We already posted information about Movies with a View series starting tonight featuring the 1977 film Annie Hall. However, it’s worth mentioning that tonight’s short film, Abbie Cancelled was produced in Vinegar Hill by VH resident Bartow Church. Many of the scenes are filmed on Gold Street and in a basement of one of the townhouses in VH. Abbie Cancelled was an official selection of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Congrats Bartow!

Thursday, July 8
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1
Feature Film: Annie Hall (PG) 1977, 93 min
Short: Abbie Cancelled by Dumb Bunny
DJ: Ursula 1000

Syfy presents Brooklyn Bridge Park’s 11th Anniversary Season of Movies With A View summer 2010, this year on the newly opened Pier 1. The first one begins tomorrow, Thursday, July 8. The full schedule is below. Ditch Plains will sell prepared meals from the Pier 1 Gatehouse on Thursday nights for Movies with a View, and will be open full-time later in July.

Note: Movies start at dusk. Chairs are not permitted on the lawns and alcohol and glass bottles are not permitted in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Thursday, July 8
Feature Film: Annie Hall (PG) 1977, 93 min
Short: Abbie Cancelled by Dumb Bunny
DJ: Ursula 1000

Thursday, July 15
Feature Film: Monsters vs. Aliens presented in 3D (PG) –2009, 94 min
(no short this night)
DJ: DJ Lupe Loop

Thursday, July 22
Feature Film: The Big Lebowski (R) – 1998, 117 min
Short: Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No by Christopher Isenberg
DJ: Cosmo Baker

Thursday, July 29
Feature Film: Rear Window (PG) – 1954, 112 min
Short: Sketches from Great Gull by Nicholas Laviola
DJ: DJ DRM

Thursday, August 5
Feature Film: Brokeback Mountain (R) – 2005, 134 min
Short: Last Address by Ira Sachs
DJ: Soulstatic

Thursday, August 12
Feature Film: Dreamgirls (PG 13) – 2006, 130 min
Short: S From Hell by Rodney Ascher
DJ: DJ Conquerrah

Thursday, August 19
Feature Film: The Blues Brothers (R) – 1980, 133 min
Short: Mr. Okra by T.G. Herrington
DJ: Soulstatic

Thursday, August 26
Feature Film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (PG 13) – 1989, 127 min
Short: Jerrycan by Julius Avery
DJ: DJ Emch

Thursday, September 2
Feature Film: Public Vote! Check back at brooklynbridgepark.org for details.

Saturday: Walking around this morning, we saw a CNN broadcast truck parked next to the Archway in Dumbo. We asked around and confirmed with the Dumbo BID that they are in fact doing a live broadcast from Dumbo for the World Cup 2010, USA vs Ghana game. The first live feed is at 12:03 on CNN International and 12:10 on CNN domestic. CNN’s senior U.N. correspondent, Richard Roth will be covering the event and may be interviewing fans. Come out early to watch the game, show your support for your team, and show the world how Dumbo celebrates.

Also, the Brazilian network SBT will be filming fans in Dumbo during the game. (Any Portugese speaking fans in the area?)

{CNN World Cup page}

(Photo by Josh Derr)

DumboNYC has been around since 2006. I created DumboNYC.com to effect positive change to the the Dumbo area and highlight changes in the neighborhood. The site also focuses on entrepreneurs in the area who are running successful businesses. There have been many businesses, artists, and residents who have been around Dumbo for a long time, and even more who have moved into the area in the past few years. Because of the transient nature of the area, people from all over the world come to Dumbo for work, play, and live. Although the 2010 census numbers have not come out yet, some government officials estimate about 8,000+ people work in Dumbo while 3,500+ people live here (these are unofficial numbers). It will be interesting when the official numbers are released by the census. So with this diversity, I’m hoping to hear from some of you to welcome regular and/or guest posters/writers/photographers/videographers for the site. Looking for anything related to Dumbo. I’m only one person, one voice, but hoping to hear from others.

Either due to the area’s popularity or visitors wanting to know more about Dumbo, I’ve seen record numbers of visitors to DumboNYC.com in the past months. On average, the site currently receives 40,000+ unique visitors per month and 80,000+ page views per month. With that, I also receive record number of event submissions and press releases that relate to Dumbo. Out of hundreds of emails daily, I don’t have time to respond to them all. Which is why the apology. I just don’t have the time to reply to them all. People plan some great events, exhibitions, shows, etc, in Dumbo and would love to feature them all with interviews, articles, and postings. I’ll try posting as many as possible. If you don’t hear back, sending us a gentle reminder a few days before you’d like the listing posted will greatly increase your chance of getting your Dumbo event listed. We like short blurbs. Multi page press releases are good for certain purposes, but aren’t exactly suited for a blog format. Please continue to send us your tips, events, and rants at dumbonyc [at] gmail [dot] com. Without your emails, I couldn’t keep up with the site. Thank you!
-hideyoshi

We’ve heard lots of artists priced out of the now gentrified Dumbo Brooklyn (Paul Raphaelson, for example). Occassionally we get stories in our inbox from those who are looking to find roomates or share studio space (such as this one at 10 Jay) because local artists are leaving Dumbo. (we love hearing from you but don’t like to hear you have to leave Dumbo.)

