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At Public Records, a mix of vinyl and cafe culture

In this digitized, online-everything world we’re living in, one thing is for sure: vinyl record culture isn’t going anywhere. Especially if Francis Harris, Shane Davis, and Erik VanderWal have anything to do with it. They’re the trio behind Public... Read More
The rise of the millennial spellbook

As a teenager, I found a copy of Wayne Buckland’s Complete Book on Witchcraft in a thrift store. It was the late 1990s when The Craft was compulsory viewing for any aspiring goth and Buffy the Vampire Slayer―with her... Read More
Brooklyn Grange’s newest and largest rooftop farm points to a greener New York

A worker drags a plow over freshly harvested earth. On this muggy August day, it looks laborious. This isn’t a small farmstead in some bucolic locale; it’s a rooftop in Sunset Park. The lack of mechanization is one of... Read More
8 new ice creams for the dog days of summer (and for dogs in general)

Summer in Brooklyn basically means arguing the merits of Odd Fellows and Ample Hills ice cream. Which has the most creative flavors? Which has the creamiest taste? Which has the best cone? For the record, it’s an official tie.... Read More
A Novel Approach to the summer reading list

The Center for Fiction in Fort Greene provides all the things you would expect from an institution devoted to literary fiction: readings, a bookstore, classes and workshops, to name a few. Its most surprising offering, though, is the therapeutic... Read More