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Entries Tagged as 'Important Cultural Moments'

Waterfalls: Day 1

June 26th, 2008 · by Renda · No Comments

Something is not quite right.

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

Breaking: Waterfall is on!

June 19th, 2008 · by Renda · 3 Comments

2:45pm: Waterfall is on.

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

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: Important Cultural Moments · DUMBO Beat · 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: wow · Important Cultural Moments

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

Waterfall Watch

April 14th, 2008 · by Renda · No Comments

 
Is it ready?

http://www.nycwaterfalls.org 

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

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: fun activites · recession · Important Cultural Moments

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

LOL Obama (UPDATED!)

February 14th, 2008 · by Holly · No Comments

via Andy Pressman. One of the most brilliant and culturally appropriate things I’ve seen in a long time. Yes We Can Has (cheezburgers)
See ya later, hunkz. It’s an election year.

Update: New LolObama blogs:
i can has nomination?

and Lol Obama

and, potentially the weirdest one, cats for obama
last but not least, people keep fainting at obama rallies
what the […]

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Tags: polictics · LOL Content · Important Cultural Moments · Internet