Nitehawk Cinema brings its signature programming and inspired menus to the great outdoors with its FREE screening series in Havemeyer Park. The live music-focused screenings feature the sweet singing prostitutes in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas on August 20 with Brooklyn band Doll Parts, a Chicago white party featuring a performance by Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra on September 10, and the gilded Bond film Goldfinger on September 17 with New York City septet Morricone Youth.
Archives for August 2013
Missing Greenpoint Woman Returns Home
Olive Oil 101 Classes Continue Aug. 22
The Bernarducci’s just got back from the second annual Olive Oil Summit in Berkeley, California and have all kinds of new information to add to their 101 classes, reports Greg Bernarducci, owner/operator of O Live Brooklyn.
Olive Oil 101 explores the flavor characteristics and chemistry of single varietal extra virgin olive oil plus uncovers the scandalous world of the olive oil business. Oh, yes it is!
Crest Hardware Art Show Closing Reception
Time to put another successful Crest Hardware Art Show in the books!
This year’s show was very well received, once again, by the public & the press:
Named #41 in 101 things to do this summer by Time Out NY
Covered by CBS News
Called ‘Brilliant & Highbrow’ by New York Magazine
An interview by Greenpointers
An experience told through the words of Say-Waugh
And many more blogs, websites, etc!
Help celebrate this year’s CHAS by joining the closing reception this Saturday, August 17 @ 6pm.
Rockaway Sandcastle Competition Winners!
Photos by Derek Schultz, Courtesy Creative Time
This past Sunday, the sandy beaches of the Rockaways played perfect host to the second annual Creative Time artist sandcastle competition. Ten unique teams made up of area artists, dug and patted and wetted down the boundless supply of sandy material. A raucous day was had. The esteemed winners were chosen by a specially selected group of judges. Here are the results.
1st PRIZE – A ‘gold’ shovel, a bucket with a bottle of tequila, and a $500 check, went to Jamie Isenstein for “Disappearing Sculptures.”