Ronnie James Dio, the former Elf, Rainbow and Black Sabbath singer who often claimed credit for inventing metal’s chief hand gesture, the devil horns, has died at the age of
Wild Beasts have announced details of an upcoming tour of North America. Beginning in Chicago, Illinois on August 6, the group will then perform at this year’s Lollapalooza festival on
The first annual Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival has come to a close in Gulf Shores, AL after a tumultuous final day that saw the fairgrounds evacuated for two
Back in May ’96, before Phish’s Clifford Ball – which is often credited as a pre-cursor to the current festival explosion, Deadhead Heaven brought a variety of Dead-inspired bands from
After two decades of nearly non-stop touring, Dave Matthews Band has decided to step down as king of the road — if only for a year. Known for its lengthy
The pride of East L.A. – Los Lobos – have announced details about their first new album since 2006 called Tin Can Trust. TCT hits online and physical retailers on
For the past 20 summers the Dave Matthews Band has hit the road hard even through the loss of sax star LeRoi Moore, so you can’t blame these road warriors
A while back, we told you that iClips’ Couch Tour 2010 would include a free webcast of the Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival, which kicks off today in Gulf
We’re not going to go with a theme this week as there has been so many great releases that are either already out, or are on their way into stores
I recently stumbled upon a cool website that showcases Brooklyn food called Nona Brooklyn. It is very similar to how FoodCandy is setup but with a focus on restaurants, bars and food stores only located in Brooklyn. You can select which places you want to follow and get updates from (like Twitter). It is a relatively new site but boasts an impressive roster of places on board so far. I already have a list of places I haven’t been to but want to check out after reading about them on the site.
It was through Nona that I found out about Southpaw Presents: 5th Ave Festival this Sunday. Loved this line in the description of the event:
Though billed as a music festival rather than a local-food affair, as with any Brooklyn shindig the Southpaw 5th Ave street fair in Park Slope this Sunday will feature many local food spots like Sixpoint, Bierkraft, and Red Hook Lobster Pound, among others.
Here is the posting they put up on their site on May 10th describing what Nona is and how it is best used..
Use Nona to get food and drink updates from your favorite Brooklyn bakers, butchers, brewers, restaurants, shops, bars and farmers at local farmers markets. NonaBrooklyn is like the sidewalk chalkboards that restaurants, shops and bars use to promote daily specials, but better! Nona pulls all those Brooklyn chalkboards together in one convenient spot that you can check from the office, home, or anywhere to find out ‘What’s Good Today?’ in Brooklyn. Nona is growing – stay tuned as we add lots more favorite local food and drink spots in the coming weeks. Let us know if there’s anyone you’d like to see listed here – just email us at info@nonabrooklyn.com.
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