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May 24, 2012
Smörgås Chef Looking to Buy 150 New Chickens
Morten Sohlberg, the Norwegian chef-owner of Smörgås Chef already sources pasture-raised meat and vegetables from his restaurant group's 150-acre farm in the Catskills. But lately, he's found that Blenheim Farm can't supply enough organic eggs to keep up with demand and wants to increase his chick ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
Sayings I Don't Ever Want to Hear Again
And I mean ever!!! *"In this economy..." Oh, shut up! Bo-ring! *Girls calling each other "dude." That wore out its subversive charm about seven years ago. Just call each other "darling" and get on with it.
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May 18, 2012
A New Craft Brewery for New York?
Yesterday, we launched an exciting new beer column here on Fork in the Road. And just a few minutes after I saw a comment that "New York doesn't have craft beer," I came across a project on Kickstarter for a promising new 15-barrel microbrewery. Lauri and Matthew Spitz's work sounds exciting and is ... More >>
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May 11, 2012
The Inimitable Hedda Lettuce Stars in 'What's for Dinner?'
What can you cook with eggs, milk and a high heeled shoe? Drag queen and comedian Hedda Lettuce figures it out in this charming video for a new Kickstarter project. The iPhone app, What's for Dinner, will suggest recipes to cook based on your ingredient list, no matter how measly. The project has a ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Windowfarms: Apartment Farming Technology Coming in August
Check out this cool new gardening technology. Windowfarms is a Brooklyn-based company and they are, with the backing of their Kickstarter supporters, launching a "vertical, hydroponic garden" for growing food in your apartment. It's farming technology for the space-starved urbanite. How it works: ... More >>
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April 20, 2012
Blogroll Gazette: Vegan Test, Disco Robot Waiters
In food blogs this week: Well devises a test to see if you can make it as a vegan. Paleofuture at the Smithsonian looks at the disco robot waiters of 1980s Pasadena. At Food Republic: Why cocktail competitions suck.
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April 11, 2012
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In food blogs this week: Well devises a test to see if you can make it as a vegan. Paleofuture at the Smithsonian looks at the disco robot waiters of 1980s Pasadena. At Food Republic: Why cocktail competitions suck.
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March 5, 2012
The Future Of Silent Barn: The DIY Venue's Next Home, Its "Energy," And Where Those T-Shirts Might Be
"Dog Farts," the official minutes of the committee working to find a new home for Silent Barn's February 20 meeting, outlined some of the concerns leading up to the first Silent Barn Public Meeting, a sort of combination student council meeting, shareholder information session, panel discussion on t ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Long Island City Clubhouse Is Getting Serious About Comedy
Let's face it -- Long Island City is just way cooler than your typical go-to trendy neighborhoods in New York City. It's got that great combo of not-yet-too-gentrified, still-a-safe-place-to-chill, not-as-hipster-as-Williamsburg, and very-friggin'-close-to-Manhattan-AND-Brooklyn. At the hea ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Michael Vignola 'In' at Strip House
Michael Vignola has decided to trade Gravy's fare for a new post at Strip House. No word who's taking his old job at the Flatiron Southern restaurant. [Grub Street]
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December 15, 2011
Kickstarter Employee Writes Elaborate Fanfic for Leighton Meester on Craigslist Missed Connections
Nicole He Blake Lively and Leighton Meester filming 'Gossip Girl' on the LES yesterday. Craigslist Missed Connections have been good lately! A few weeks ago we had the man who posted an epic missed connection for the girl who held his iPhone hostage, and now we have the poor young startup emp ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Crochet Artist Olek Is in Legal Trouble in London
Esther ZuckermanA few days ago we got a curious email from Olek, the crochet artist who has covered much of New York in colorful yarn. She's been in Europe for a while and did a couple shows in Poland recently. "I hope you will have a great Holiday season this year," Olek wrote. "I will be ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
The Winners Of The 2011 Village Voice Web Awards
It's finally here! The 2011 Web Awards winners have been chosen. Check em out after the jump, and check back tomorrow for highlights from the awards show, including our video for the lifetime achievement award!
