As many of you know I work for the YMCA of Greater New York and I support the cause of the Strong Kids campaign. In December, my branch of the Y, McBurney is holding our annual online auction to benefit the Strong Kids Campaign. I sent an email out to many of my contacts and friends that I’ve made over the years through the creation of Greenpointers. And I was really touched by the donations made to our event by some of the wonderful local businesses I frequent and support.
So far I’ve received donations ranging from gift certificates to free produce from:
I’m thrilled and very thankful to these businesses for helping out. This is a wonderful chance for Greenpoint businesses to reach outside of the neighborhood to a whole new audience.
We’re looking for gift certificates, experiences, new items, services, etc. It can be from the company you work for or one you frequent or from a relative or friend. The YMCA is a non-profit organization and we will provide your company with the necessary form and tax deductible paperwork for their files.
Seriously, take a minute to visit the website – and look at all the amazing businesses that have donated in the past! This is a fantastic way to get the word out about your business. This is a yearly event that attracts a pretty decent clientele.
Forward it to your boss, your mom and your friends. The possibilities are endless for donations. If you’re a chef, offer your services to create a meal for a winning bidder. If you work at retail shop or restaurant, a gift card or certificate would be awesome. If your company makes products put together a basket full of your items. Tickets to concerts, events, and so on, and so on.
I will also be eternally grateful to those who donate!
One of my favorite Greenpointers, Emily Raw, is having a showcase of her portrait series this Tuesday at Kill Devil Hill. I shall be there with bells on to support my girlie and her fabulous work. You should, too. Facebook event here.
Cultural locavore & photographer Emily Raw shoots artists in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Her ongoing portrait series “Franklin St Regulars” celebrates key contributors to Greenpoint’s current Franklin St renaissance.
Part One showcases Mary Brockman of Kill Devil Hill (170 Franklin St) & Stephanie Anderson of WORD (126 Franklin St).
The photographs, on display at Kill Devil Hill’s backroom salon from 26 October – 17 November 2010, depict sets and costumes hand-built from paper for a flattening effect that’s the inverse of trompe l’oeil.
The promotional images are teasers & will not appear in the actual show. The final product can be seen only at Kill Devil Hill. A portion of each paper set will be available at the opening for attendee photo ops.
Kill Devil Hill 170 Franklin Street Opening Tuesday 10/26 at 6pm Runs through November 17th
It really is about time someone named a store in Greenpoint The G Spot. And just in time for Christmas shopping! The soft opening is Tuesday 10.26.10 at 6pm. Fan them on Facebook here.
We’ll be serving up some cocktails and then you can head over to the Mark Bar, where smitty (aka subtexture) has installed his streetshadows artwork. We’ll be kicking a keg of Captain Lawrence Kolsch for the occasion!
Artists include: subtexture, tfuk, Adam Suerte, Joe Heaps, rbk2f, Ray Sell, Nina Dinoff, Rebecca Sherman, Michael X Rose, Dave Tree, Carri Scoczek, Retro Moto and more to be announced!
Halloween is a great time of year and as always there are events happening all around the neighborhood. I’ll be adding to this list as I get more events so feel free to bookmark it!
The Mark Bar starts off on Thursday the 28th with a Pumpkin Carving Contest at 8pm with the best carver to receive a bar tab and braggin’ rights.
Friday night the 29th Warsaw is hosting a Fright Fest Halloween Costume Party starting at 8pm for a $10 cover with a free buffet.
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On Saturday night, Red Star is hosting a $50 open bar party from 10pm-2am with a DJ spinning all night and $100 prize for best male and female costumes. Facebook event here.
Halloween Eve at Berry Park features DJ’s and a costume contest with candy and prizes!
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Brought to you by 3rd Ward. This is it… Our Halloween party… An all-out, dark and dizzying experience of art, music, performance. On October 30th, Bushwick will pulse with world-class talent, a shock of danger, and surprises roving around every corner. We’ve put together an ambitious, beautiful event that will be filled with many wow moments.
Saturday, October 30th 7pm through 7am $15 before 9:45pm : $25 after : Strictly 21+ Come in costume for free champagne at the bliss bar. Facebook event here.
