Bushwick circus school The Muse in dire straights after being stiffed by client
"It's really terrible to be taken advantage of," The Muse's founder, Angela Buccini says in a video on the Indiegogo…
Tag: crowdfunding
Help our friends at Bushwick Daily remake local news with Village
If you read Brokelyn, you might also be a reader of Bushwick Daily. It's OK, we're pals, we don't consider…
Help Park Slope’s Cog & Pearl recover from a fire
Considering that we exist on the internet, we can't possibly imagine the work and the effort and the agitation that…
Brewskee-Ball rolls out skee-ball art show to raise money for trial with Big Skee-Ball
You might have been under the impression that something as magical as the combination of drinking beer and playing skee-ball…
Goodbye Blue Monday is crowdfunding to keep from closing
In our post about Goodbye Blue Monday's probable closing, we suggested that they wouldn't go the crowdfunding route because they…
Help the BK Women’s Collective crowdfund a screening of ‘Girl Rising’
There are of course, plenty of stupid things that people try to crowdfund, like say, sex jets to San Francisco.…
Help fund an effort to put a school in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park is great, and is only gonna get better (hello climbing wall). Of course, most of the improvements…
Writer proves you can use crowdfunding to pay your rent. Would you?
Early this month, an unemployed North Carolina writer proved crowdsourcing can work for people in need, and that it can…
New trend: People crowdfunding their New York City dreams
Moving to New York City, that concrete jungle that dreams are made of, comes with a number of risks. Will…
Help the Brooklyn Bike Patrol’s Jay Ruiz with his medical bills
No good deed goes unpunished, as the saying goes. Especially when that good deed is devoting yourself to getting people…