Spring’s daffodils take fall’s green thumbs
So… you’re packing up your summer whites, disassembling the AC unit, already wistful for the humidity-drenched days of yore. Well,…
Today’s primary responsibility: vote for something
Chances are you're getting this from all sides, but we have to do our civic part too. This voting thing…
Brooklyn’s best volunteer gigs
As the summer doldrums of un(der)employment run into fall, there's only so much more you can take of casting letters…