Jed Davis, a musician who formerly lived on Plymouth Street in Dumbo is one of those musicians who had to pack up and leave Dumbo for Albany, NY. He released a song called Yuppie Exodus From Dumbo. It’s got a catchy tune and the lyrics are smart and funny- even mentions J Condo, a certain pizza place with 2 hour lines, Etsy, and McSweeney’s and Grizzly Bear, both loved by hipsters. (lyrics are on Jed’s site, and also reposted below). [Ed note: That pizza place recently added a surcharge of $2 EXTRA for residents who pick up, so I've since banned them.]

We caught up with Jed who said that he was reluctant to leave Dumbo but the cost of living in the neighborhood was affecting him and friends around him. While packing up, he discovered that many of his neighbors were too, which inspired the song. Some of the vocals were recorded at his space in 135 Plymouth Street (can you hear the train going over the bridge in the background?) The song has been pressed in a signed and numbered edition of wax cylinders, which will never degrade, no matter how many times you play it on your family Edison. Give the song a listen, and if you like it, download the song for 99 cents. We hope Jed comes back and hope that your new digs in Albany doesn’t ‘gentrify you out’.
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Filming for “Tommy” will take place in Dumbo on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 between 5am-8pm on Front Street between Main and Washington Streets.

Filming on Washington Street yesterday: shooting a cheesy Chinese video in front of 70 Washington Street. Didn’t see filming permits, but no one was worried.

[UPDATE: We were sent a bottle of liquor (and nothing else) and promptly shared it, so therefore this is a sponsored post. Here's why we posted about stoop life and its relevance to Dumbo.]

Tonight is the annual Brooklyn Blogfest at The Brooklyn Lyceum in Park Slope. This year, Spike Lee will make an appearance to kick off the summer with the new, very limited edition of ABSOLUT Brooklyn. Spike Lee designed the bottle in a way that represented Brooklyn the best, a photo of his Brooklyn stoop with a Spike Lee enhanced cap on the logo of the bottle. The stoop step represents the place where Brooklynites meet, hang out, sell stuff, and sometimes drink, which is what unites the community. While stoop life defines Brooklyn, Dumbo doesn’t have any stoops. Its large former factories and warehouses, Belgian block streets, and views of the two bridges and Manhattan skyline define Dumbo’s old world feel (think Once Upon a Time in America). What unites this historic Dumbo is the creative community (artists of all types- painters, sculptors, and the digital type), the dynamic entrepreneurs who navigate their business worlds with will power and hard work, and the new residents. Dumbo’s online presence in social media, websites, and services is our version of the stoop life.

This is why we’ve partnered with groups in the digital world (offline) to help foster a community that supports area artists, entrepreneurs, and residents to sustain the creative community Dumbo is known for. DumboNYC co-sponsored the last Digital DUMBO, and raised nearly $1000 for the Brooklyn Community Foundation at the May 26 event. We felt that partnering with area non-profits that benefit the community goes along with the Dumbo stoop life.

Spike Lee sent us a bottle of ABSOLUT Brooklyn, and naturally thought to share it with the good folks at Carrot Creative and the New York Digital District (NYDD). On the bottle, there’s a quote from Lemon Andersen’s spoken word poem “Somewhere in the world Brooklyn in da house and you know we won’t stop spreading love cause that’s our way.” The NYDD in Dumbo shows the world how it’s done, and glad to see the Brooklyn community is supported by way of a $50,000 donation by ABSOLUT Vodka to the NYC Habitat for Humanity.

Cheers!

A few interesting events tonight and tomorrow as a few events, as part of the 2010 World Science Festival takes place at Galapagos Art Space.

The Search for Life in the Universe, is an event that goes into the possibility of extraterrestrial life in the universe. Scientists on the hunt for distant planets and extraterrestrial intelligence will take us on their expeditions into faraway galaxies and barely visible realms. They’re going to have a number of very accomplished participants, including Jill Cornell Tarter, who was portrayed by Jodie Foster in the movie Contact, and Sir Paul Nurse, a Nobel Laureate. Full details, including ticket info, can be found at: worldsciencefestival.com/the-search-for-life-in-the-universe.

The Search for Life in the Universe
Thursday, June 3, 2010, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Galapagos Art Space

The Science of Star Trek, taking place on Friday evening, will discuss whether the seemingly science fiction elements of the show – time travel, humanoid aliens – could actually become reality. The original Star Trek and its numerous successors were far ahead of their time, but just how far? Will science eventually catch up to this series’ nearly five-decade-old creations? Full details available at: worldsciencefestival.com/the-science-of-star-trek.

The Science of Star Trek
Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Galapagos Art Space

New York City Time Lapse from Blueglaze LLC on Vimeo.

Tal Kagan of Brooklyn based Blueglaze created this time lapse photo video, which include shots of Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo areas. The video was created with approximately 10,000 photos. Watch it and will make you fall in love with NYC again.

Time Lapse Related video: {Video: Dumbo and NYC in Miniature}