Attended Work It Brooklyn at the Arsenal last night, and was amazed by the variety of freelancers, artists and entrepreneurs there. During the “speed networking” round, I think I volunteered to paint Brooklyn roofs white this spring; promised to introduce a guy who wants to make a Japanese travel show to an acquaintance of mine [...]

All right, there’s really not that much snow on the ground here in North Brooklyn. I just want to bond with my DC friends who keep twittering about it, okay? I want a shared cultural moment and, dammit, the weather just won’t cooperate! Nonetheless. You should come out this weekend to: 1) The Love Party [...]

As usual, Joann Kim is on top of EVERYTHING GOING ON IN NORTH BROOKLYN in terms of creative events, volunteering and community involvement. She is currently co-starting a networking group for north Brooklyn freelancers (Work It Brooklyn) and promoting the efforts of folks in Bushwick to turn unwanted space in the Most Holy Trinity Church [...]

So have you ever found yourself thinking, man, I wish I could help out a bunch of independent filmmakers without doing anything other than drinking and dancing with my friends? OH MY GOD, now you can! Yeah, tomorrow night, in fact. You just get yourself to the Production Lounge on Franklin Avenue in Greepoint. There [...]

It’s Greenpoint Food Market day! The now-once-a-month festival takes place in the basement of the chuch at 129 Rusell, across from McGolrick Park, between Nassau and Driggs. This Saturday, Katie & I will be there, debuting “Cobra Pate,” vegan nut pates from our friends in the Goddamn Cobras. It comes in three seasonal flavors: almond [...]