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November 7, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Buys Television Ad Spots
Insert "the revolution will not be televised" joke here. This Occupy Wall Street ad, which first surfaced a few weeks ago and is the work of David Sauvage, has appeared widely this weekend on ESPN, CBS, and Fox News (heh), among others. The ad was funded via Loudsauce, which is a kind of Kickstart ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
10,000 Harmonicas to Occupy Wall Street, Maybe
Today the New York Post goes all out expressing how truly over the Occupy Wall Street Movement it is. The criminals and their crimes! The drumming and the tambourines! Oh horrible most horrible! Just imagine what the Post will say when they get word of a project that would put 10,000 harmoni ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Occupy! Gazette Flooding the Occupy Wall Street Print Media Zone
KickstarterBecause the Occupied Wall Street Journal apparently doesn't fill the print media needs of the movement, n 1 is following up their personals ads with the Occupy! Gazette. According to the project's Kickstarter, n 1 recruited Astra Taylor, the documentary filmmaker who made Zizek! an ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
'Occupy Wall Street Journal' Surpasses Kickstarter Goal
Occupy Wall Street is starting to look less like an extended camping trip (kind of): It now has a mailing address, an info line, and it will soon have its own newspaper. The Occupy Wall Street Journal has surpassed its $12,000 fundraising goal on Kickstarter and looks like it might actually be a rea ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Silent Barn Raises $40,595, Puts Out Call For Volunteers
The Silent Barn's Kickstarter campaign has officially been deemed a success, with the formerly-in-Ridgewood venue/performance space/art space/etc. ready to use the $40,595 it raised through the peer-to-peer fundraising program (as well as money from benefit shows and other initiatives) to sta ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Should Journalists Make Kickstarter Donations? We Ask Randy Cohen, The (Original) Ethicist and Kickstarter User
Our man Randy CohenIt's been six months since the New York Times Magazine replaced Randy Cohen, the four-time Emmy Award winner who wrote the Ethicist column for 12 years and made the rounds as a congenial moral-principle purveyor everywhere from NPR to Oprah. Since his winter departure, the ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
The Latest Foodie Kickstarter Plea: Let Art and Food Trucks Come Together At Last
One more food-truck festWith non-food companies like the Gap capitalizing on the food-truck craze, it's only a matter of time before a car company gets in on the fun. For now, Jalopnik, the automobile news site, is testing the waters with Truck Yeah: A Mobile Meet Up, a food truck-slash-art f ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Silent Barn Reaches Its Fundraising Goal; 'Now We Can Focus On Finding A New Space'
Maks SuskiThe now-shuttered Ridgewood venue Silent Barn has been raising funds for its rebuilding and relocation since it was burglarized in July. Silent Barn's organizers took their campaign to the peer-to-peer patronage site Kickstarter, which requires people raising money through its site ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Going Silent: The Last Party At Silent Barn
Maks Suski "This is totally normal," G. Lucas Crane says as he drags an amp and a box full of cassettes into his former kitchen. The experimental musician (and occasional tape manipulator for Woods) studies the giant plastic balls hanging from the ceiling, which change color as people talk, a ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
The Classical Talks: The Voice Interviews the Writers Behind the New Sports Site
While the coming new sports site, The Classical, feels to us an awful lot like what people hoped Grantland would be, the writers involved tell the Voice they see it as more like a sports version of the Awl. Either way, sports are one of the topics that eat up a lot of time but remain immune t ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
New York City Scratch-N-Sniff Book Will Happen, Be Smelly
Because we like our smells to come in books instead of from people or street corners (do we? DO WE?), or maybe because this is kind of a great gift to give some non- or former New Yorker, we're happy to write that the scratch-n-sniff book we wrote about last month has been fully funded by Kic ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
9/11 Augmented Reality App Lets You Put the Twin Towers Anywhere You Remember Them
Brian August is a guy who believes in stories. For nearly 10 years, he has been mulling the creation of 110 Stories, a project that would bring together the collective memories of anyone who'd ever gazed out upon the World Trade Center from as far away as Jersey and Connecticut, as well as fr ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
Monster Island Has Announced The Date Of Its Farewell Block Party
Rob HarvillaBehind Oneida as they played the 2010 installment of the Block Party.The Williamsburg multi-headed hydra that is Monster Island—home to, as they note, "Live With Animals, Secret Project Robot Art Space, Kayrock Screenprinting, Todd P. Practice Spaces, Mollusk Surf Shop, Onei ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to Betto, Goodbye to South Houston
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Southernish restaurant South Houston on West Broadway near Grand Street has closed after little more than a year in business. [Eater] Pick-a-Pita has served its last its french fry-stuffed shw ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Silent Barn Is Already Halfway Toward Its $40,000 Fundraising Goal
24-ish hours after launching the Kickstarter campaign to help rebuild and replace the equipment that was lost or damaged during Saturday night's burglary, the Ridgewood DIY venue Silent Barn has already raised more than $20,000 of the $40,000 it says it needs to rebuild. Two people have even pledge ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Silent Barn Burglarized; Ridgewood Venue Organizes Fundraising Campaign
Mike WolfJooklo Duo at Silent Barn in June. On Saturday night, thieves broke into the Ridgewood performance space Silent Barn and destroyed or removed an estimated $15,000 worth of equipment. The theft occurred just one day after local police stopped a performance featuring Steve Moore of Zo ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Littleneck Promises to Bring Brooklyn Its "First and Only Classic New England-Style Seafood Shack"
Littleneck, or a rendering thereof.While the Gowanus doesn't exactly summon comparisons to Cape Cod, Aaron Lefkove is planning to make its dining options a wee bit more evocative of the New England shore.
