Archives for July 2013

Chances with Wolves at The Newsstand at Metropolitan Stop

July 17, 2013 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

Chances with Wolves (East Village DJs Kenan, Kray and Mikey Palms) will spin live tonight (Thursday, July 18) at 7pm at The Newsstand located in the Metropolitan Ave subway stop. So if you find yourself making the slog home on the L or the G tonight, you’re in luck.

Photo courtesy 01 // Magazine, Click to read their awesome article about CWW.

“[Their] weekly show occupies no specific time, genre, or marketed image. Their carefully chosen selection of rare music ranges from old soul, 90s hip hop, 50s throwback, to things you can’t categorize, introducing and re-introducing artists and songs to their large underground following.”—Jennilee Marigomen, 01 // Magazine

NASA’s Top 10 Air Scrubbing Plants—Planting Hope

July 16, 2013 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

Victorian era love of houseplants. PHOTO COURTESY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Victorian-era salon filled with houseplants. Photo Courtesy Library of Congress

By Kimberly Sevilla

Carbon dioxide, or CO2, levels are the highest they have been in MILLIONS of years. According to a recent article in the New York Times, “Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone, Raising Fears” (May 10, 2013), the amount of the gas in the air is the highest it has been for at least three million years.

Find a Cooling Center—& Your ‘Be Cool’ Suggestions

July 15, 2013 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

Courtesy NYC Office of Emergency Management

It’s a hot one today, in the mid 90s, with a heat index that is making it feel like 97.

Our Lady of Mt Carmel’s Giglio Feast

July 12, 2013 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

photo via i-italy.org / Dancing Giglio

The 126th Annual Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Paulinus of Nola, an Italian street festival that spans 12 days in Williamsburg and is celebrated by The Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, kicked off Wednesday. The festival features live entertainment, specialty food vendors, parades, a bazaar with games, children’s rides and amusements, as well as a first-ever “Best Meatball” contest on July 15.

You definitely want to be in on the action on Sunday, July 14 for the centerpiece of the whole celebration. On “Giglio Sunday,” from 1-6pm, over 100 men hoist a 6,000 pound, 80-foot-tall steeple, and a replica of a boat, onto their backs. They proceed to dance them down Havemeyer Street in remembrance of Paolino di Nola, a saint who sacrificed himself into slavery to save the children of the town of Nola.

Greenpoint Growlers Go Gluten-Free

July 9, 2013 By Genia Gould Leave a Comment

One Stop Beer Shop is a growler shop and bar with over 100 diverse beers, small bites and cocktails, with a focus on beer mixology.

On Friday, July 12, from 8-11pm, one of the most special joints in Greenpoint/Williamsburg/East Williamsburg (erm, Greenburg?), One-Stop Beer Shop, will be hosting a gluten-free beer, burger and cider night.

Is this just a special event, or will you have gluten-free beer on offer all of the time?
Yes, we will maintain a permanent draft line offering gluten-free options.