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

THURSDAY: Secret Supper Club Holds Not-So-Secret Fundraiser

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Maybe you read about them in the New York Times. Or some foodie website. Hell, maybe you and your friends run one featuring homemade cheese or local free-range McCarren park squirrel meat. Whichever way, I’m sure you know by now that Brooklyn is rife with secret underground supper clubs. Well you’re in luck. This Thursday, […]

Adventures in Riga with Oneohtrix Point Never

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Your favorite Foreign Correspondent has made it all the way to Riga, Latvia, to attend the famed Sound Forest Festival that encompasses avant-garde and experimental music from around the world. You may be asking yourself what does this have to do with Brooklyn? Well, you may recognize one of the rising stars of the Brooklyn […]

Fashion Night Out

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Fashion Night Out’s is Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour’s scheme to make “shopping fun again.” So, to do this, a ton of stores stay open late and get prospective shoppers boozy on free cocktails while hoping they make some rash purchase choices. Even Gawker is in on it. Our neck of the woods has […]

First Annual Bushwick Block Party This Sunday

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On Sunday, September 12th, the first-annual Bushwick Block Party is taking over Moore St. between White & Bogart. Roberta’s is serving delicious food all day long while Brooklyn Grange offers up freshly harvested vegetables straight from their rooftop garden in Long Island City. In addition to all-day live music and DJs, the block party also […]

Ticket Giveaway: Apache Beat, Beach Fossils, Blood Orange, and We Are All Romans at Coco66

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Yes, that’s right– our first installment of FREEwilly First Thursdays at Coco66 is tonight, and what better way to celebrate than giving away a pair of tickets to the show!? I mean, free tickets or not, you wanna be there anyway. Check out this lineup: 10pm  Apache Beat 9pm  Blood Orange 8pm  We Are All […]

Introducing FREEwilly First Thursdays at Coco66

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We are proud to announce our newest monthly series at Coco66, aptly named FREEwilly First Thursdays!! The first installment will take place this coming Thurs Sept. 2nd with Apache Beat— one of our long standing favorites in the ‘hood who will be releasing their highly anticipated debut full-length, Last Chants, on October 5th. The album […]

Basquiat, Winnebago Man and more to hit (the only) movie theater near you.

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Remember way back when we got all excited that, finally, a movie theater would be opening in Williamsburg? Well guess what? It’s finally here! That’s right, the much-anticipated indieScreen announced it will be soft-launching this Friday, September 3, with a great lineup of films showing from September 1-5 of independent and documentary films (full list […]

Asobi Seksu Across the Street from the Brooklyn Yard (RIP) Tomorrow

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Brooklyn Yard may be gone, but it’s spirit lives on. Much to the disappointment of those living in the Gowanus neighborhood and beyond, the outdoor space met it’s demise shortly after it’s season-opening grand fete last Memorial Day, when landlord David Lefkowitz ended the lease with tenants MeanRed Productions. Details of why Lefkowitz kicked MeanRed […]