Monthly Archives: August 2009
Art Shows and Pickles
In this week’s Gazette I covered: One month old pickling company Brooklyn Brine. They make a variety of pickles from heirloom cucumbers and jalapenos to scapes and wax beans. Amazing. Read it here. A show titled The Convent at St. … Continue reading
Greenpoint Food Market Open Call Flyer
Greenpoint Food Market launches Sept 12th. Spread the word. PLEASE. I made the flyer all by myself, I am very proud of it. Logo was made by the one and only Carolin Wood.
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Asuka Ohsawa
Today’s special on Beautiful Decay: Asuka Ohsawa Asuka Ohsawa masterfully uses gouache on paper to create a world rife with dichotomous flair. Long Japanese scroll paintings depict cute anthropomorphic animals frolicking the town in seeming innocence and naivete but upon … Continue reading
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Reader: August 27, 2009
- AFC says crap-on-crap isn’t necessarily crappy, per se. – Make terrariums. – Ten ways to feed ten people for less than 20 bucks. – What happens when a man takes Sherman’s Untitled film stills and turns them into paintings. … Continue reading
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Reader August 26, 2009
- NYT Restaurant Critic Frank Bruni’s farewell tips on good eateries. – Jerry Saltz’ fall preview. None in Brooklyn, or LES, mostly Chelsea. Boo. – Nicole Caruth’s ingenious two part post on Gastro-Vision: Art, Food, and Urban Farming. – Jane … Continue reading
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Reader: Aug 25, 2009
- Vivian Girls are playing tonight at Death by Audio. – The non-profit environmental group Times Up! is hosting a bike tour of the one and only, the filthy and hazardous, Newtown Creek. It’s happening this Saturday at 4pm. – … Continue reading
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Tattoo
I got a tattoo by Duke Riley last week. A few days after his navy ship battle at Queens Museum I met him at his parlor East River Tattoo in Greenpoint and for the next 3 hours I cringed in … Continue reading
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Clash at My House
Last Friday I hosted an art show and asked 3 female artists working in completely different styles and mediums to come together and flaunt their goods in my vacant apartment. I titled it “Clash” because that’s exactly what would happen … Continue reading
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Plates and Records: Durban Vice recap
Last Saturday Plates and Records planned a super supperclub feast hosted by Brooklyn Fireproof Cafe and Bar in Bushwick. I was so stressed out about it, Andrzej and I cooked in silence most of the day and the air was … Continue reading
Food Parties
- My three current obsessions are rolled into one in this upcoming event. Hapa Kitchen, a supper club, Finger on the Pulse, DJs pumping the best electro dance beats who also happen to be bros, and Mean Red Productions, party … Continue reading
