Boy, is Open House New York popular. We knew that some of the big ticket tours would be hard to access, but were holding out high hopes for a tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Until we got this email, which speaks to the incredible popularity of the event: We regret to inform you that […]

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Just a reminder that “Walk Don’t Destroy,” the Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn Walkathon Fundraiser is coming up on Sunday, October 14. It will take place from Noon-5PM, with registration at Noon and the walk from 1PM-2:30PM. This year, the walk will take place in Prospect Heights. Registration and Kick-Off is at Freddy’s Backroom, 485 Dean […]

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The Brooklyn College Library is going to be hosting a fascinating exhibit of of photos by writer and photographer Charles Denson called “Secrets of Coney Island Creek.” Mr. Denson is the noted author of Coney Island Lost and Found and the director of the Coney Island History Project. The Brooklyn College Library Show opens on […]

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We caught Dondi the Elephant at the Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival yesterday. We were transfixed. Dondi is a very, very smart creature and pretty darned cute too. Someone asked the guy who lays down under her at the end of the vid if he was afraid to do so, and he said, “I […]

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Here are a few photos we took at the Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival yesterday. It continues today and is very, very much worth checking out. We’ll have more pics and a full flickr set tomorrow.

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In case you’ve been out of borough for months or in a place without internet access, today is the famous Atlantic Antic. The 33rd edition of the Antic stretches for 1.5 miles down Atlantic Avenue, from Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights to Fourth Avenue. It runs from 10AM-6PM. There is food. There is drink. There […]

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The 9th Annual Brooklyn Community Board 7 Waterfront Festival takes placer today on the 58th Street Pier, off First Avenue, in Sunset Park. It runs from Noon-6PM and includes food, music, art, peformnces, boat rides and more. Here are some of the listed activities: Music / Art / Dance, Refreshments / Food, Canoe trips / […]

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Ever wanted to see the Gowanus Canal from the water? Of course, you can always do that in a canoe courtesy of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club, but here’s a chance to do it in a boat. The Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, which sponsors many great tours all year long, is offering its […]

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The Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, which is one of our favorite Brooklyn arts events of the year, kicks off tonight and runs through Sunday. Brace for two full days and nights of outdoor events, performance art, special exhibitions, sculpture installations, open studios and more. Every year when we go, there are always a […]

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We’ve noted it before, but we’ll note again after getting an email from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden that their 15th Annual Chile Pepper Fiesta will take place on Sunday, Sept. 30 from Noon-6PM. we’ve been to the festival a couple of time, and it can be a bit crowded under the tent where the food […]

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One of the fun things about the fall (in recent years) is the Coney Island Film Festival. Here’s a reminder that the 7th Annual Coney Island Film Festival is coming up this weekend, from Friday through Sunday (9/28-30). It will take place at Sideshows By The Seashore and The Coney Island Museum, which are located […]

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There’s a free series of “Media Literacy Workshops” coming up in October and November at the Park Slope Y on Ninth Street. They’re sponsored by the Learning About Multimedia Project (The LAMP). There are three different workshops. Workshop 1 takes place on Saturday, October 6 from 9AM-12 Noon and will offer family members the opportunity […]

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We’re not sure we’re ready for the “get a jump start on the holidays” pitch in the press release we got from the sponsors of ArtMart 11225, a community arts and crafts market in Prospect Lefferts Gardens taking place on October 13. Nonetheless, we’ll happily note that it will happen on Lincoln Road between Ocean […]

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The 9th Annual Brooklyn Community Board 7 Waterfront Festival, which seemed so distant when we first mentioned it during the summer, is coming up in Sunset Park this Saturday, September 29. (The rain date is Sat., October 6.) It will take place at the 58th Street Pier, which is off First Avenue, from 12:000PM to […]

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There’s going to be a “Party for the People” in Gowanus on Saturday, October 6, from 1PM-9PM at the very active and much promoted Yard on the Gowanus Canal. We got an email from the organizers in the wee hours of the morning about “A monumental Brooklyn-centric event is taking place IN GOWANUS on October […]

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If you’re looking for reason to visit Coney Island or want a little something extra to do while you’re there, then consider this weekend’s Great Irish Fair to be it. It takes place in the parking lot next to KeySpan Park and includes a lot of food, drink and entertainment. You can check all the […]

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The 3rd Annual Green Brooklyn Conference is taking place today at Brooklyn Borough Hall from 11AM-4PM. Coordinated by Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, it’s billed as “Brooklyn’s largest showcase of green and sustainability issues, programs, and products.” The even is a fully day fair and symposium and “will feature workshops and discussions led by […]

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You will be hearing a lot about this, as it looks like the email went out to a long list of Brooklyn blogs: There will be a “Brooklyn Goes Vegetarian Week” from October 21-27. (Those crafty vegetarians know how to get word out better than some big companies and their PR firms.) Here are the […]

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Every year we enjoy this festival, which goes on all weekend with a variety of installations and performances around Dumbo. There are open studios, galleries and venues spread out over 27 blocks. More info to be posted soon, here at the Dumbo Arts Center.

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[Photo courtesy of Klopaze/flickr] An estimated 10,000 people came to the Brooklyn Book Festival yesterday to stroll around the booths set up by publishers and book sellers, let alone take in the readings and panel discussions. We’ve posted a photo above from Klopaze’s photoset posted to flickr. You can check out a all the Brooklyn […]

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Yes, the weekend’s just over, but here’s a music fest to put on your calendar for next weekend. It’s the Brooklynbretta Music Festival, which was started in 2006 by White Shoe Records and Brooklynbretta, the scooter shop. It will take place on Saturday, September 22 from Noon to Nine at 644 Sackett Street between Fourth […]

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If you’re looking to support the people that have been waging the ongoing, long legal struggle against the Atlantic Yards project, you can do so today at a fundraiser that will include readings from a number of noted Brooklyn writers. There’s also a live auction featuring: Tour of the set of USA-TV series Law & […]

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It’s already been blogged about extensively, but it’s always worth posting a reminder that the Brooklyn Book Festival will take place on Sunday (9/16) at Borough Hall and other close-by locations from 10AM to 6PM. There are a lot of publishers and book sellers that set up shop at the fest, but the real draw […]

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We did a double take when we saw the subject line of an email that said, “The Gowanus Harvest Festival,” but that’s what the people producing events at The Yard on the Gowanus are calling it. The Harvest Fest takes place on Sunday (9/14) (10/14) from 3PM-9PM. It will feature local beer tasting, live music, […]

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Yesterday, we noted the Conflux Festival in Williamsburg, which kicks off today. Well, we came across some promotion for a “CIA Cell Tower” being put up by a Williamsburg art gallery to “capture, monitor and rebroadcast wireless signals in the internet-savvy neighborhood of Williamsburg Brooklyn.” The location is 121 Roebling. The release says: Possible terrorist […]

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