Looking for stuff to do? It’s Brooklyn Based Tip Sheet Time. In Clinton Hill, Thistle & Clover is holding its second round of Open Calls for new designers on Monday, Aug. 18. McCarren Pool has a very busy week with shows with Wilco, Regina Spektor and Aesop Rock. If you’re coop happy, then check out […]

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Where to go for a picnic? Here are some suggestions (along with where to get food and drink nearby). Say for instance: “6/15 Green Community Garden, on 6th Ave. between 15th and 16th Sts. in the South Slope. This lush patch’s tables and chairs are open to the public Saturday mornings and Thursday and Sunday […]

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Desert Island is one of those places that shines in the consumer retail rough. Proprietor Gabriel Fowler openedthe Williamsburg store in February of this year, with nothing more than a bank loan, a small community of artist friends, and a desire to share some of his favorite comics, zines and books. Fowler grew up around […]

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“From East River views to local craft brews, Brooklyn does Fourth of July right. During the Battle of Chicken and Beer at the Brooklyn Lyceum, the fried chicken is endless, the Brooklyn Lager is all-you-can-drink, and the break dancing should not be attempted at home…For the Williamsburg set, Artland has soul on the turntables, meat […]

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Here are a few very cool bike rides for people with an interest in long rides and stamina. We especially like the “Brooklyn Beach Cruise” that stars in Bay Ridge and follows the Shore Parkway Greenway. It “wraps around Southwest Brooklyn, with great views along the water. At the southern end of Bensonhurst Park, the […]

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From the Waterfalls that turn on tomorrow to “Burning Man for Lazy People” on Governor’s Island and the Cold War Kids Show at Celebrate Brooklyn to a Mizz Greenpoint thing, the Tip sheet has a lot of fun suggestions for the next few days.–Brooklyn Based

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How often does this happen: You check out the lineup of the city’s free outdoor concerts — SummerStage, Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn, JellyNYC’s Pool Parties, the Seaport Music Fest, Siren — and don’t recognize half the bands’ names. So for our latest mix we asked Matt Tyson of the fantastic, and fabulously revamped music site […]

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We’ve got Bushwick Open Studios, the opening of the Brooklyn International Film Festival at the Lyceum on Friday, a theater/film festival at Williamsburg’s Brick Theater, a Rooftop Films Screening of “At the Death House Door” in Fort Greene and a lot more. Check out the tip sheet.–Brooklyn Based

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How about some organic skin care products from a Boerum Hill art historian? If that’s not your thing, perhaps you’ll be interested in the green storage facility in Clinton Hill? It’s not only cheaper than other storage facilities, it uses renewable energy. Now, back to the organic skin care…–Brooklyn Based

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Brooklyn Based‘s Nicole Davis files this special post and photos from the London Side of the Telectroscope, the Brooklyn side of which is at Fulton Ferry Landing: Compared to the fanfare over the Telectroscope in NYC (due in part to enthusiastic fans like myself), Londoners don’t seem nearly as excited about this tunnel-eye view across […]

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Happy First Birthday to Brooklyn Based, the way cool email newsletter and blog that bring arts, entertainment, retail and lots of other Brooklyn news. That having been said, check out this week’s list of tips that are good through May 18. You’ll be glad you did.–Brooklyn Based

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Yesterday Brooklyn Based ran a round up of organized open paddles and boat rides on the Brooklyn waterfront (and Prospect Park), but we ran out of room to mention anything about sailing, because it’s not something you just get out on the water and “do” — there’s all that lingo to learn (jib, keel, leeward), […]

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Today, we formally welcome Nicole Davis, the founder of the superb blog/email Brooklyn Based as a GL contributor. Nicole will be posting…well, whatever she would like from her extensive knowledge base of all things Brooklyn as well as directing readers to some of her wonderful posts on BB. Did we mention we’re very excited about […]

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