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BCL Allocates 5% of Profits for Nonprofits and Social Investing

Neil Carlson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:30:32 +0000

When we started Brooklyn Creative League, we set out to create a company that embodied our conviction that we’re all better off when we’re all better off. We’ve spent the past three years building an organization whose economic value was rooted in community, collaboration, and mutual benefit. Now that we’re out of the start-up phase, it’s time to start giving back to the broader community: Beginning in 2012, we will allocate 5% of BCL’s profits to nonprofits and mission-driven investing …

The Story of Brooklyn Creative League

Neil Carlson — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:02:01 +0000

We hired BCL member StoryKeep to produce an audio slideshow about Brooklyn Creative League. StoryKeep did a great job of telling our story and capturing what we’re all about. (For real, people: You should check out StoryKeep’s work. They do an amazing job of helping families, small businesses, and individuals tell the stories that matter most.) Dig it:

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The Gallery@BCL Presents: NEW MESSAGES: An Exhibit of Four Artists

Neil Carlson — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:16:56 +0000

The Gallery@BCL is please to announce the opening of NEW MESSAGES: An Exhibit of Four Artists. Please join on Saturday, October 1, 6-8pm, for the opening featuring the work of Areta Buk, Henrietta Mantooth, Erica Harris, and Shannon Holman. The reception will be held in the 3rd Floor Lounge. The work will be up through the Fall.…

The Gallery@BCL Presents: Sean Eno

Neil Carlson — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:40:17 +0000

The Gallery@BCL is pleased to present recent photographs by Sean Eno. Working with multiple images, Eno’s photographs refract and reflect the industrial and the ethereal, setting buildings, boats, and bridges afloat in a reflecting pool of clouds and sky. The resulting images achieve an almost Taoist balance.

Curated by Â Frank Sills and Faith Evans-Sills, TheGallery@BCL is a way for Brooklyn Creative League to showcase the work of local artists, and to make original art more accessible and affordable to …

Santa’s Superfun(d) Gowanus Holiday Party

Neil Carlson — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:39:14 +0000

Santa’s Superfun(d) Holiday Party: The Gowanus Holiday Party. Mark your calendars, people: Â Thursday, December 9, 2010, 8:00pm,Â Littlefield Performance + Art Space.

BCL has joined up with Overflow Magazine and Brooklyn Craft Central (aka, BCL’s own Deb Klein) to throw the neighborhood a proper holiday bash. It’s gonna be huge: DJ, holiday-themed burlesque, drink specials, local food vendors, and general mirth and merriment. We’re also having a charity raffle to benefit CHIPS, the local soup kitchen and women’s shelter. Tickets are …

BKSwappers-Brooklyn Food Swap

Neil Carlson — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:13:47 +0000

Grab your homemade pickles and cookies, people, and head on down to BCL on October 27th at 7:00pm. Hereâ€™s the drill, you bring:

1. Larder goods you made (those jams, pickles, kimchi, preserves, butters, chutneys youâ€™ve compulsively canned over the summer)

2. A homemade (i.e. wrapped) food unit for trade (think a bag of crackers, batch of outta-this-world cookies, a loaf of bread, dried foods, ummmâ€¦whatevs, just so long as you made it)

3. A snack for 20-30 people …

Finding Our Place: FRESH Director Ana Joanes on the Sustainable Food System

Neil Carlson — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:56:28 +0000

Join us for a conversation on the sustainable food system as a metaphor for our lives. Ana Joanes, director of FRESH, will explore how, as we explore the meaning of the word “sustainability,” we begin to develop a vision of a complex web of life where each element — soil, water, worms, animals, wind, trees, insects, etc — has a place and a role. Joel Salatin explains in FRESH that chicken should be allowed to express their chicken-ness, pig their …

Celebrate Brooklyn!

Neil Carlson — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:51:07 +0000

Once again, BCL is a proud sponsor of Celebrate Brooklyn,Â the summer performing arts fest at the band shell in Prospect Park. BCL members can sign up for free tickets, which include access to the VIP section (food tent and orchestra pit seating), as well as early admission. Featured artists include Norah Jones, Sonic Youth, Ozomatli, and The Roots.Â Â So grab your picnic blanket and get ready for a summer of music, dance, and fun.…

TheGallery@BCL: Michelle Han

Neil Carlson — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:38:17 +0000

The Gallery@BCL is pleased to present a new show of prints by Michelle Han. Working mainly with lithocut prints, Michelle’s work is a sublime blend of fluid lines and vivid colors. Nature woodcuts in an urban environment. Red petals on a wet, black bough.

Book Launch, May 13th @ 6:30

Neil Carlson — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:47:50 +0000

Momasphere and Park Slope Parents Career Networking presents an intriguing book launch and panel discussion with Sharon Lerner, author of The War on Moms: On Life in a Family Un-Friendly Nation. With life harder on American families than it’s been in decades, the book takes the blame away from moms and puts it where it really belongs. Leading Human Resource, work/life balance and legal/policy experts will join Sharon for an illuminating evening. Wine and snacks will be served and …