Greenpoint
Lorven Pharmacy
Culture on the Cheap
North Brooklyn Photos Du Jour: Springtime In East Williamsburg
Filed under: Williamsburg
Union Avenue
Moore Street
Graham Avenue
Humboldt Street
Meserole Street
Miss Heather
Coming Up: Craft On Draught
I’ve been doing a lot of spring cleaning of late. You know, getting rid of stuff you told yourself— REPEATEDLY— that you would do something with. But never did. Here’s your opportunity to dump, drink and make. Leslie writes:
Bring out your busted sewing projects, tired T-shirts, hideous hand-me-downs—basically all the crappy clothes from your closet that you don’t want anymore, or the stuff you’ve been meaning to make awesome—for the ultimate happy hour of destruction, reconstruction, and social mixing!
You provide the scrap, we’ll provide the beer, inspiration, crafting tools, and help from author-crafters Heather Ross and Kayte Terry—plus special projects for purchase: Scrappliqué undies, totebags, cards, jewelry boxes, picture frames, onesies and T-shirts (with that new T-shirt smell)!
WHAT: Craft in Draught Debut
WHEN: April 2, 2009.
WHERE: Spacecraft Brooklyn
355 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11211
(718) 599-2718
WHY: Because it is fun and your $15.00 admission fee (or two for $10) “gets you free beer, and a raffle ticket to win a copy of WEEKEND SEWING by Heather Ross, COMPLETE EMBELISHING by Kayte Terry, grab bags of goodies from Etsy and STC Craft/Melanie Falick Books, cute fabric bundles from Heather Ross’s Mendocino line, a gift certificate to Housing Works Bookstore Café , and other assorted surprises!”
HOW: JMZ at Marcy, Bedford Avenue stop of the L or the B61, baby!
To RSVP for this event you need to shoot an email to:Â rsvp (at) spacecraftbrooklyn (dot) com
Otherwise it should be noted that Craft in Draught will alternate between Spacecraft and 3rd Ward the first Thursday of every month. “East Williamsburg” will get your turn in May!*
3rd Ward
195 Morgan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11237
Miss Heather
*Bonus points if you also haul in your wool sweaters and socks, to be felted in preparation for the Felt Up for Spring!
New York Shitty Day Ender: Street Scenes
Maspeth Avenue
Orient Avenue
Franklin Street
Banker Street
Manhattan Avenue
Meeker Avenue
Broadway
Miss Heather
Southside Photo Du Jour: Elvis Has Left The Building
Filed under: Williamsburg
From Rodney Street.
Miss Heather
Call For Submissions: Sex Cells
When I found an email about this open call at 3rd Ward I simply knew I had to pass along the good news here. To better understand my excitement, dear readers, follows is an excerpt from their online press release for Sex Cells:
In an age where vibrations announce flirtations in the form of text messages & conquests are captured with cell phone photos and video, 3rd Ward is challenging people to take it up a notch – a bed post notch!
This nationwide open call is a search for well-executed, erotic expressions made only with a cell phone. Videos, photos and texts will all be accepted. It’s time somebody showed sloppy celebrities and indiscreet politicians how it’s done. Redefine your phone.
The judges for this event are Chase Lisbon of Nerve and Ashlea Halpern of Time Out New York. The “most uniquely artistic, thought provoking and well-executed piece” will receive a $500 reward. Select submissions will be featured in 3rd Ward’s quarterly publication and all submissions will later be incorporated into a group show whose opening date— June 12th— has been selected to coincide with L Magazine’s Northside Festival.
There is no cost whatsoever to submit and the deadline is April 22. So get those knuckles ashufflin’ Greenpointers and send some electronic love (or abject lust) to:
cells (at) 3rdward (dot) com
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Photo Du Jour: SMOGO!
Filed under: Williamsburg
This sign— sporting what is arguably the best product name ever— hails (amusingly enough) from Meeker Avenue just an inhaler’s throw from the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Smogo, where are you when we need you?
Miss Heather
North Brooklyn Street Art Du Jour: Naughty Bits
Bedford Avenue
North 7th Street
Shortly after I took the above photograph a worker at this site (which is located on Kent Street) asked me if this was supposed to be a flower. I saw no good reason why I should disavow him of this notion.
Miss Heather
Great Moments In Williamsburg Real Estate Perks: 234 Skillman Crapfest
Filed under: Williamsburg
The anonymous tipster who forwarded me this copy editor’s worst nightmare writes:
Imagine my excitement when I learned of new additions to the building at 234 Skillman Ave, courtesy of Active Development LLC! Â Not only are we getting a screening room, but a rec room! Â Including a Poo Table! Â woohoo! Â I hear those things are expensive…
Sheeeeit where I live we don’t have fancy pants places to put our poo— much less for “no fee”. In the Garden Spot of The Universe the humble sidewalks have to suffice. West Street appears to be the most popular.
Miss Heather
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