Weirdo-fabulous German electonic musician Barbara Morgenstern is playing at the new Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO tonight. She’s in the U.S. to promote her upcoming album, “BM.” Other weirdo-fab artist Imogen Heap has listed Barbara as one of her favorite experimental artists. Read what she has to say about Barbara here. Tickets here. We wouldn’t […]

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Here’s an interesting and nicely done account of Coney Island as related by a writer from the Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida. We came across thanks to Rapid T. Rabitt on the Coney Island Message Board: Coney Island’s appeal is largely in the eye – and nose – of the beholder. You can smell the fried […]

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We have no idea, but it’s short and worth a look in its odd way.

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Thanks from the bottom of our hearts to the dozens of people that have emailed or left a comment since yesterday morning. GL is still suspended indefinitely. It is a personal decision that we’ve made. We hope to reverse it at some point, but we don’t know if that means 24 hours, three days, a […]

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Our apologies up front: GL will not be publishing today, having lost a very big supporter and source of inspiration and intellectual kinship, except for possibly posting some items submitted by our faithful contributors. We are very, very sorry. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for reading these last 2 1/2 years.

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And now, a selection of musical events between today and Sunday: Thursday 9/18/08 The Bell House: The Lily’s, Matt Pond PA, Robbers On High Street, and Special Guests (Indie)- Free!!, 8:00pm (Gowanus Grand Opening!!!) Friday 9/19/08 Union Hall: Oppenheimer, Merz (Indie Rock via Dublin)- $10, 8:00pm Saturday 9/20/08 Southpaw: 5th Annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival […]

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Get excited, people! Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers (band name– we’re not getting that excited) have two shows in the next few days, tonight at Rehab and Saturday at Pianos. This gal, Brooklynite Shilpa Ray, is the next Janis Joplin. If Janis Joplin had a love child with Ella Fitzgerald. Her aptly-named band Beat […]

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There was a ribbon cutting ceremony and press preview this morning for the redone Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s $49 million new building designed by Rafael Vinoly. The museum officially reopens to the public on September 20. The building, clad in a new exterior made up of 8 million daffodil yellow tiles, has doubled-in-size to 102,000 square […]

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The good vibes will be buzzing tonight when Earl Greyhound plays at Public Assembly for the Blown Speaker Presents: Handsome Devil showcase. These guys (and a lady) will, ahem, “rock your faces” with irresistibly sing-a-long-able, fuzzed-out songs. Their recorded music bounces and swells with thunderous guitar riffs and stylistic influences of eras past; it’ll steal […]

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The John Jay kids are a terror; we avoid 7th Ave. during after-school hours. Last time we tried to shop around 3, my daughter emerged from the fish store at 3rd St. and 7th Aves. into a melee, girls shrieking and rolling in the street, pummelling each other, pulling out hair extensions, and screeching curses […]

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The Municipal Art Society is sponsoring an absolutely fascinating discussion of Coney Island tonight with some key players in the drama. It’s called Coney Island at the Crossroads. Featured speakers include Kent Barwick, president, Municipal Art Society; Purnima Kapur, director, NYC Department of City Planning, Brooklyn Office; Lynn Kelly, president, Coney Island Development Corporation; Carol […]

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Earlier this year, one of the better 99 Cent stores on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope closed its gates for good, another victim of rising rents on the southern end of the avenue. Now, we know what’s going into the space, which is next to the Washington Mutual branch on the block. A poster on […]

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There’s been so much depressing news out of Coney Island over the last week, that it’s nice to post something about an event taking there. The Great Irish Fair of New York is happening from September 20-21, 2008 at KeySpan Park. Here’s a bit of info: Join us on Saturday September 20th and Sunday September […]

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If you haven’t seen Lavender Lake, the documentary about the Gowanus Canal, there’s an opportunity coming up on Sunday at the Gowanus Studio Space. Here are the details: This Sunday, September 14th, as gossip flies about the Gowanus Canal’s development, retail, and dredging, The Gowanus Studio Space sheds light on this watershed with a screening […]

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A Brooklyn Heights reader wrote us this week about concern that Joralemon Street was about to lose the last of its beloved cobblestones, but it turns to have been a somewhat false alarm. The original email noted that there is no parking this weekend and that answers have not been forthcoming from the city. He […]

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There’s been a rash of car break-ins in Windsor Terrace in recent months, but the police have arrested suspects who may be responsible for dozens of them. Per an email: We received a call from Det. Mike Cleary from the 72nd precinct who attended last night’s Windsor Terrace Alliance meeting. Just hours after the meeting, […]

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Are you part of GL’s excellent Flickr pool? If not, we hope you’ll consider joining and/or tagging your photos “gowanuslounge.” [Photo courtesy of threecee/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s one from the Vanderbilt Rail Yards from Tracey Collins, a stalwart GL Flickr Pool contributor and chronicler of Atlantic Yards, who’s been busy creating an invaluable photographic record […]

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The Gowanus Dredgers are going to be having their annual party in Gowanus in a couple of weeks. Here’s word from them: Celebrate the rebirth of Gowanus with a block party at the shoreline. Live music, All-u-can-eat BBQ from PJ Hanleys, Canoe tours, Kids’ entertainment, raffles with prizes from local shops & restaurants. Suggested donation […]

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Harlem Shakes guitarist Todd Goldstein (also of The Sea & The Gulls) holds his own with Arms, a charmingly kooky solo project. Arms showcased the recently-released album Kids Aflame last night at Union Hall (702 Union St & Fifth Ave), backed by Speck Mountain. It’s self-described “sadass” folksy pop, a low-key but entirely whimsical batch […]

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Among the many events that will take place on September 11 is a performance by the Silver-Brown Dance Company at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Per an email: The Silver-Brown Dance Company (SBD) returns to Brooklyn Bridge Park this Fall with OASIS 5, their annual dance performance memorializing the anniversary of 9/11. The performance takes place on […]

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There is some food news from the far end of Court Street in Carroll Gardens. A special GL Correspondent who has supplied us with many juicy tidbits over a long period of time reports: Le Petit Café, down the end of Court St is expanding. They’re taking over George’s Pot Pourri once he moves his […]

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The Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association, which once met at the Scotto Funeral Home on Court Street, starts up with its post-Labor Day meetings tonight at a new location, the Hannah Senesh Community Day School at 342 Smith Street. Here’s is the email: Just a quick reminder- we resume the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association general meetings […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Tropical Storm Hanna may not have delivered quite the blow of deluge + heavy winds to Brooklyn that had been predicted, but it did produce some very impressive downpours. Here’s the scene on the Coney Island, courtesy of Ruby’s Host.

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[Photo courtesy of smile_its_erika/flickr] We weren’t in Coney or Brighton Beach yesterday, but we’re going to say that it’s safe to assume that it might have been slightly more impressive over by the water than it was further inland. At least, there was significant gloom. This is the view (or lack thereof) in Brighton Beach.

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We’ve been mourning the end of summer this year especially, with the finale of our treasured free Brooklyn concerts at McCarren Park Pool. What could ever compare to the DIY aesthetic of the Brooklyn music scene on such a large scale, and in such an unlikely place? But then we got our weekly Sound Fix […]

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