Your experience begins at: 260 Meserole St. Bushwick, Brooklyn and continues throughout the neighborhood.
* * * At Zombiefest, people will be asked to dress as zombies and everyone will “crawl” or walk down Metropolitan Ave., toward indieScreen. Participants will have the option to screen the popular 1968 zombie film, “Night of the Living Dead” in zombie attire. A portion of the ticket price will go toward the Food Bank For New York City. After the film, participants can go to The Cove where the charity event will continue! There will be beer specials and a portion of the proceeds made will also benefit the Food Bank For New York City.
WHAT: Zombiefest – a Food Bank For New York City Charity Event WHEN: Saturday, October 30th at 4:00 p.m. WHERE: “Zombies” will meet at the playground on Marcy Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn. COST: The Zombie Crawl is free and donations are welcomed. The screening of “Night of the Living Dead” is $12. You can purchase tickets online or at indieScreen before the viewing. Facebook event here.
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Satellite Lounge is hosting their Halloween bash to the tunes of the Cure, the Smiths, Depeche Mode and other assorted new wave-y, goth-y gods and goddesses of yore. Costumes encouraged, beer and shot specials all night. The misunderstood gloom starts at 10pm.
Satellite Lounge 143 Havemeyer St btwn S 1st & S 2nd Streets
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On Halloween day it’s District Dog‘s Annual Halloween Parade from 1pm-4pm at McGolrick Park. This year they are also offering $20 microchippiung services courtesy of Northside Vet & Dog Habitat.
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The Habitat ALWAYS does Halloween proper and this year is no exception. Spend Halloween with them and their crazy clown house theme with the staff all dressed as… you got it, clowns. Bring your favorite coulrophobia and watch ‘em squirm. Best costume wins $100 and Not-So-Best-But-Still-Pretty-Cool costume wins $50. Decorations will be up all weekend so be sure to stop in and check them out.
The Habitat 988 Manhattan Avenue btwn India and Huron Streets Williamsburg bistro Juliette hosts a New Orleans French Quarter style Creept Creole Crypt from Noon to Midnight with $100 cash prize for best costume.
JULiETTE’S HAUNTED HiSTORY REVEALED! Many furnishings at JULiETTE are imported from France.. and sometime other things came with them. WHO is ALWAYS at the host stand next to the phone… when there is no one else there? WHO keeps smoking cigars on table 3 even when the room is empty? WHY is their a ghost cat near the Winter Garden? And why do we want him to NEVER leave?! WHAT is deep within the infamous ‘DUNGEON’? WHO keeps sneezing near the soda closet + table 40… BEFORE we open? TAKE PHOTOS!!! – once developed you may see things in the picture not of this earthly plane…
I got an email today from reader Jen Schiffer asking me to post this adorable doggie event happening tomorrow. And everyone knows I’m a sucker for pups.
I moved to Greenpoint a year ago after living in the city for 20 years I just found your site. Any chance you’d post this in the short time we have? t.b.d. has a great backyard they are allowing us to use so your dog can get some exercise and you can have a few drinks.
Snorters a group for frenchies, pugs and bostons Bring your dog to the bar! Meet dogs and dog owners over drinks. If your dog is under 25lbs and snorts bring them!
Saturday Oct 23 1pm-4pm t.b.d. Brooklyn 224 Franklin St @ Green
The leaves in the park are starting to turn beautiful colors and fall to the ground. It’s always fun to rake those leaves and jump in a pile, but have you ever thought about using them for compost? Gather around the information tent at 10:30am and learn all about leaf composting from master composter Kate Zidar of the North Brooklyn Compost Project!
This year, the market will be hosting a winter squash pie bake off! If you love to bake, then this is the competition for you. All contestants will win a prize. Sign up for the Greenpoint Greenmarket November 13th WINTER SQUASH PIE BAKE-OFF at the market info stand or email cwhittaker@greenmarket.grownyc.org.
I can’t even believe it’s the EIGHTH annual. Where does the time go?! Facebook event here.
