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The Williamsburg Brooklyn-based culture guide to New York and beyond.

Record Store Day 2019 in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick

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Vinyl nerds get ready. Saturday is Record Store Day. As Chris mentioned already, the biggest events are at Rough Trade: Performances by: Steve Gunn, Cochemea (The Dap Kings), TEEN, Elijah Wolf, Pearl Charles, and Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed DJ Sets by (Presented by Talkhouse): Charly Bliss, Chris Cohen, Sad 13 (Speedy Ortiz), Madison McFerrin, Ian Williams […]

Brooklyn Beerlesque coming to Brooklyn Brewery with ballet, burlesque, and beer

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We happen to love ballet, burlesque, and beer, so this sounds like a fun time. If you haven’ been to the Brooklyn Brewery lately, they’ve remodeled their taproom making it much more cozy and appealing. The event is next Monday. Things are getting hot and hoppy when The Love Show returns to our Tasting Room […]

This One Goes to Eleven: Weekly metal roundup

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It’s Friday, and by now I hope you know what that means: New metal and me pushing said metal on you like a mother with not enough left in the casserole dish to save. Eat up, children. You’re skin and bones.

New book featuring photographs of 1990s Williamsburg, opening reception at Sideshow Gallery

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Don’t miss the opening reception for I Can Be Pretty Too Friday, March 29th at Sideshow Gallery (319 Bedford Avenue).  We love what we see so far on the Brooklyn Social Club Instagram. From the Brooklyn Social Club website, run by brothers Damian and Dominic Bielak: Brooklyn Social Club is a group of friends from […]

GIVEAWAY: Win Tickets to ‘SuperSymmetry’ at Avant Gardner

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Everyone knows two parties are better than one, which is why ‘SuperSymmetry’ is bound to be your favorite event series of the year. Starting this Saturday, March 23rd, Bushwick megaclub, Avant Gardner, will launch the brand new concept which gives fans a change to enjoy two events for the price of one – and even […]

This One Goes to Eleven: Weekly metal roundup

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Spring has, meteorologically at least, sprung this week and with it THE REBIRTH OF TRVE, PVRE EVIL. Lol, just kidding, but there are some plenty of new metal records on the way, so dig in and have some fun.

McKibbin Lofts become ‘Calhoun Lofts’ in new book by Stuff Hipsters Hate author

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Remember Stuff Hipsters Hate — the hilarious Tumblr that became a book parodying hipsters in Brooklyn and beyond? Somehow 2008 seems like decades ago. The coauthor of the book, Andrea Bartz, just released a new book called The Lost Night partially inspired by the author’s time living in hipster ground zero McKibbin Lofts. It’s a murder mystery set in […]