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At Sakura Matsuri: Photos of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Cherry Blossom Festival

Kristin Iversen — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:00:00 -0400

This past weekend, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden capped off its month-long, Japanese-inspired celebration of the cherry blossom tree ("Hanami") with a two-day festival called Sakura Matsuri. The BBG organized an abundance of events, including concerts featuring Taiko drums, tea ceremonies, martial arts demonstrations, and an origami workshop.…

10 Last-Minute, DIY Holiday Gifts for the Lazy Brooklynite

Virginia K. Smith — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:00:00 -0500

Everyone knows the holidays are tough, and sometimes, it's just too hard (and expensive) to think of the perfect, thoughtful gift for every loved one and rando in your life. Really, don't beat yourself up about it.…

Photos: Halloween After the Storm

Audrey Ference — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:53:00 -0400

Amid downed trees, broken TV antennas, and piles of debris, Brooklynites who still had power did their best to put up a Halloween display for this evening's trick-or-treaters. Sometimes, when terrible things happen, all you can do blow up your inflatable Ghost Rider roof ornament and make the best of it.…

Keep Calm and Scary On: Brooklyn Halloweens In Spite of the Storm

Audrey Ference — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:32:02 -0400

Chris Christie might be signing an executive order to postpone Halloween, but in Brooklyn, some people have hauled the Halloween decorations back out and are going ahead with it in spite of everything. In inland Brooklyn, where the primary aftermath of Sandy has been downed trees and concern for neighbors in harder-hit areas (and now, reduced voltage), people with cooped-up, banned-from-city-parks, home-from-school kids are doing Halloween stuff today.…

You Were the Best Looking Frida Kahlo at the Party: Your Halloween Weekend Missed Connections Roundup

Lauren Beck — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:45:44 -0400

Before the world turned dark and wet, you were faced with a different kind of turmoil this weekend, no less severe and distressing: The knowing feeling that the sexy ____ on the L train was looking your way and the sequential anguish of a moment passing you by. Weather you blame the heightened emotional intensity that happens when everyone is wearing masks or the weekend's lax social rules and promise of romantic frivolity, hearts are hurting right now.…

Your Handy Guide to Drinking During the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Lauren Beck — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:31:32 -0400

Congratulations! You played soccer as a young tyke but only made it as far as your JV team in high school, affording you the liberty to watch tonight's Olympic Opening Ceremonies in various stages of intoxication.…

Brooklyn Art Weekend: Distant Futures and Dancing Robots

Paul D'Agostino — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:31:37 -0400

Friday, July 20th:

Performance & discussion: Triple Canopy, Amaranth Borsuk and Erica Baum

Billed as The In-Between, this evening with author-artists Borsuk and Baum, in collaboration with LA-based Siglio Press, will challenge various standards of artistic forms and mediation. One look at Borsuk's recently published Between Page and Screen should evidence that these folks are posing proper questions—and that 'in-betweens' are ripe places for probing.…

Start Your Post-4th Weekend With Art in Brooklyn

Paul D'Agostino — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:24:34 -0400

It might not be a commonly held opinion that the days following July 4th feel a bit like the beginning of the end of summer, but if they do for you (too), then you might be happy to know there's additional spark—and who knows, maybe even some lingering sparklers—to be found in a few art openings and events in Brooklyn this weekend.

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The Architecture of Exhibits Opening This Week

Paul D'Agostino — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:21:13 -0400

We mentioned a thing or two last week about galleries going heavy on group exhibitions come summertime, and about how at times these tendencies can make for some savory exhibitional treats.

Two similarly deep group exhibits opening this week—though not quite the 'gallery roster' genre, given the fonts of their artist lineups and greater conceptual probities—sound very similarly promising.…

'Slideluck' Your Artwork Soon at Brooklyn Brewery

Paul D'Agostino — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:53:55 -0400

In case you missed your chance to show artwork to the masses at Northside Art, or in case you had such a great experience then that you'd like to show it off again, you've an opportunity to do so very soon during the course of a slideshow-accompanied potluck feast.

At Slideluck Northside, which will be held on 19 July at Brooklyn Brewery.…

And Now, Your Comprehensive Photographic Recap of Northside Music

Mike Conklin — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:15:00 -0400

Oh hi, it's us again. After sleeping for about 36 hours straight in hopes of even beginning to recover from the four-day alcohol binge that was the music portion of the 2012 Northside Festival, we are back, and we are so, so, so fucking thankful that this heatwave bullshit didn't happen a few days ago.…

A Q&A with Startup Campus Organizer Melissa Lloyd

Jennifer Mills — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:15:00 -0400

Northside is proud to announce that this year, as part of our Entrpreneurship conference, we’ve partnered With NYU and NYU-Poly and the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) to present "The Startup Campus." The program is a series of discussions at NYU-Poly’s campus in Downtown Brooklyn, pairing young New York-based innovator’s with some of NYU and NYU-Poly’s top professors. To give us a little more background on the project, we spoke to event organizer and NYU-Poly’s Director of Operations, Melissa Lloyd.…

Celebrating the Supreme Court Decision That Legitimized Interracial Marriage

Cathy Erway — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:47:00 -0400

Today is the anniversary of the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which effectively legalized interracial marriage in the US. When Richard and Mildred Loving were arrested for being married, their case would ultimately redefine archaic laws throughout the country that prevented marrying outside of one's race—and thus, having mixed-race babies.…

