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Now in its 11th year, the Brooklyn Folk Festival brings three days of music, workshops, film screenings, contests, and jam sessions to the beautiful, historic St. Ann’s Church located at 157 Montague St. in Brooklyn Heights April 5-7th. Presented by the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, the Festival is produced by Eli Smith, a banjo picker and passionate aficionado […]
Donald O’Finn: Artist, Rebel, and Proprietor of Freddy’s Bar The original Freddy’s Bar is one of the great, lost places in Brooklyn. Once a rumored to be a speakeasy during prohibition, it later became a key, cultural hub and ground zero for the resistance to the assault on Brooklyn by real estate developers. The dark front room featured an outstanding wooden bar, red […]
Hanks Saloon is best known by Brooklynites as a somewhat grimy looking dive bar adorned by flames of hellfire on the corner of 3rd and Atlantic. Walk through its doors, covered with stickers of every group that’s ever played there, and you’ll find a gritty, urban juke-joint where you can see real country bands, drink cheap PBR, and shoot digital […]
