BUSHWICK: Guitar Center’s end is nigh, two artsy indie rockers claim
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn DailyTwo rockers have a vision of the future of music — and there aren’t any guitars. In a warehouse-cum-gallery in the industrial wasteland of...
View ArticlePARK SLOPE: These circus performers have some snake oil to sell you
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyIt’s the cure for all ailments, including gingivitis, the common cold, and even that pesky cancer, depending on which huckster you ask....
View ArticleReclaiming memories: Volunteers will retouch Sandy-damaged photos
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Bill EgbertBrooklyn DailyWhen Hurricane Sandy tore up boardwalks and soaked basements, it also swept away memories — in the...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: New Embrace Winter Festival kicks off in Bay Ridge
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge finally got to embrace winter on Feb. 16, after recovering from winter’s embrace. The...
View ArticleCANARSIE: Execution in Canarsie
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyA cold-hearted goon murdered a man — execution style — on a Canarsie sidewalk in the pre-dawn hours on Wednesday, according to police....
View ArticlePARK SLOPE: A full house: Here’s your chance to play poker against Ira Glass
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyOn this episode of “This American Life,” playing poker with Ira Glass. A poker game at a children’s writing workshop is inviting...
View ArticleWINDSOR TERRACE: Windsor Terrace wins! Walgreens to share former Key Food...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eli RosenbergBrooklyn DailyA new, smaller Key Food will open in the Prospect Avenue space where a beloved Key Food closed last summer, marking a huge win for...
View ArticleGREENPOINT: Sounds, sights of ’80s
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Hannah Palmer EganBrooklyn DailyIt’s like if Marty McFly and Doc Brown were conceptual artists. Aki Onda records everyday sounds on cassette tapes — with a...
View ArticleBOROBEAT: Golden Jubilee ticket
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyIt was a last for Markowitz, but a first for Hynes. Borough President Markowitz hosted his final Brooklyn Sweethearts Celebration as...
View ArticleBishop Ford’s coach Toro, ADs suspended
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyBishop Ford athletic directors Pete Goyco and Eileen Egan and head girls basketball coach Mike Toro have been suspended as the...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: No, Jews did not have their say at Brooklyn College
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyPalestinian advocates validated — once again — that division, not unity, is the name of their game. The Feb. 7 anti-Israel meet at...
View ArticleCARROLL GARDENS: Do the write thing: Oscars watching party gives to literary...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn DailyForget winners and losers — everyone knows the Oscars is really about doing good old-fashioned charity work and saying thanks to the...
View ArticleCROWN HEIGHTS: Tassel building
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyPamper yourself with some pasties. Women looking for an afternoon of self-love can attend a tassels- and pasties-making party, where...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Carmine’s cheering on this year’s Parent of the Year!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than a teacher trying to teach today’s thick-headed teenagers about the proper use of pronouns over the fact that...
View ArticleFEMA extends temporary housing relief
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThe Federal Emergency Management Agency may be pulling its staff out of Brooklyn, but at least Brooklynites forced by Hurricane Sandy...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: Siren song! Ambulance services back at Coney Island Hospital
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe bandages are coming off! Coney Island Hospital announced that its emergency department is now open and taking 911 calls, four...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan brings you America by the numbers
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyAnd more of a reader favorite – America by the numbers American students rank 17th in the world in science and 25th in math....
View ArticleDYKER HEIGHTS: Ballet with bits: Artist makes computer program that makes art
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn DailyPark Slope artist Ranjit Bhatnagar can’t paint and he can’t sculpt — but he knows how to make ones and zeroes into something beautiful....
View ArticleBrooklyn wins again!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn DailyWe’ve got Miss America — and we’ve got America’s best supporting actress! Brooklyn-born and DUMBO-dwelling film phenom Anne Hathaway...
View ArticleJefferson boys wins public school indoor track title
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyLesley Clervil went from worst to first and, in the process, led Thomas Jefferson to the Public School Athletic League boys indoor...
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