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Jared Leto Is Having The Best Fashion Week Ever

Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Parties & Nightlife — February 16, 2010

Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Rachel Zoe…these are the faces you expect to see permeating the Fashion Week coverage. But this fall, a surprising number of C-list celebrities have infiltrated the ranks of editors and stylists sitting front row. - "The... »

Marty till the break of dawn!

Brokelyn — February 04, 2010

You can’t tell this from looking at the picture, but hidden in the glare of the spotlight is Borough President Marky Markowitz being sworn in by Mayor Mike at the Park Slope Armory last night. The photo is so awful because we were actually on stage beh... »

Get Paid to Eat Healthy

| ZoomNYC — November 11, 2009

In a neighborhood where bodegas reign supreme with unhealthy food options, as many as one in five people do not eat fresh produce at all. Carmen Perez reports on a program that allows residents to purchase food from local farmer's markets with foo... »

Halloween Haunts

Brooklyn Based — October 22, 2009

Halloween falls on a a Saturday this year, all the better for spooky fun. There are so many haunted houses, costume parades and general mayhem to choose from that we put together a few of our favorite events to make it easier to plan a bewitching eveni... »

Tip Sheet: Oct. 21-27

Brooklyn Based — October 21, 2009

WEDNESDAY: Indie Boy Wonder Under the name Kleenex Girl Wonder, Graham Smith released a number of lo-fi indie-rock albums during the mid-Nineties and early Oughts before disappearing from the recording scene for six years. He returned this year with a ... »

Upcoming CB2 meetings

Brooklyn Heights Blog — April 14, 2009

On Wednesday night, Community Board 2’s land use committee will host its monthly meeting and discuss a series of landmarking items. The meeting is at 6 pm, at Polytechnic University (5 Metrotech, on the Commons’ north side, in room LC400). There are so... »

Volunteering around Clinton Hill

ClintonHillBlog — March 31, 2009

This is the first in a series on ways families can make a positive contribution to our community through volunteerism.  Our fair borough offers so much to its residents, and here’s a chance to give something back to Brooklyn while teaching our kids to ... »

Lionel Ziprin, 84: "A brilliant, baffling, beguiling voice of the Lower East Side and the East Village"

EV Grieve — March 21, 2009

The Times has the obituary today for Lionel Ziprin, who died this past Sunday. He was 84.Mr. Ziprin, a brilliant, baffling, beguiling voice of the Lower East Side and the East Village in all its phases — Jewish, hipster and hippie — died last Sunday in... »

LOX Bar…Let’s Speak On It…

Clinton Hill Chill Blog — March 20, 2009

  It sounds all too familiar, a group of neighbors petitioning against the noise of a bar/lounge spot during hours of operation. Except this time as a result of the complaints, it seems the bar/lounge has become the target of every city agency within i... »

CH at The Brooklyn Flea

Cool Hunting — March 09, 2009

We're gearing up for our own little shop at the Brooklyn Flea next weekend as part of the series of "curated corners" the organizers put together and we thought we'd give you a sneak peek at some of the products we'll be peddling. What's more, Kiel Mea... »

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