Photos: The L Magazine Turned 9 This Week, Got Drunk Again

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:30:00 -0400

We celebrated the ninth anniversary of a certain pocket-sized, bi-weekly digest this week, and the nice people at Dick and Jane's Bar in Fort Greene were kind enough to host us/ply us with insanely well made cocktails. This weekend, you might find us back there for the Dick and Jane Cocktail Experience, learning all of the necessary steps that go into making a cocktail before it gets knocked back with wild abandon.…

Jens Lekman, Olivia Tremor Control, Ultramagnetic MC's: Northside Shows on Sale Now

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:28:00 -0400

Consider this your Post-it note reminder to swing by, um, the Internet, and pick up tickets to see the Most Endearing Pop Songwriter of Them All (that'd be Jens Lekman, we ran tests to confirm), teamed with of Montreal, The Thermals and Beach Fossils, for a dream team show at Williamsburg Park on Friday, June 15. Tickets are $33.50 and available here for your grabbing.…

Why You Should See Bill T. Jones's Artist Talk at BAM on Monday Night

Audrey Lane Ellis — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:53:00 -0400

The limitless and ever prolific Bill T. Jones will be at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Monday night, discussing three decades of performance work as a choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer. He is a force in person: not only engaging in conversations critically, he seems to actively think through questions in a way that feels quite generous.…

Initial 2012 Northside Lineup Announced!

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:40:00 -0400

Here at Northside, we can't quite tell you just how excited we are to showcase the best of Brooklyn's music, art, film, and entrepreneurial spirit for the fourth year in a row. In fact, we're so overjoyed that we can't quite put it into words, so lets break it down into numbers, shall we?…

Cheating Rat Loses Rematch of Legendary Chinese Zodiac Race

Sam Polcer — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:05:00 -0400

Thousands of years ago, according to legend, the Rat and the Cat tricked the gullible Ox to carry them across the river in the race that would determine the order that the 12 animals would appear in the Shengxiao, the Chinese zodiac. The dirty Rat then pushed the Cat overboard and jumped off to cross the finish line first.

On Sunday night, Duke Riley, the Brooklyn-based artist who made headlines in 2007 for navigating a replica of a wooden Revolutionary War submarine within 200 feet of the Queen Mary II at the Red Hook cruise terminal, and two years later reenacted a Roman-era naval battle for the Queens Museum of Art, staged a rematch of sorts on a canal in Zhujiajiao, China, a water village on the outskirts of Shanghai.…

Photos: Miss LEZ Pageant Vajazzles The Knitting Factory

Sydney Brownstone — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:59:00 -0400

Sunday night, The Knitting Factory took a break from its usual programming to host the annual, radical, queer beauty extravaganza known as The Miss LEZ Pageant. "I haven't seen so much poon since I was born—and some of them even shaved," wrote the Voice's Mikey Musto, judge of this year's performances.…

Win tickets to see Michael Ian Black at Symphony Space!

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0500

We're teaming up with our friends at Symphony Space to give you the chance to win tickets to see Michael Ian Black perform Monday, March 12th in Uptown Showdown, a part of their ongoing Comedy Debate Series. Michael Showalter and Tom Cavanaugh will join him in going head-to-head against Elna Baker (This American Life) and Kevin Townley (Bambi) to debate the age old question that has plagued clothes-wearing people for decades: fashion or comfort?…

How Should You Spend Armory Week in Brooklyn?

Paul D'Agostino — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:19:00 -0500

Although a few significant art fairs appended to last year's Armory Week, including NADA, Verge and Pulse, have opted to calendrically migrate from March to May, all of you art lovers and fair-goers still have huge shows aplenty to choose from. Moreover, since it seems that all things fulfilling the criteria of 'arts related,' 'in New York City,' and 'occurring between March 8th and March 11th' somehow carry the tag of 'Official Armory Week Event' this year, you also have smaller shows aplenty to choose from, as well as plenty of variably opined must-see lists to tailor your visits.…

L TV: How To Twirl a Nipple Tassel with Jo "Boobs" Weldon

Sydney Brownstone — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:54:00 -0500

Jo "Boobs" Weldon is one woman at the helm of the New York burlesque scene. After years spent honing her craft in strip joints, Jo Boobs eventually founded The New York School of Burlesque in 2003, where today one can take classes ranging from a "Crash Course in Bump N' Grind" to "Bombshell Hair."…

Submissions for Northside DIY Film Competition Now Open

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:33:00 -0500

We’re pleased to announce that submissions are now officially open for the Northside Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Film Competition, one of the components to Northside Film. You can check out the guidelines to submit your film here.…

Brooklyn Night Bazaar Kicks Off Tonight: There Will Be Bands to See, Gifts to Buy, Foods to Eat, Attractive People to Admire

Lauren Beck — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:05:00 -0500

Here we have a holiday craft market for the cool kids, one that doesn't shut down until the wee hours of the morning (1am to be exact) and features shows by the likes of everyone's favorite hardcore punk band (that being Fucked Up) and a DJ set by everyone's favorite quasi-retired frontman (that being James Murphy), amidst the 100 or so local merchants offering you delicious foods and one-of-a-kind gifts to buy. (Check out a list of the vendors here.)…

BUST Magazine's Annual Craftacular Is Happening This Weekend for All Your Silkscreened, Découpaged and Knitted Holiday Needs

Lauren Beck — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:19:00 -0500

BUST Magazine's annual Craftacular is happening this weekend, an event that corrals over 200 DIY vendors peddling their handmade jewelry, art, houseware, clothing, food, toys, etc. into a warehouse in Soho. It's Etsy, but in 3-D.…