11/21/18 3:47pm

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New Manhattan towers could destroy DUMBO’s perfect view [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Submission call: Brokelyn wants your original poetry and short fiction [Brokelyn]
Black Seed Bagels makes Brooklyn debut [Patch]
Would you buy this condo in a William Tubby-designed factory in Dumbo for $1.095 Million? [Brownstoner]
Brooklyn Bridge Car Fire Kills 1, FDNY says [Patch]
Ice cream bar: New Oddfellows in Dumbo plans to serve booze [Brooklyn Daily]
Thanksgiving Parade Balloon Inflation 2018: what you need to know [Patch]
A guide to every community board in Brooklyn and why you should go to meetings at yours [Brokelyn]
‘Cool shaming’ is the new ‘mansplaining’ and I’m officially sick of it [PureWow]

 

11/08/18 8:00am

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Thursday 11/8
Red Ink Series — Hosted by Michele Filgate @ powerHouse Arena, 7pm, FREE, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 3-5pm, FREE, more info

Friday 11/9
Oklahoma! @ St. Ann’s Warehouse, 7:30pm, $41, more info

Saturday 11/10
Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo walking tour @ New York Broadway Tours, 4:30pm, $35, more info

Sunday 11/11
The Haggard Kings @ Superfine, 12pm, FREE, more info

Monday 11/12
Rox’s Secret Code Book Launch! @ powerHouse Arena, 7pm, FREE, more info

Tuesday 11/13
Book Launch: Limetown by Zack Akers & Skip Bronkie w/ Cote Smith @ powerHouse Arena, 7pm, FREE, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 3-5pm, FREE, more info

NYRR Open Run @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 6:45pm, FREE, more info

Wednesday 11/14
Prelude 4 Launch @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop, 7pm, FREE, more info

George Lakey with Q&A for HOW WE WIN: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning @ Verso Books,  7pm, FREE, more info

Thursday 11/15
Book Launch: How to Get Rid of a President by David Priess @ powerHouse Arena, 7pm, FREE, more info

11/02/18 8:00am

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Beer and wine ice cream floats are coming to Dumbo [Brooklyn Patch]
Poetry isn’t dead in Dumbo [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
A look inside BK’s best boutique hotels [Newsday]
Dumbo residents at odds with influx of film shoots, tourists [NY1]
New restaurant from Founder of River Cafe coming to Dumbo [Brownstoner]
26-story condo will rise near the Brooklyn Bridge [Curbed NY]
$200K income needed for waterfront affordable housing [Brooklyn Patch]
Dumbo will get a public library branch in 2020 [Bklyner]
Levin introduces bill to expand opioid treatment to homeless shelters [Kings County Politics]
A new Gleason’s gym debuts in Dumbo [South Brooklyn Network]

10/24/18 8:00am

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Wednesday 10/24

Book Launch: Photographers on Photography by Henry Carroll @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Irene Solà, Kim Vodicka & Lisa Marie Basile @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 7-10pm, FREE, more info

Thursday 10/25

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 3-5pm, FREE, more info

St. Felix Street Centennial Gala @ Dumbo Loft (155 Water Street), 6-10 pm, $50+, more info

Friday 10/26

Spellbound Dance Party @ Superfine (126 Front St), 10pm-4am, FREE, more info

Saturday 10/27

Brooklyn Bridge Run Tour @ City Hall Park at Broadway & Chambers St, 8-9:30am, $40, more info

Green Team Clean Up @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 10am-12pm, FREE, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Sunday 10/28

Halloween Party at The Little Gym! @ The Little Gym Dumbo (75 Front St), 10:30am-1pm, FREE, more info

Waterfront Walks: Guided Park Tours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am, FREE, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Launch: The Anti-Cookbook by Shelley Onderdonk & Rebecca Bloom @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Monday 10/29

Launch: Amongst the Liberal Elite by Elly Lonon & Joan Reilly @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Tuesday 10/30

NYRR Open Run @ Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 6), 6:45-8pm, FREE, more info

Wednesday 10/31

DUMBOWEEN @ 25 Jay St, 4:30-7pm, FREE, more info

10/17/18 5:27pm

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Wednesday 10/17

Poetry & Shadow Show – GennaRose Nethercott reads in Brooklyn @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Thursday 10/18

Community Champions Gala @ The Dumbo Loft (155 Water St), 6:30-9:30pm, various, more info

Book Launch: How to Leave by Erin Clune @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Iain Haley Pollock Mervyn Taylor Jennifer Franklin Dawad Philip @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 7-8pm, FREE, more info

BRIC JazzFest Marathon Night 1 @ BRIC House (647 Fulton Street), 7:30pm, $30+, more info

Friday 10/19

The Gravesend Inn – A Haunted Hotel 2018 @ New York City College of Technology (300 Jay St), 10am-6pm (thru Sunday), $5, more info

Saturday 10/20

Brooklyn Bridge Run Tour @ City Hall Park at Chambers St (NYC), 8am-9:30am, more info

Green Team Clean Up @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 10am-12pm, FREE, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Poetry Reading: Asiya Wadud, Julia Bouwsma & Henk Rossouw @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Sunday 10/21

Iki Kimono @ Brooklyn Flea (80 Pearl St), 10am-5:30pm, FREE entry, more info

Morgan Jerkins, Hannah Tinti, & More @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 5-7pm, FREE, more info

Ali Dineen and Feral Foster at Superfine @ Superfine! (126 Front St), 6-8pm, FREE, more info

Monday 10/22

Brooklyn Bridge and Dumbo Neighborhood on a Walking Tour @ Tweed Courthouse, 10am, $17.50+, more info

10/10/18 5:28pm

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Wednesday 10/10

Book Launch: My Naked Truth by Adrien Finkel @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Thursday 10/11

Brooklyn Bridge Run Tour @ City Hall Park at Chambers St (NYC), 8am-9:30am, more info

Book Party: A Puzzle Is Still Made of Pieces by Brendan Gillett @ Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop (141 Front St), 8-10pm, FREE, more info

Friday 10/12

Free Admission Skating @ Brooklyn Bridge Park Roller Skating (Pier 2, 150 Furman St), 3:30-6pm, FREE, more info

Book Launch: Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval — w/ Chelsea Hogue @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info

Saturday 10/13

Brooklyn Bridge Run Tour @ City Hall Park at Chambers St (NYC), 8am-9:30am, more info

Green Team Clean Up @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 10am-12pm, FREE, more info

Flower Arrangement Class at DUMBO NYC @ 53 Bridge St, 10:30am-12pm, $120+, more info

Ed Center Open Hours @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 11am-3pm, FREE, more info

Dumbo Dance Festival @ Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter (29 Jay St), 10/11 7pm-10/14 7pm, $15+ more info

Sunday 10/14

Iki Kimono @ Brooklyn Flea (80 Pearl St), 10am-5:30pm, FREE entry, more info

Rock My R&B – at Superfine – Special Showcase @ Superfine! (126 Front St), 6-8pm, FREE, more info

Monday 10/15

Brooklyn Bridge and Dumbo Neighborhood on a Walking Tour @ Tweed Courthouse, 10am, $17.50+, more info

Memoir Monday Reading: Arceneaux, Gillette, Valentine, Angel @ powerHouse Arena (28 Adams St), 7-9pm, FREE, more info