Poet Jonathan Thirkield and Ema Yamashiro are moving to Cobble Hill according to Blockshopper. Thirkield was chosen for the Academy of America Poet’s Walt Whitman Award in 2008 for his collection The Waker’s Corridor.
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Award Winning Poet Moves to Cobble Hill
Talk Stoop Host and Hubby Talk Reno and Real Estate
The NY Post profiles Cobble Hillbillies Talk Stoop host Cat Greenleaf and her news producer husband Michael Rey. Mostly, they talk about the schweet deal they got on their townhouse, which we’re not mad at:
NY Post: At a time when even badly run-down brownstones in the area were going for $1.3 million, he asked [...]
Alex McCord Weighs on Jersey Housewives Flap
Cobble Hillbilly/ Real Housewives of New York City cast member Alex McCord has some thoughts about the main conflict playing out on this season of the New Jersey version of the reality series:
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Alex and Simon Host ACS Benefit at BellTel Lofts
The luxury high rise BellTel Lofts was the place to be last night, as CHB faves Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen hosted the American Cancer Society’s “Eat, Drink and Be Hopeful” food and wine event. Alex and Simon were among the many on hand to check out some of the tasteful silent auction items [...]
Norah Jones Stars in Wah Do Dem
Cobble Hillbilly Norah Jones stars in the upcoming film Wah Do Dem, opening here on June 18:
Wah Do Dem website: Max (Sean Bones) lives in Brooklyn. He enjoys playing soccer, skateboarding, and drinking with his friends at local bars. Last summer he and his girlfriend, Willow (Norah Jones), won a free cruise to Jamaica but [...]
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Alex McCord: Don’t Hold Breath for Frankel and Zarin Reunion
Alex McCord tells E! online that her Real Housewives of New York City castmates Jill Zarin and Bethenny Frankel are totally on the outs for realz:
E!: “I wish I could say I can see them being friends again, but I don’t think it’s going to happen,” fellow Housewife Alex McCord tells us. McCord explains that [...]
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Rocker Next Door: Gene Ween
Each week we’ll feature a Cobble Hill (and beyond) neighbor/musician. This week (because our publisher is a super-fan) it’s Gene Ween. Here’s a clip of the Gene Ween Band playing P.S. 29 last year.
Have a neighbor/musician/rock star we should feature? Comment below!
Cobble Hillbilly Mary Alice Stephenson: JLo is Pale, McCord is Nice
Birmingham, MI native, now Cobble Hillbilly/stylist/Harper’s Bazaar contributing editor Mary Alice Stephenson (@maryalicestyle) is profiled today by the Detroit Free Press. She’ll be in the Motor City on May 1 for a benefit. She describes fellow Cobble Hill resident Alex McCord as “really cool and sweet”.
Freep.com: ”You, too, could look fantastic on the cover of a [...]
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Ween Announces Central Park Summerstage Show
Ween, co-fronted by Cobble Hillbilly Aaron Freeman aka Gene Ween, will play a show at Central Park’s Summerstage on September 17. The band announced the show on their website. The bans is currently playing a few dates around the country, including a stop a Bonnaroo in Tennessee on June 13.
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Boerum Hill’s Peter Hedges Goes Back to Iowa
Boerum Hill resident/author Peter Hedges recently went back home to Iowa to promote his new novel The Heights. The book, which is soon to be a major motion picture directed by the writer, takes place in a fictionalized-ish version of Brooklyn Heights.
Hedges sat down for an interview with Radio Iowa. Listen now:
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