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Meatopia 2011 at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Meatopia 2011 at Brooklyn Bridge Park

The finest collection of barbecue chefs converged upon Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday evening for an event, aptly called Meatopia 2011. Sponsored by Amstel Light and presented by Whole Foods, Meatopia 2011 [...]

Gotham Rocks 3 Year Anniversary: A LocalBozo Concert Review

Gotham Rocks 3 Year Anniversary: A LocalBozo Concert Review

The first Gotham Rocks showcase was in the Summer of 2008, and it appears nothing can halt this Rock N' Roll express. LocalBozo was on hand to celebrate their 3rd birthday at NYC's Irving Plaza. The [...]

Ice Cream Takedown At The Bell House

Ice Cream Takedown At The Bell House

Modern day P.T. Barnum, Matt Timms has done it again. Last night at Brooklyn's Bell House, Mr. Timms placed another one of our favorite foods on the chopping block. It was, the Ice Cream Takedown! [...]

Summer In Soho At Delicatessen

Summer In Soho At Delicatessen

The heat, she is a rising. Luckily the great people at Delicatessen know how to cool us off during this intense heatwave. Tuesday night Delicatessen teamed up with Satisfaction Vodka , for what would be dubbed, [...]

Bastille Day on 60th Street: A Celebration of French Independence

Bastille Day on 60th Street: A Celebration of French Independence

Call it midtown east or the lower upper east side, but Sunday's celebration on 60th Street between Lexington and Fifth Avenues drew thousands of locals to the area in honor of Bastille Day on 60th Street, [...]

Red Bull Creation At McCarren Park

Red Bull Creation At McCarren Park

Red Bull:Creation challenged inventors to build something useful, imaginative and inspiring within 72 hours under the theme “Energy in Motion.” Innovators were tasked with moving the weight of a 100 pound person from point A [...]

Get Real NY’s Belgian Beer Festival

Get Real NY’s Belgian Beer Festival

Two full days of all-you-care-to-consume Belgian-style brews, live music, seminars and demonstrations, and plenty of good Belgian eats, took place in an afternoon and an evening session each day. And it was both expertly orchestrated [...]

Lloyd Kaufman Presents “Sell Your Own Damn Movie” At The Strand Book Store

Lloyd Kaufman Presents “Sell Your Own Damn Movie” At The Strand Book Store

Lloyd Kaufman might be the last true filmmaker working today. For the past thirty years, Kaufman's Troma Entertainment has amassed a cult following of fans while influencing some of the brightest names in horror filmmaking. [...]

Palo Santo: The 5th Anniversary Celebration

Palo Santo: The 5th Anniversary Celebration

Palo Santo takes its name from a tropical evergreen native to South America, called lignum vitae, which is Latin for tree of life. The restaurant, founded by chef/owner Jacques Gautier is part of Park Slope’s growing [...]

“Word for Word Author” Presents Michael Showalter “Mr. Funny Pants” At The Bryant Park Reading Room

“Word for Word Author” Presents Michael Showalter “Mr. Funny Pants” At The Bryant Park Reading Room

Comedian and actor Michael Showalter (The State, Stella, Wet Hot American Summer) has created the definitive anti-memoir. By deconstructing the style and structure of the traditional memoir he is able to show his true self to [...]