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New Southside CSA in Williamsburg

It's CSA sign up time! There's a new player in town called the Southside CSA and I totally think I'm going in for a half share. Here is the info:

The Southside CSA is bringing fresh produce from the black dirt of MimoMex Farm in Orange County, NY to the kitchens of Brooklyn.

We will be offering around 50 memberships, with a choice of four types of share – vegetable, fruit, eggs and wine. They can be purchased either in a full share or in half shares, which will cost half the price of a full share and will be collected every other week. Distribution will be on Monday evenings, 6.30-8.30pm, at Bridget, 20 Broadway (@ Kent Ave. The season runs for 20 weeks, from mid June to November. Shares will be lighter in the spring and as the season progresses, will increase in volume and variety. Members are required to fulfill two volunteer shifts per "share family" during the harvest season. All sorts of information about the shares and CSA's can be found on our blog.

Sign ups will be on Monday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Bridget, every week for the month of March and into April.  Just bring your checkbook and calendar!  Please check our blog for updates and details.

Barry Manilow: Original Williamsburg Hipster

 God bless you, FREEwilliamsburg, for bringing this men.style.com interview with Manilow to our attention. Maniloooooooooow!

Mixer Reading Series Two-Year Anniversary on Wednesday

Reading! It's almost as fun as drinking! What is that you say, oh magic fun fairy of the internet? Someone has combined the two? Oh the times we live in. On Wednesday, March 18, the Mixer Reading Series is having its two year anniversary party. Hosted by lurrvly literati Rebecca Keith and Melissa Febos (pictured above), the show will feature celebrated poet Matthew Zapruder, novelist Jedediah Berry and writer Leni Zumas. But wait, there's more. Duo La Marcha is going to literally rock your face off until you are but a shell of your pre-La Marcha self. Booze! Literature! Rock and or roll music! Exclamation marks!

Wednesday, March 18, 7pm, Free, at Cakeshop, 152 Ludlow St in the Lower East Side

Depression-Era Fashion Article Consists Solely of Everyday Williamsburg Residents

Looking like you're straight out of the Great Depression is the new black, bitches! And apparently Williamsburg was waaay ahead of the curve on this one because every single person in W's recession-themed photo shoot is from Williamsburg or Greenpoint. We win the old-timey fashion awards! I'm knocking out all of my teeth right now and fitting myself for a new burlap sack. I'm the down-tootingest, most destitute fashionisto ever!

My Lucky 13 Williamsburg Restaurants

I share my top 13 restaurants in Williamsburg over at The Feedbag. These are, of course, restaurants I like eating at, not restaurants I can regularly afford to eat at, thus why the list doesn't solely consist of Oasis and whatever pizza place I happen to be drunkenly stumbling by.

What Ho! Dine in Brooklyn is On the Horizon!

Now that we're all poor, it stands to reason that we can't afford to go to fancy restaurants anymore; instead we eat our Hobo Beans under the Williamsburg Bridge and twirl our ironic bindles while singing songs about Hobo Jesus. But wait weary faux-hobo, or faux-bo, as they say in France. There is salvation! Dine in Brooklyn is here from March 23 to April 2, with three-course dinners and lunches for only 23 dollars American. Huzzah!

A list of participating restaurants:

Aurora (L)
70 Grand Street
718-388-5100

baci & abbracci (D/B)
204 Grand Avenue
718-599-6599

Bamonte's Restaurant (L/D)
32 Withers Street
718-384-8831

Join the North Brooklyn Story Project!

Me, NAG and Under the BQE have been working on this for awhile. Please come!!!

What: North Brooklyn Story Project Introductory Meeting
When: Wednesday, March 11th, 7 p.m.
Where: Neighbors Allied for Good Growth headquarters: 101 Kent Avenue at 9th Street

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The North Brooklyn Story Project is looking for people with stories to share about our community, and people who can listen to and record these stories.

Do you have a story to tell about life in Williamsburg or Greenpoint? A memory, a snapshot of life here today, an interesting interaction with community members? Do you know a neighbor or shopkeeper or friend with a story to tell? If so, you're invited to become part of the North Brooklyn Story Project.

The North Brooklyn Story Project is a new initiative of Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG), a community organization that has been serving North Brooklyn since 1994. The project was developed to get residents talking and listening to each other – to build a vibrant and friendly North Brooklyn community.

The first step? To find people interested in telling their stories and people interested in interviewing them. Together, interviewers and storytellers will create an archive of North Brooklyn stories that all of us can use to feel connected to our diverse neighbors and neighborhoods – past, present, and future.

No special skills or equipment required – just ears and a voice. If you're interested, please come to the North Brooklyn Story Project Introductory Meeting, on Wednesday, March 11th, at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place at NAG headquarters (101 Kent Avenue at North 9th Street). At the meeting, we’ll discuss an upcoming training to be offered to our group by the Brooklyn Historical Society, as well as your ideas for making the project a success.

For more information, please contact Gregor Nemitz-Ziadie or Rachel Bennett.

See you there!

Williamsburg is Dead is Not Dead!

You, the Williamsburg is Dead reader, is probably thinking "Hey, what have you been doing, jackass? You haven't posted in like nine years." Well, I'm busy with a real job that pays my bills ok? Is that ok with you, reader? Oh baby ... baby please, let's never fight again. I just got the new Neko Case album and we can just listen to that with some some Chablis and let all our worries melt away.

Um what? Anyway, luckily sometimes my normal job (internet food writer) coincides with my other un-paying job (internet neighborhood gadfly). Behold, two Williamsburg-centric food posts by none other than I, Lord Williamsburg of Sussex.

A Night with Bob McClure of McClure's Pickles

Recession Brunch Features $6 Dishes, Gypsies

What to Do? Read Brooklyn Based!

Hey, looking for something to do this week? Check out Brooklyn Based's Tip Sheet, which is filled with cool events throughout Brooklyn. (Disclaimer: I done had written some it.) Also, subscribe to the newsletter so you get it every week. Also, Pains of Being Pure at Heart are playing Friday and they make me feel all warm and fuzzy and high schooley. Fun!

Young Adult Friction - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

All Your L Train Are Belong to Us

Attention humans: We have officially taken over what you call the L train. As of today, Tuesday, February 23, human MTA train operators will be replaced by CBTC, also known as Communications Based Train Control, during night off-hours and eventually daytime off-hours. Do not fret, my human friends, for motormen will be on board in case problems arise. Also, know that when the Great Robo-uprising occurs you will be rewarded for your cooperation by receiving 20 percent less robo-probing than other less helpful humans. What is that fluid that leaks from your optical sockets? Te-ars? I think I finally understand this love you speak of ...

[via Daily News]