The Brooklyn Historical Society Presents: Brooklyn Film 1899-2007

This evening was warm enough to walk from Park Slope to Brooklyn Heights, where the Brooklyn Historical Society was hosting an evening of Brooklyn-themed documentaries. I arrived too late to get a seat, but managed to get a good space to stand in the back. As I looked around the room, I realized that I [...]

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Weekend at the Movies

Awake: This is the only movie coming out in wide release this weekend. And it wasn’t screened for critics. What does that mean? It probably sucks. Hayden Christiansen goes in for surgery but stays awake (holy shit, that’s the title of the movie!) while under anesthesia, and learns of a murderous plot. Jessica Alba plays [...]

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Au Revoir Parapluie, Bonjour Le Gamin

As nouveau cirque enthusiasts across the city gear up for the upcoming run of Au Revoir Parapluie (Dec 4-16 at BAM), a French food enthusiast is born in Brooklyn.
For two of the last three nights I have warmed myself on Le Gamin’s hearty yet refined sandwiches, delicate yet substantive crepes, and invigorating yet stupefying GROG.

Le Gamin [...]

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The Best Thing About Winter: Hot Alcohol

The weather is getting colder and I am getting older. My weary bones sometimes ache from the chill of near-December winds. All I can see is a quarter year of frigid air ahead of me. There is only one thing that can get me through this: hot cocktails.
It all started a few weeks back at [...]

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Too Much of a Good Thing?

So even though I don’t have one, I love TV. Obviously. I would not be who I am today if not for TV. None of us would.

Banksy loves TV too.
But as hard as I try to embrace technology as it infiltrates my simple life, sometimes I encounter a situation that makes it hard to unabashedly [...]

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Weekend at the Movies: Special Drumstick Edition

As everyone prepares to evacuate the city in the next couple of days to go home, see family and drink their own body weight in red wine (or is that just my family?), here are several good excuses to get out of the house for two hours and hang out in a dark (and hangover-friendly) [...]

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An Open Letter To All Bikers In NYC

It is dusk on a Sunday, and bearclaws is approaching a crosswalk, visions of sugarplums probably dancing in her head. Mechanically, she notes that the intersection’s resident electronic crossing guard is wearing his smart white pantsuit, NOT his fiery reddish-orange unitard. To bearclaws, this sign says, “C’mon! Cross over! We live [...]

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Two Days, Two Innovative Food Events

One Sunday matinée of Milk-n-Honey + One Monday night Foundry Theatre Free-Range Thanksgiving = Whoa! Amazing!
Sunday was the final day in the inaugural run of Milk-n-Honey, a multimedia theater piece put on by LightBox at 3-Legged Dog Theater. After interviews with eaters, chefs, pickers, doctors, food scientists, dumpster divers, farmers, and more, they came [...]

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Disposable Film Festival

A young man named Eric (San Francisco resident and Brooklyn Skeptic friend), has set up a unique festival where all films are to be shot on “disposable film.” This means that you can use your camera phone, webcams, security cameras or disposable cameras from stores like Rite Aid or CVS. All that he asks is [...]

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Attention, New School Soc (Pronounced “The Outsiders” Way) Majors

Just wanted to call attention to my new favorite word (thank you so much for all you give us, Gawker): emosogynistic.
Re: Dude’s behavior who sees cute girl on subway then goes home and blogs about it on hotsubwaychicks.blogspot.com. Do not be disappointed when you click on this link and there are no busty gals with [...]

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