Brokethicist: Should venues let you watch a sold-out show?
Music

Brokethicist: Should venues let you watch a sold-out show?

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“Sold out show” is the micro-concert-economics version of a caste system. The Haves get in, thanking their lucky Favstars they were smart […]

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Good times expand: Mellow Pages moves to a larger space
Bed Stuy/ Bushwick

Good times expand: Mellow Pages moves to a larger space

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Mellow Pages, Bushwick’s DIY library that could, has not had a shortage of media attention, whether from the Times giving it their […]

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Atrocious idea to pee standing on subway tracks ends in death
Bed Stuy/ Bushwick

Atrocious idea to pee standing on subway tracks ends in death

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Despite the best efforts of the Transit Workers Union (Hip-Hop Division), people just won’t stay off the goddamn subway tracks. We don’t […]

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New at city beaches: solar-powered cell phone chargers!
News

New at city beaches: solar-powered cell phone chargers!

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Going to the beach is awesome, but if there’s any downside (and it’s really barely a downside), it’s that there’s nowhere to […]

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Help out the Narrows Botanical Garden, be a greeter on weekends!
Bay Ridge/ Bensonhurst

Help out the Narrows Botanical Garden, be a greeter on weekends!

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Like green space in Brooklyn but don’t quite have it in you to create your own community garden? Makes sense, that’s really […]

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Monday lunchtime linkage
News

Monday lunchtime linkage

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Eliot Spitzer is back, baby! [New York Times] It’s expensive to live in NYC. Ya don’t say! [Daily News] Let’s all get […]

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Brooklyn Brewery wants to send a songwriter to Sweden again
News

Brooklyn Brewery wants to send a songwriter to Sweden again

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How do you say “Coney Island” in Swedish? Um, according to Google Translate, “Coney Island.” Feel free to correct us if you […]

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Take a day off and 14 other free ways to spend the week
Outings

Take a day off and 14 other free ways to spend the week

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1. Graywolf Poetry has sent three poets on the road to read in three cities in three days, so show the tired […]

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9 cheap things to do with your parents when they visit Brooklyn
Guides

9 cheap things to do with your parents when they visit Brooklyn

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‘Tis the season for jorts, drunkenly re-installing a window unit (advice: no) and — eep — parent visits. Assuming your M &/or […]

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Say anything and 13 other ways to keep independence weekend going
Outings

Say anything and 13 other ways to keep independence weekend going

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1. Out of 25,000 photographs he took between 2005 and 2010, photographer Robert Madruga is displaying only 25 for an exhibit in […]

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