Brooklyn College hosted the third annual Miss Brooklyn Scholarship Pageant March 28, and nine women vied for their shot at the crown.
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March 24, 2010March 31, 2010Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life
So Indie, They Don’t Even Know It
By Yepoka Yeebo Last year, five 12-year-old girls from Brownsville, Brooklyn recorded an exuberant, electro-tinged song that would see them featured in music snob bibles ‘Pitchfork,’ and ‘The Fader.’ By a bizarre twist of the record industry, it became the soundtrack to luxury label Proenza Schouler’s show at Fashion Week in February. But only one...
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March 23, 2010May 1, 2010Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life
BK’s Most Dangerous Designer
Designer Karen Patwa adds a little danger to the fashion scene in Boerum Hill.
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March 2, 2010March 4, 2010Arts & Culture, Audio Slideshow, Brooklyn Life, Multimedia
Trim or Tattoo? A New Elvis Aesthetic in Williamsburg
By Joseph Alexiou It is only in a neighborhood like Williamsburg, in a borough like Brooklyn, that a group of creative young folks can open an Elvis-themed hair salon-cum-tattoo parlor without raising many eyebrows. Graceland is housed in a renovated former three-car garage at the corner of Lorimer and Withers streets. Embedded in the smooth...
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February 23, 2010March 5, 2010Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life, Business
Ukulele Sales Soar in Brooklyn
Ukulele sales in Brooklyn are on the rise: A seller in Flatbush says his numbers are up 80 percent from last year.
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February 16, 2010April 4, 2010Arts & Culture, Audio Slideshow, Brooklyn Life
Drink’n’Draw @ 3RDWARD
By Amanda Massa and Mustafa Mehdi Vural You bring the sketchpad; they’ll supply the beer. Or at least that’s what happens at Drink’n’Draw, a weekly event hosted by the Williamsburg art studio, 3RDWARD. For $15 each Wednesday night, people can come ready with art supplies and draw live nude models, who pose on stage for...
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February 8, 2010February 11, 2010Arts & Culture, Audio, Multimedia
Sexy Words in Williamsburg
By Danielle Bengsch It is the oldest form of pornography and still flourishing: Erotic literature. Danielle Bengsch speaks to participants in an erotic writing workshop at “Shag” in Williamsburg. [audio:http://thebrooklynink.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/SexyWordsinWilliamsburg1.mp3]
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December 17, 2009February 4, 2010Arts & Culture
Doing It Themselves at The Market Hotel
It's not a market or a hotel or even a conventional concert venue, but the Market Hotel has quietly established itself at the center of Brooklyn's DIY music scene.
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December 9, 2009December 19, 2009Arts & Culture
At the Brooklyn Book Club
With most people getting their news online and now their literature too, it might come as a surprise to learn that an endangered species is still alive and well in Brooklyn: the book club.
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December 7, 2009February 4, 2010Arts & Culture
Brooklyn ‘Ukers’ Pay Tribute to The Beatles
Brooklyn music appreciators packed into the Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg on Sunday, as they watched one man, backed by nearly 100 other musicians, play the entire Beatles canon on ukulele.