Enids 8th Annual Apple Pie contest is this Sunday October 24th. First 50 entries accepted from 6pm-7pm. No early birds!
Join fellow foodies on Sunday, October 24th for Enid’s 8th Annual Apple Pie Bake-Off. Dust off your rolling pins, call your grandmother for her top secret recipe, tie on your apron and start testing out different apple varieties.
We will be entering the first 50 pies received between 6 & 7 pm. No early birds, please. The winning categories are 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, Prettiest Pie, and Most Creative! Sweet prizes, such as a $100 gift certificate to Enid’s, cool stuff from the Brooklyn Kitchen, All Hands on Deck, keepsake medals and rad bragging rights. After the judging, the top pies will be announced, prizes awarded, followed by a homemade pie free-for-all.
The 2010 panel of judges:
Einat Imber and Erin Diebboll live in Brooklyn where they cook together and share their meals. They are both artists, Einat works in 3 dimensions and Erin in 2. They are also the hands behind All Hands On Deck (.biz) where you can find one of a kind sweaters and color-in t-shirts. In their spare time they attend pie socials.
Karol Lu has participated in the Enid’s Apple Pie Bake-Off for the past 3 years and won 3rd place and “prettiest pie” in 2007 and 2nd place in 2008. A veteran of the Brooklyn cook-off scene, Karol has also created award-winning chili, cupcakes, soup, casserole, and this past July, she took home grand prize at The Great Hot Dog Cookoff. Besides cooking and baking, Karol coordinates a CSA site in Williamsburg, hosts various food-related events, and is an avid pool player.
Co-owner of the Brooklyn Kitchen and the Meat Hook, Harry Rosenblum has been baking pies since age 12. He is a master of the short crust, and has been known to make a pie in whatever pan is available even square (who knew there were no round pans in Ukraine) His preference leans towards fruit pies, with pecan a close second, and he’s been known to make a chess pie now again.
Matt Tilden from Scratchbread.
Michael Harlan Turkell, a once aspiring chef, now freelance photographer and a photo editor of Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan magazines, captures the inner workings of kitchens for his award-winning “BACK OF THE HOUSE” project, which documents the lives of chefs in their restaurant world. Michael’s work has been selected for 25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers V2, (PowerHouse Books, Spring 2008), received a Photo District News Photo Annual Award, and has been published in an array of publications, magazines, and online, including his recurring BACK OF THE HOUSE series for Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan magazines. He also hosts a show on Heritage Radio Network called THE FOOD SEEN, which he brings together guests working at the intersections of food and art.
He recently photographed the “The New Brooklyn Cookbook”, for William Morrow/Harper Collins, as well as, Clinton Street Baking Co.’s cookbook for Little, Brown and Company, both to be released in the Fall of 2010. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, with a cat that has a beer named after it (Sixpoint Craft Ales’ Masons Black Wheat).
Foods on sticks will be available!
Delicious maple syrup drink specials will be served!
Where: Enid’s 560 Manhattan Ave at the corner of Driggs & Manhattan Ave 718.349.3859 enidsbar@gmail.com
When: Sunday, October 24, 2010 Pies accepted between 6 & 7 pm
It’s My Park Day is this Saturday 10/23 from 11am-2pm. Come out and support McCarren Park and help clean the playground and plant bulbs for Spring. Give back!
McCarren Park Vincent V. Abate Playground Driggs at Lorimer
Cooper Park is also participating and having their Fall Fest with activities for the kids while helping to rake and get the park ready for fall & winter.
Interested in swimming with your child but don’t know where to start? Try a Parent Child Swim Class at the Greenpoint YMCA – FREE!
When: Friday, Oct. 22, 11-11:30am Where: Greenpoint YMCA, 99 Meserole Ave. between Lorimer and Manhattan Avenues, Brooklyn NY 11222 Transportation: L to Bedford, G to Nassau, 43 or 62 bus. Cost: FREE! Please call and reserve your spot as space is limited. Contact: Meghan Gough Aquatics Director 212-912-2275 or mgough@ymcanyc.org Web: www.ymcanyc.org/greenpoint Age: 6 months – 3 years
