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Rolling with the Pleasant Revolution our Pedal Powered Musical Inspiration
Our main role models for pedal power are the five bands who comprise the Pleasant Revolution. May 20th we hosted them at our Bike Salon at 3rd Ward to put the finishing touches on their mobile pedal powered system and hosted the first ever NYC Bicycle Music Festival, which was played at the amazing [...]
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Tagged B&, Ginger Ninjas, Kipchoge, Pleasant Revolution, Tortilla Factory, Xtracycle
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Bushwick Rocks the Bike Shop: Benefit, Film Screening, and Concert.
[ April 24, 2010 4:00 pm to April 25, 2010 12:00 am. ]
- SATURDAY APRIL 24 –
BUSHWICK ROCKS THE BIKE SHOP
Benefit for Bushwick Farmers Market/EcoStation:NY and the Bushwick Food Co-op
with hosts BAND of BICYCLES and BUSHWICK BIKE SHOP
@ Bushwick Bike Shop 1342A Dekalb Avenue [map]
Cookout 4:00 – 7:00pm
7:00pm Film (No Impact Man) & Discussion
9:00pm Music by BROOKLYN COUNTY FAIR (final lineup TBA)
$10 suggested donation or wotugot [...]
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Tagged "Bushwick Farmers' Market", "Bushwick Food Coop", "EcoStation: NY", B&, Band of Bicycles, brooklyn, No Impact Man, NYC, Travis
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Compost Sifter/Tumbler
Made of bike rims, scrap steel, hardware cloth, rollerblades, a shipping palette, and a few screws, this sifter will soon be separating soil at the Secret Garden in Bushwick.
Check out more photos here.
8ft Pedal-Powered Zoetrope for Spectres of Liberty Public Art Project.
The B& broke into Oh Ten in collaboration with Dara, Josh, and Olivia from the Spectres of Liberty project. After just over a week of intensive planning, building models, grinding, welding, chopping, tweaking, and singing, a prototype is born. She’s a beautiful baby zoetrope, measuring 8 feet across and standing around 6 1/2 feet up [...]
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Tagged "pedal power", "Spectres of Liberty", 3rd Ward, B&, Band of Bicycles, brooklyn, NYC
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A Feminist Focus on Climate Change
Here’s an interesting article from our pals at GlobalSister.org. Read the full story from our very own Merrisa Silk here.
Bedford Avenue Bike Lane Removal
December 1st was a sad day in New York City. A stretch of the Northbound Bedford Avenue bike lane between Flushing Avenue and Division Avenue were removed by the DOT, citing “ongoing bike network adjustments in the area.” The little white mushroom-headed figures and the circles beneath them were blasted from the pavement, [...]
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Tagged "bedford bike lane removal", B&, Band of Bicycles, brooklyn, NYC, Transportation Alternatives
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House of Yes Christmas Spectacular
[ December 4, 2009 9:00 pm to December 12, 2009 11:00 pm. ]
featuring Lady Circus & Friends
The Most Wonderful Show of the Year!
Join the House of Yes family, as we celebrate the Holiday Season with our very own Christmas Spectacular…a ridiculously festive, in-your-face performance extravaganza! Featuring more talent than that other “Christmas Spectacular”, this show is overflowing with glitter, glamour, sex, comedy, matching costumes, synchronized dancing, and [...]
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Tagged "Christmas Spectacular", B&, Band of Bicycles, brooklyn, House of YES
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Improving Your Ride
[ October 9, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. October 10, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Join the Service Specialists
and the Straphanger B& (aka: Travis, Helen & Scarlet)
Tonight & Saturday
We’ll sanitize your hands
sing to you
and share how we got into
the Service Industry in the first place!
Friday: Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 7pm, 144 E. 14th Street//L to 6th Ave, FREE
Saturday: NonSense List 10 Year Anniversary Party, 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn//L [...]
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Tagged 3rd Ward, B&, Band of Bicycles, Bluestockings, Lemonade Stand Band, MTAService, Nonsense
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WFMU live radio broadcast: “Ridin’ Dirty with Trent and Marty McSorley”
We rode, for about a mile. We gambled with the 30%-50% chance of rain and lost. So, it turned out not (yet) to be the world’s first mobile, bike-and-solar-powered live radio broadcast, but we went ahead with an amazing bike-themed show after some pizza, beer, and vodka-watermelon deliciousness at 3rd Ward.
Listen to the show here.
But [...]
World’s first bike-and-solar-powered mobile live radio broadcast
[ September 28, 2009; 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Important note: if we end up with a rainy forecast tomorrow, we will still have the show, but indoors at 3rd Ward (195 Morgan ave, BK). Stay tuned for updates.
Join Trent and Marty McSorley for an epic ride along the Brooklyn waterfront – broadcasting live from an 8-foot trailer attached to the back of a [...]
