FREEwilliamsburg: MMNY Williamsburgers & Wieners BBQ Block Party

FREEwilliamsburg » MMNY Williamsburgers and Wieners BBQ Block Party

As we mentioned yesterday, today is the Sixth Annual Make Music New York celebration. With hundreds of musical acts performing in the streets until 10PM, you may feel a bit lost as to where to begin. Here’s a great event to hit up: The Sixth Annual Williamsburgers and Wieners BBQ Block Party.

The event begins at 4PM and is held in the garden patio of Cyn Lounge, “so that the music spills out onto the sidewalk, and the dancing in the street” (did “Dancin’ in the Street” just start playing in your head too?).

FREE burgers and hot dogs will be served (while supplies last) with drink specials until 10PM.

The block party’s line-up includes:
Avi Wisnia
Golden Bloom
David Ladon of The Doctors Fox
Wojcik
Shira
3dCosby
The Great Apes
Prostitution
The Working Effective
…and many more!

So head over to Cyn Lounge at 4PM for free food, drink specials, and awesome live music (and maybe even some dancin’ in the streets – woo!). Happy Make Music New York day!

FREEwilliamsburg: Brokelyn Summer Camp Party

FREEwilliamsburg » Brokelyn Summer Camp Party
 
Do you miss summer camp? If so, get ready for the summer camp-themed party of the summer (complete with smores and talent shows)…

Photo Credit: Brokelyn.com

via brokelyn.com:

"Are you and your bunkmates getting excited for the Brokelyn Summer Camp Party on June 28 at Crown Victoria?! That’s just two weeks away, still plenty of time to practice your act for the camp talent show and learn how to properly salute your jorts. We’ll have an hour of open bar lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery, games, a photo booth, smores, a talent show, a special cheap bug juice cocktail and of course we’ve got our awesome raffle prizes for you to win: Not only do we have a BRAND NEW BIKE to raffle off courtesy of Ride Brooklyn, but our prize list is growing every day: You can also win a whole weekend at Hotel 718, a Brew Kit from Brooklyn Brew Shop, a four-pack of tickets to Guac Rock from Nachos NY, gift cards to Chip Shop and Ici, and much more!”

For more info on the awesomeness of this event (including a list of additional prizes!) visit Brokelyn’s Summer Camp Party site.

FREEwilliamsburg: 4th Annual Punk Rope Games

FREEwilliamsburg » 4th Annual Punk Rope Games

Rope on, Punk! Punk Rope is a team activity that is a “cross between recess and boot camp, which blends rope jumping, fitness games, and creative calisthenics.” Sounds too fitness-y for you? Think again. This isn’t just any athletic field day. No, no. There are rubber chickens involved. Yes, rubber chickens, used in the 1-on-1 Rubber Chicken Toss and the Rubber Chicken Relay. Other items on the agenda include Punk-Ups, Spoons, and Double Unders. There is also an activity reminiscent of day-camp color-wars – writing a Team Fight Song (try to think beyond “We’ve got spirit yes we do, we’ve got spirit how about YOU!”).

The Punk Rope Games will take place Sunday, June 24 from 10AM – 1PM, rain or shine, at the William Sheridan Playground between Wythe Ave & Berry St and Grand St & South 1st St here on our very own turf, Williamsburg. Teams must consist of 4 members, so choose your teammates wisely – nobody wants dead weight during the Long Rope. And like any competition, there will be crowned winners and an accompanying Awards Ceremony/After Party at Crown Victoria Bar (60 S. 2nd St between Kent & Wythe Ave) from 1:30PM – 4PM, with food & drink specials for competitors and fans alike.

So gather up your fittest friends, start writing that victorious Team Fight Song, and register for the 4th Annual Punk Rope Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.

FREEwilliamsburg: Leslie Knope to Attend City Council Meeting?

FREEwilliamsburg » Leslie Knope to Attend City Council Meeting?

It appears as though Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander thinks that he could teach newly-elected councilwoman Leslie Knope (aka Amy Poehler of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”) a thing or two. Lander wrote a congratulatory letter to Ms. Knope in May inviting her to “spend a day as a Council Member of the City of New York,” stating that he “can provide [her] with valuable insight into the role of a City Council member.”



