3rd Annual Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson Celebration in Prospect Park

Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson (08/27/11) Despite the Hurricane predictions, filmmaker Spike Lee is throwing his Third Annual Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson celebration at Prospect Park’s Nethermead field on Saturday, August 27. The event is free and will go from 12 – 6PM 10AM – 2PM; DJ Spinna will be there on the “wheels of steel”…

February 2011 Book Store Events (Maya Angelou, Brian Greene, JWoWW)

  The weather may be cold outside, but things are starting to pick up steam inside NYC’s big box stores this month. Here’s a list of February 2011 book store events I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble February 2011 02/01 Frank Brady: Endgame (82nd & Bway) 02/01 Whitney Port: True…

Barnes and Noble and Borders January 2011 Events

  Like its year end predecessor, January is a bit of a slow month at our local big box book stores, here are a few things I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble January 2011 Events 01/05/11 Sean Yseult: I’m In the Band (Tribeca) 01/10/11 Sam Tanenhaus, Jennifer Egan, Siddhartha Mukherjee:…

Michael Jackson’s Birthday Party in Prospect Park on Saturday

Michael Jackson Michael Jackson, who as a Jehovah’s Witness traditionally did not celebrate his own Birthday, is being thrown a large posthumous party by Spike Lee in Prospect Park on Saturday, August 29. On Saturday, thousands are expected to fill the Nethermead meadow in the center of Prospect Park to celebrate Mr. Jackson’s life on…

B&N June Events (Spike Lee, Ben Greenman)

  I already missed a few big ones, but here’s a list of some of the remaining June NYC Barnes & Noble events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble June 2009 Events 06/15/09 – Joe Scarborough (Union Square) 06/16/09 – Monica Ali (Lincoln Triangle) 06/16/09 – Carlos Ruiz Zafon…