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Entries Tagged as 'Important Cultural Moments'

Inauguration Day

January 20th, 2009 · by Holly · 2 Comments

Renda, Andrew and I watched administrations change on the 6th floor at a special brunch hosted by Swiss Miss.
Andy Pressman captured this historic moment in DC this morning. Received just now, but sent via iPhone around 9:31am.

Meanwhile Andrew Sloat dropped another video yesterday.
Article 2 (for BHO) from Andrew Sloat on Vimeo.

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Tags: Andrew · Important Cultural Moments · Success · Uncategorized · polictics · travel

Waterfalls: Day 1

June 26th, 2008 · by Renda · No Comments

Something is not quite right.

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Tags: DUMBO Beat · Important Cultural Moments · Special Places · The Window · waterfall watch

Breaking: Waterfall is on!

June 19th, 2008 · by Renda · 3 Comments

2:45pm: Waterfall is on.

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Tags: DUDE Check This Out · Important Cultural Moments · The Window · updates · waterfall watch

Five months in the making, the Tusk documentary has arrived

May 15th, 2008 · by Holly · 1 Comment

That’s right. A full on bootleg DVD of the legendary and rare “Making of Tusk” documentary—entitled simply, elegantly, “Fleetwood Mac”— has finally arrived. After searching through every independent video store in NY, the Bobst library, the internet, I was finally able to get it off some ghetto auction site called Epier.
Seriously. Screening next week. I [...]

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Tags: Fleetwood Mac · Holidays · Important Cultural Moments

Dumbo Beat: Get ready for Pelham 123

May 5th, 2008 · by Holly · No Comments

Today (and tomorrow) on Jay Street, perhaps the biggest filming event on our block in recent memory — the remake of the 1974 classic The Taking of Pelham 123. We will be bringing you live coverage of our block / location. Dumbo is buzzing with PA’s and boom mikes. Exact locations available on [...]

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Tags: DUMBO Beat · Important Cultural Moments · Special Places

Are you kidding me? New York, have you lost your mind?

April 28th, 2008 · by Andrew · No Comments

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Tags: Important Cultural Moments · wow

Oh, Brooklyn.

April 15th, 2008 · by Andrew · No Comments

A Movie Screening
Brooklyn: Among the Ruins
By award-winning filmmaker Suzanne Wasserman.
This short film introduces audiences to Brooklyn-born Paul
Kronenberg. Paul is a 60 year-old subway buff who built a life-size
replica of a 1930s motorman’s subway cab in his tiny bedroom in
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Paul will be there to introduce and answer
questions about the film about the experience [...]

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Tags: Important Cultural Moments · The past · cool new people · fun activites

Waterfall Watch

April 14th, 2008 · by Renda · No Comments

 
Is it ready?

http://www.nycwaterfalls.org 

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Tags: DUMBO Beat · Important Cultural Moments · The Window · updates · waterfall watch

Stay home and watch a movie! It’s a Recession!

April 3rd, 2008 · by Holly · No Comments

In weeks forthcoming, Lucas Joaquin, film expert and friend of 801a will share his encyclopedic knowledge of film with us through the lens of the recession. What should we watch that will help us to contextualize and cope with the recession? Look out for his guest blogging, TK.

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Tags: Important Cultural Moments · fun activites · recession

Bjorkwatch 2008

March 18th, 2008 · by Holly · 2 Comments

Bjork came to 10 Jay Street. We tried to find her!

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Tags: Celebrities · Important Cultural Moments · cool new people · weee wooo weee wooo · wow