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July 5, 2011
This Month, the Snap Food Truck Is Parking Its Dogs Around Town
A month after we learned of their plans to bring Chicago-style wieners on wheels to New York, Liz and Zeph Courtney have written in to inform us that their Snap Food Truck will be making a number of appearances throughout the city this month.
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June 30, 2011
Q&A: Mason Jar Music's Dan Knobler And Jon Seale On Finding Space In New York And Rearranging Their Collaborators' Work
by Jeff Giles We tend to think of recording technology in terms of linear progress—from Alan Lomax lugging 150 pounds of equipment around the world, to plush professional studios like the Hit Factory and the Record Plant capturing rock history, to the Pro Tools-fueled rise of the home studio ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Rob Gorski Bought Rabbit Island, Hopes to Turn It Into Mini-Manhattan Artist Utopia
We have to go backOn jury duty one day last year, New Yorker Rob Gorski, who lives on the Lower East Side, found an island for sale on Craigslist. The 91 acres in Lake Superior three miles north of Michigan are called Rabbit Island and Gorski purchased the land with a plan, which has since bl ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
BAMcinemaFEST Plays to Its Audience of City-Weary Art Strivers
We have to go backOn jury duty one day last year, New Yorker Rob Gorski, who lives on the Lower East Side, found an island for sale on Craigslist. The 91 acres in Lake Superior three miles north of Michigan are called Rabbit Island and Gorski purchased the land with a plan, which has since bl ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
So What Exactly Is That On the Cover of Shark?'s True Waste?
JM HouleBy all means, click to enlarge Brooklyn's Shark? finally released their Kickstarter-aided first full-length True Waste three Tuesdays ago, and we can safely report that the 12-track production is a Barney Gumble burp of garage-punk bar-band excellence. Think Blood on the Wall haunted by lat ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
Colin Huggins, Street Performer, to Push His Piano to Washington Square Park Tomorrow
Tomorrow at about 9:30 a.m. street musician Colin Huggins will move a Yahama baby grand piano from a Manhattan Mini Storage on Spring Street to Washington Square Park by himself. And if maneuvering a five-foot three-inch piano around city blocks sounds really difficult, Huggins said "it's muc ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
Dig Deep: Three More Foodie Kickstarter Campaigns in NYC
robin_24/flickrBananas for Art for money.Diner's Journal reports on a new Kickstarter campaign for Veggie Island, the organic produce stand that opened last summer next to Rockaway Taco in Queens. This year, they hope to raise $15,000 to build a garden, greenhouse, and composting facility nea ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
Q & A: Chunklet's Henry Owings On The Indie Cred Test, Not Being A Hipster, And Paying Tribute To Jerry Fuchs
Ian ConeThe 100 Biggest Assholes in Rock Issue, The Shit List Issue, The Overrated, The Rock Bible--Chunklet mastermind Henry Owings redefined the 'zine aesthetic with his deliciously wisecracking, ass-chewing tongue, dumping on everyone and their mother while taking a little bit of time to e ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Eight Tracks To Snag From The Just-Relaunched Epitonic.com
In the days before MP3 blogs blanketed the land, there was Epitonic, which offered users the opportunity to download select free MP3s from mostly indie labels and could easily be rifled through for hours on end (especially since it launched in the tail-end of the dialup era). The site went do ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Hedwig Star/Director Wants Your Five Bucks
John Cameron Mitchell is vastly known for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, not to mention directing Shortbus and the Oscar nominated Rabbit Hole, plus cohosting monthly Mattachine parties at Julius. And now you'll get to know him as a beggar! The saucy imp wants your five smackers! Or even more th ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Michelle Obama Writing a Healthy Food Book; Coffee The Musical Coming to Broadway
