October 2012
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Legacy of Bruce Lee Lives On @ NY Martial Arts Academy

“Everything he said was always about don’t get locked into a style,” Bravo said. “Don’t be a slave to a style. Dissect it, look into every style. And taking what’s good and adding it to your game. To have no style is a style.”

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Olechowski Beats Restler by 19 Votes—Apathy Alive and Well in Williamsburg

In what had to be one of the most bizarre races in recent memory, Chris Olechowski defeated Lincoln Restler in their contentious race for the 50th Assembly District Leader post.

courtesy Community Farmers Market

Community Markets, a Growing Trend

This year, Community Farmers Markets, has opened two new green markets in the nabe, one on the south side of picturesque McGolrick Park (Russell St.) in Greenpoint and another at the spunky Cooper Park (Maspeth Ave.) in East Williamsburg. There, you’ll find an array of farm produce along with enough artisanal food to make your weekend just that much more yummy.

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Trent’s Top Gallery Picks: Jack Early at Southfirst

Jack Early gets super-duper hippie-dippy in these two stupendous shows. Pop psychedelia from the late 1960s and early 70s permeates everything—and even gets inside our ears.

Marc Fader/City Limits

A Tale of Two Brownfields (reprinted from City Limits)

Even as a city program for cleaning up contaminated sites shows promise, two tainted areas in Brooklyn reflect different challenges that remediation can face – like pricetags and politics.


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