Oct. 8, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith Another beloved Brooklyn business is biting the dust — unless a last-minute bid to stay open is successful. Desert Island Comics announced on Instagram last week that it would be closing its doors come the end of the after its landlord almost doubled the rent. Desert Island Comics…
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Brooklyn Stand Up comedy act returns with crack-up setlist
Mar. 22, 2024 By Jada Camille
Brooklynites busted a gut on March 21 during the return of Brooklyn Stand Up, a monthly comedy act in Clinton Hill.
Two artists explore Brooklyn’s Bar in ‘Seeing Double’ at Sweet Lorraine
Dec. 7, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
An upcoming art exhibition in Red Hook will show illustrations of some of Brooklyn’s most popular watering holes through the perspectives of two different artists — Bill Roundy, a former Brooklyn Paper comic — and John Tebeau, illustrator of the book “Bars, Taverns and Dives New Yorkers Love.”