Brooklyn Paper editor, Gersh Kuntzman and his great staff have done it again. Another busy week in Brooklyn — and some great stories from Brooklyn’s real newspaper:
1. Breaking news: City's one-way plan in Park Slope is DEAD!
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12oneway.html
SIDEBAR: The Brooklyn Angle: In defense of the DOT Technocrat:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12bklynangle.html
2. It's still war over Arabic school in Park Slope:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12arabicschool.html
3. Know Dice: The real Andrew Dice Clay Silverstein, a friend of The
Brooklyn Paper from way back:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12diceclay.html
4. Ratner's lobby hobby: Bruce is the state's third-biggest influence
peddler:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12ratnerlobby.html
5. Weird Chinese encounter: If Nixon could go to China, certainly four
Shanghai editors could come to our office:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12chineseeditors.html
LOCAL STORIES:
BAY RIDGE: Another church says it will sell out for condos:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12greenchurch.html
DUMBO: Dumbo is on the map. Which map? The map of neighborhoods where
politicians rename streets after other politicians.
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12streetnames.html
CARROLL GARDENS: Cute kid needs a kidney:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12kidnkeykid.html
FORT GREENE: This messy triangle will soon be a "Grand Plaza":
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12grandplaza.html
PROSPECT HEIGHTS: Local family faces eviction:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12eviction.html
OUR COLUMNISTS:
Brooklyn South: A Vietnamese Sandwich Smackdown!
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12brooklynsouth.html
Greene Acres: The true life saga behind the demise of Liquors:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12greeneacres.html
PS...I Love You: Nica's take on the one-way street plan:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12pslove.html
Yellow Hooker: How Brooklyn has grown beyond the Gottis:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12yellowhooker.html
Heights Lowdown: DUMBO is the city's "Furniture District":
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12heightslowdown.html
Smartmom: Hepcat has been laid off!
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12smartmom.html
All Drawn Out: Our editorial cartoonist's take:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12cartoon.html
Verses & Reverses: Our poet laureate's take on Dine in Brooklyn:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12comedinewithme.html
P LUS: All of GO Brooklyn at http://www.brooklynpaper.com/sections/go/
INCLUDING:
The Brooklyn Museum's new feminist wing:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12artoffeminism.html
SIDEBAR: Sacklash!:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/12/30_12sacklash.html
Our nightlife calendar
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/sections/go/nightlife/
Our events calendar:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/sections/go/events/
I’m just getting to know Brooklyn. what are the BEST local papers? I’m a New Yorker for 30 years and am letting go of my rent-stabilized Manhattan apartment.
Looking in Cobble Hill, Park Slope for a 2 bedroom. WHERE do I find the best classifieds? And I MUST have street life, looking forward to community.
Any friendly suggestions? Bulletin boards? Bookstores? I can’t wait!!!
re : It’s the 2007 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival !!!!
My name is Benjamin Wilson and I run Cockabilly Records here in New York City.
On 08/16-08/19 we are hosting the 2007 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival in Coney Island.
We have over 100 performers booked for four days of festivities.
We are featuring rockabilly, surf and psychobilly bands, burlesque performance, sideshow acts, roller derby events, pin up contests and hopefully a tattoo show, b-movie screenings and some hotrod showings.
We put this event together out of nowhere in hopes of bringing all these scenes to Coney Island at the same time to give Astroland a classy send off and to celebrate the things we love about Coney Island.
We have performers coming in from as far away as Austin, Montreal, New Orleans, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Boston and even one from Amsterdam.
Our hope is that the festival becomes an annual event that draws people from around the world to come to Coney Island to celebrate the artistry that keeps our scene alive.
We were hoping that in light of the size of the event and current changes in Coney Island, we might consider posting our press or discussing our events.
Again we are a homegrown production company doing this to promote the New York scene and to promote Coney Island.
Anything you could do to help us spread the word would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Benjamin D. Wilson (cockabilly records) 203 313 6499
It’s The 2007 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival !!!!
August 16 – August 19, 2007 !!!!
Four Days of Rockabilly, Burlesque, Surf and Sideshow !!!!
Now With Roller Derby !!!!
Coney Island
NYC USA
Come One!! Come All !!
August 16, 2007 – The Ever-Intoxicating Nell and Cockabilly Records Present
The Holy Roller Sideshow & Burlesque Revue !!!!
Rockabilly !! Surf !! Burlesque !! Sideshow !!
9pm – 2am !! Otto’s Shrunken Head NYC !! Free !!
August 17, 2007 – JT and Cockabilly Records Present
Cha Cha’s On The Boardwalk’s Big Burlesque Blow Out !!!!
6pm – 4am !!!!
Coney Island NYC USA !!!!
With Burlesque Performers from all over the United States, North America and Europe !!!!
Over 50 acts !!!
Live Surf and Rockabilly With The Holy Roller Sideshow !!!
Main Stage, Cages, Poles, Side Stage With Sideshow And A Brooklyn Rooftop All On The Boardwalk By The Sea And Under The Stars !!!!
Don’t Miss It !!!!
AUGUST 18, 2007 – Cockabilly Records Presents
The 2007 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival !!!!
Sasquatch and the Sickabillys !! Fury 3 !! Tombstone Brawlers !! Jason James and The Bay State House Rockers !! Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co. !! Fisherman Orchestra !! Sean Kershaw and The New Jack Ramblers !!
Outside on the Boardwalk 12pm – 8pm !!!! Free !!!!
Ride The Cyclone !!! Take a Trip on the Ferris Wheel !!! See Dante’s Inferno !!!!
Ever seen a man pound a nail into his head ? And like it ?
Come Be A Part of History And Give Astroland Amusement Park A Classy Send Off !!!
We’re Talking Classy People !!!!
Sponsored by Deno’s Wonder Wheel, Sam Ash Music and Cockabilly Records !!!
August 18, 2007 – 9pm-4am !!!! JT and Cockabilly Records Present
The 2007 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival After Party and Roller Derby Rumble !!!!
Cha Cha’s on the Boardwalk !!!! Coney Island NYC USA !!!!
Real Live Roller Derby Girls !!!!
Contests !!!! Prizes !!!!
Live wrestling !!!!
The Holy Roller Sideshow !! El Jefe V. Demons !! Soul Reapin’ 3 !! Panty Raid !!
Sideshow and Burlesque !!!!
And Chicks Beating The Crap Out Of Each Other For Fun !!!!
$5
August 19, 2007 – 12pm – 2am !!!!
JT and Cockabilly Records Present The 2007 Miss Pin Up Coney Island Contest !!!!
Cha Cha’s on the Boardwalk !!!! Coney Island NYC USA !!!!
Contestants posing for professional photographers in live installations !!!!
Surf and Rockabilly Music All Day Long !!!!
$500 cash prize for the winner !!!!
Instant Fame and International Notoriety !!!!
Come see who Cha Cha will crown Miss Pin Up Coney Island !!!!
Day 4 of the 2007 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival !!!!
$5
Four Days of Rockabilly, Burlesque, Surf and Sideshow !!!!
August 16 – August 19, 2007 !!!!
The 2007 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival
Coney Island
NYC USA
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coneyislandrockabillyfestival@hotmail.com
203 313 6499