Check out the Brooklyn Taco Experiment at the Bell House (149 Seventh Street) this Sunday, from 1-5 pm. Taco chefs will create tacos that range from savory to sweet, and a culinary judging panel along with the audience will choose their favorites for prizes. Want to enter? Fill out the form here.
Archive | January, 2010
Captain Quinn and Pals Send Up Teddy Kennedy’s Replacement Scott Brown
Scott Brown’s eHarmony Commercial – watch more funny videos
CHB pals Jon “Captain” Quinn, Katharine Heller, Lynn Rosenberg and Abigail Gullo have created a wacky and wonderful E-Harmony parody of newly elected U.S. Senator/centerfold Scott Brown.
Note: Capt. Quinn is about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime — training Brooklyn Bugle honcho Homer Fink [...]
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Open Thread Wednesday
What’s on your mind on this snowy final Wednesday in January? Anything you want to see more of the blog?
Benefit for Haiti tonight at the Bell House
Tonight is Strenght Through Unity, a benefit for the victims of the Haiti earthquake at the Bell House. The Bell House website is reporting that the event is sold out, but tickets are still available online. Scheduled to appear are Jimmy Fallon, Eugene Mirman, AC Newman, and more. All of the proceeds will be split between [...]
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“A View From the Bridge” opens on Broadway
Arthur Miller’s “A View From the Bridge” opened on Broadway this week, and the New York Times has a review of the play starring Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber. The story focuses on an Italian American family in 1950s Red Hook, made up of a longshoreman and his immigrant relatives.
Mile End opens today
The long-anticipated Mile End Montreal Jewish Deli opens today at 97A Hoyt Street, according to Canada’s The Globe and Mail. Something I do not appreciate published alongside the story: a video entitled “American Ignorance Extends to Montreal Smoked Meat.” C’mon, like we really need to be bothered with knowing about Canadian meat? Note to Mile [...]
No parking on Smith Street on Sunday
There will be no parking on Smith Street this Sunday, from Degraw Street to Baltic, according to the fliers posted on the meters on one side of the street. Hungryman appears to be a production company that makes commercials, music videos, web shows, and other types of media. Not sure why they’d pick a Sunday [...]
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Final performance of Jenny Slate’s “Dead Millionaire” tonight
Catch Cobble Hillbilly and Saturday Night Live cast member Jenny Slate in her final performance of her one-woman show, Dead Millionaire, tonight. The show is about her own funeral, if she was a millionaire who left all her money to her dog. Dead Millionaire is at 7pm tonight at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 [...]
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Blood drive today
Head over to the 76th Precinct at 191 Union Street to donate blood today:
The 76th Precinct will be hosting a blood drive at the 76th Precinct station house on Thursday January 21, 2010 from 12:30 pm until 6:30 pm. The New York Blood Center Bloodmobile will be parked in front of the station house, [...]
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Omala yoga shop shutting down
Omala, the yoga shop on Atlantic Avenue, is closing its doors for good after being open for two and a half years. According to Brownstoner, Omala’s owner says she is closing the store because it didn’t get enough foot traffic. The store’s inventory will be on sale until it closes in late February, but will [...]
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