Vikram Chatwal is being sued by the group that owns such Meatpacking spots as Abe & Arthur's over the deal he had allegedly promised them to run hospitality operations for his forthcoming Downtown Dream Hotel, which he later gave to the group that owns Marquee. [NY Post] Michelle Obama will ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
What Happens When's John Fraser on the Next Trends in Dining and his Favorite Aphrodisiac: Interview Part 2
Emilie BaltzWhat foods put John Fraser in the mood? Read and find out. Yesterday we spoke with What Happens When chef John Fraser about the challenges and rewards of creating a temporary and evolving restaurant. Today, with Valentine's Day looming overhead, we change gears and talk about th ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
What Happens When's John Fraser on Using Restaurants to Create Communities and Why His New Spot Isn't a Pop-Up
Emilie BaltzWhat happens when John Fraser's in the kitchen? Deliciousness. Dovetail chef John Fraser's newest project, What Happens When, isn't quite like any restaurant that's existed before. Namely because the "temporary restaurant installation" changes its whole concept and menu every mon ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Live: Dan Friel And Happy New Year Steam Up The Showpaper 42nd St. Gallery
Please, touch the bears. All pics by Rebecca.Happy New Year/Dan Friel Showpaper 42nd St. Gallery Saturday, January 22 Since October, nestled among imposing buildings like Pfizer headquarters and the Helmsley Hotel, an East 42nd Street storefront has hosted an unlikely tenant: the Showpaper ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
SCRATCHbread's Window Will Be Open Nov. 24
SCRATCHbread's retail window, ready to serve. SCRATCHbread's Matthew Tilden just relaunched his D.O.U.G.H. Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for his Bed-Stuy bakery, but he already has some good news: The bakery's retail window at 1069 Bedford Avenue will be open this Wednesday, the 24th, s ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Matthew Tilden Relaunches D.O.U.G.H. Campaign with Help from Food Curated
There's A Lot of Strength in a Loaf of Bread: SCRATCHbread's DOUGH Campaign from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo. Matthew Tilden announced his D.O.U.G.H. campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for his Bed-Stuy bakery this past summer. At the time, he was hoping to raise $25,000 by September 2 for essentials l ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Donate To globalFEST 2011's Kickstarter Fund
Tanya Tagaq wailing at globalFEST 2009. Pic by Santiago Felipe.The one-night, three-stage, internationally ambitious blowout known as globalFEST has been immeasurably brightening music lovers' Januaries for seven years now, an omnivorous annual fete pulling in everyone from Bollyrock stars to ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
Cake Shop's Kickstarter Project Fails, But They'll Press Ahead With It Anyway
Online DIY fund-raising phenom Kickstarter can claim many success stories, sure: Take Frankie Rose's van or Weingarten's whole Tweetbox thing. But Kickstarter fatigue/backlash is a real danger, and, you know, the economy is in tatters, so success is never assured, which five-year-old L.E.S. i ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Week in Review: Bootcut Shorts
May we all look this relaxed in this situation. Photo by Sam Horine.In the week the words "Kanye West" became synonymous with social media, the rapper performed at Facebook while dissing Twitter, performed at Twitter while dissing his mother's old boyfriends, then joined Twitter, a thing he t ... More >>
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July 9, 2010
Week in Review: Taking Our Talents To South Beach
Sam HorineIn the week we put the worst band name in New York to a vote (Phil and the Osophers, you are no match for Freelance Whales), we watched as LeBron James put his own name in as the most hated in New York, while Kanye West stood proudly at his side. The last place West was seen before ... More >>
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