While explaining what goes into a typical day of a Councilman, he mentions a key incentive – Knope will not run into her nemesis department, the library: “you will definitely love that our local library has been closed for years due to construction (no librarians around here, lately).”

Lander closes by hitting her soft spot – officiating the marriage of Penguins: “if you have any spare time during your visit, I know of two very enamored penguins at the Prospect Park Zoo who have been waiting for the right officiant to get married.”

Clearly Mr. Lander’s letter was a joke. But let’s join him in rallying for Ms. Knope to come to Brooklyn and bring Pawnee’s magic with her!

*Read Lander’s letter in it’s entirety here via carrolgardens.patch.com

FREEwilliamsburg: Reminder: Brooklyn Waterfront Beer Festival

FREEwilliamsburg » Reminder: Brooklyn Waterfront Beer Festival

Thirsty? If it’s beer you crave, then you’re in luck! This Saturday, June 16, is the Waterfront Brooklyn Beer Festival, held at 5 North 11th Street.

This beerfest includes lots of food (The Morris Truck, Cornelius, Cool Haus, Sheep Station, The Brooklyn Star, Sigmund’s, and South Brooklyn Pizza) and live music (The Nepotist, The Suit & TYree & BiggThurrsty, Isle of Rhodes, In Like Lions, and Vinyette).

Also, this Sunday, June 17, is Father’s Day. If you didn’t know that already (you’re welcome for the reminder), you probably haven’t gotten him a gift yet. So, this could be your answer – spending quality time downing beers with Dad will probably make him much happier than a new tie or the classic “World’s Best Dad” mug.

Tickets are on sale now, with two sessions and three different ticket packages. Happy Beer Day!

FREEwilliamsburg: Lightbulb-Eating Magician Arrested for Robbing Brooklyn Banks

FREEwilliamsburg » Lightbulb-Eating Magician Arrested for Robbing Brooklyn Banks



From The New York Times:

"A self-described magician and escapist who once set a record for eating a household light bulb in fewer than 34 seconds was arrested and charged with committing a string of Brooklyn bank robberies."

Being a magician doesn’t guarantee you’ll be any good at robbing banks. This particular bank robber, Robert J. Williams, 22, also holds the record for eating a light bulb at an incredible speed (33.86 seconds, as per recordsetter.com) – truly a man of many talents. Perhaps he thought he could get away with these robberies by eating the cash, or making it magically vanish? Whatever the case, he was arrested Wednesday, June 6. Brooklyn banks are now safe from the magical robber.

FREEwilliamsburg: Poets House Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge

FREEwilliamsburg » Poets House Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge 

 If you enjoy poetry, have $250 to spare (chump change), or just want to be in the same vicinity as the man, the myth, the legend: Bill Murray, head on down to the 1 Center Street tonight, June 11, at 6:30 PM for the 25th Annual Poets House Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge.

"The annual poets house benefit and walk across the Brooklyn Bridge starts at 6:30 p.m. tonight at 1 Center Street and ends at Fulton Ferry with a sunset reading of Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Galway Kinnell. Better yet, Bill Murray (as in Bill Murray) and Marie Howe are also participating in the walk. The whole thing ends with dinner at a nearby restaurant.”

via www.papermag.com

FREEwilliamsburg: Eva's Play Pups

FREEwilliamsburg » Eva’s Play Pups

Do you have a dog? When you leave town and can’t bring your cutie little pup with you and your friends and family members refuse to dog sit (how rude), there is a place to board your dog, and by board, I mean send the pooch to doggie heaven: Eva’s Play Pups, specifically their countryside boarding program, relocating your man’s-best-friend to their 52-acre farm just off of North Eastern Pennsylvania for the weekend and/or holidays

"We have 52 acres of open fields, woods and a swimming pond with 5 fenced in acres where clients’ dogs can run and play all day long…We have a fully air conditioned and heated kennel building with dog beds, crates, and a doggy bath tub."

…Talk about a nice break from the city!

For more info on Eva’s Play Pups, visit their site: evasplaypups.com.