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CALABAZAFEST!!
[ October 30, 2010; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ]
CALABAZAFEST! is coming…
Deep in Bushwick’s own Maria Hernandez Park, at the quaint Bushwick Farmer’s Market, will be no ordinary market, but an entire festival! Face painting, mask making and costume, food, and pumpkin carving contests will reign – please visit http://www.ecostationny.org/ for contest regulations. The Band of Bicycles’ band will perform, along with many other [...]
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Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party
[ October 26, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
The wonderful non-profit Materials for the Arts, from whom we’ve received many useful and beautiful donated items, is holding their annual fundraiser tonight. We will be spinning some art at the event…with bikes, per usual. Come out and support our benefactor. Or just visit us.
http://www.mfta.org/event/show/masked_marvelous_cocktail_party_110
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Kite Flight!
Join the Lemonade Stand on the roof of Port Authority!
This Sunday 9/19/10
1-3 pm
Bicycle blended smoothie deliciousness.
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Bike Shoppe OPEN at 3rd Ward!
David and His Fixed-Up Rear Wheel
This week marks the first week of regularly scheduled Bike Shoppe hours at 3rd Ward. We are open 3 days per week:
Monday: 1:00 – 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 1:00 – 6:00 pm
Thursday: 3:00 – 8:00 pm [4pm Happy Hour]
Come by, use B& tools to fix your bike and get help doing it [...]
Jam with TWO bands this Bike Night!
[ November 19, 2009; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] We have something cooking in the pot for this pre-Thanksgiving bike ride. Free Advice band has invited B&ofBicycles to jam! They’re an awesome bluegrass duo that performs at Roberta’s once a week with snare drum, banjo, upright bass and mandolin. And they have songbooks, too.
Meet us at 3rd Ward for bike night.
Bike [...]
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Los Marcos Melee
[ October 9, 2009 8:00 pm to October 11, 2009 7:00 pm. ] 3 days of bike polo, karaoke, and other craziness!!
[caption id="attachment_458" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Los Marcos Polos' bike polo tournament"][/caption]Bike Repair Night & Community Ride every Thursday
[ August 14, 2009; 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] 5 – 8pm Bike Repair Night
&
8pm Community Bike Ride
–every Thursday night at and leaving from 3rd Ward–
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On the Waterpod with WFMU
The Lemonade Stand brought human-powered organic lemonade drinks to WFMU’s live broadcast with Solar One on the livable, hydroponically planted Waterpod. Guests were asked to bring their fruity additions, and creative berryful concoctions were deliciously blended by the waterborne transportable blender. Band of Bicycles got air time and Thursday Bike Nights were plugged. Drinks were [...]
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