Is Greenpoint Safe? Cleaning Up our Neighborhood's Toxic Legacy

From oil spills to superfund sites to lots and lots of garbage, Greenpoint has its fair share of challenges. Get the real deal about the public health and environmental situation in Greenpoint, and learn what we can do about it! Wed, May 23 7-8:30pm Anella backyward 222 Franklin St (betw Huron & Green; G to Greenpoint Ave) Drink Specials Rain or Shine Join a discussion with Greenpoint residents: - Kate Zidar of the Newtown Creek Alliance - Laura Hoffman of Organizations United for Trash Reduction and Garbage Equity (OUTRAGE) - Mike Schade of the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice - Moderated by Cara Cannella of Speak Easy Series Event is co-sponsored by State Committeeman Lincoln Restler, Speak Easy Series, Newtown Creek Alliance, OUTRAGE, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, and Greenpointers.com.

The Brooklyn Kitchen Book Club: Tamar Adler's "An Everlasting Meal"

The Brooklyn Kitchen Book Club: Tamar Adler's "An Everlasting Meal"
Wed, Jun 20, 2012 6:30-8:30pm

“Tamar Adler has written the best book on ‘cooking with economy and grace’ that I have read since MFK Fisher.” -- Michael Pollan

Love to read, eat, laugh, and build community? Then The Brooklyn Kitchen Book Club is for you! Check out details (including a discount code for the book) and reserve a spot here: http://www.thebrooklynkitchen.com/web-store/index.php?product=6-20+Book+Club+Meeting%3A+An+Everlasting+Meal Sign up early! Space is limited to 15 book lovers. I'm the book club moderator, so let me know if you have Qs. Thanks for spreading the word! Cheers, Cara 646.623.8793 cara.cannella [at] gmail.com

Podcast of Chad Harbach & Friends at Speak Easy & Congrats: THE ART OF FIELDING is among NY Times' 10 Best Books of 2011

To listen to my conversation with The Art of Fielding author Chad Harbach, his literary agent Chris Parris-Lamb, and my brother Stephen Cannella, baseball editor of Sports Illustrated (recorded at Greenwich Village's Bergino Baseball Clubhouse on November 3, 2011), click HERE for Part 1 (the main podcast) and HERE for Part 2 (audience Q&A). Enjoy! 


And...another well-deserved congrats to Chad: The Art of Fielding is among The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2011!

THE ART OF FIELDING named Amazon's #1 Pick of the Year!

Congrats to last week's Speak Easy guest Chad Harbach and his publisher Little, Brown! His debut novel THE ART OF FIELDING was just announced as Amazon.com's #1 pick of the year. In their words: "Chad Harbach's warmhearted and moving debut novel explores the boundaries of ambition, courage, and love through America's favorite pastime.The Art of Fielding (Kindle Book, print edition) tops our list of the best Literature & Fiction books of 2011 (as well as being our top debut of the year)." If you're looking for a holiday gift idea for any lover of literature, you've found it. 

Photos from Speak Easy Series: Chad Harbach & Friends on THE ART OF FIELDING

Speak Easy Series: Chad Harbach and Friends on THE ART OF FIELDING, a set on Flickr.

Thanks, Bruno Navarro, as always, for the photos, and thanks to Patrick J. Sauer and Matt Wasowski for recommending that I hold the event at Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, which turned out to be a totally ideal venue. Thanks to Jay Goldberg for hosting us in his beautiful space; to Chad Harbach, Chris Parris-Lamb, and my brother Stephen Cannella for making the insightful and funny conversation what it was (podcast coming soon); to everyone for coming and supporting Speak Easy Series; and to Harpoon Brewery for donating beer. What an unforgettable night. See you next time! 

Chad Harbach & Friends on THE ART OF FIELDING

Thu, Nov 3 at 8:30pm (entry begins 8:20)

Speak Easy Series Presents

Chad Harbach, author of THE ART OF FIELDING,

in conversation with Cara Cannella, 
his literary agent Chris Parris-Lamb, 

and Stephen Cannella, baseball editor at Sports Illustrated *

at Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, 67 East 11th St, New York, NY  

(between Broadway & University Place)

Followed by audience Q&A and book signing

with books sold by Mobile Libris 

and beer provided by Harpoon Brewery

FREE EVENT with LIMITED SEATING

 RSVP at speakeasyartoffielding.eventbrite.com required

Maximum 2 reservations per person 

(If capacity is reached, you will be notified by email about waitlist status.)

--

"Reading The Art of Fielding is like watching a hugely gifted young shortstop: you keep waiting for the errors, but there are no errors. 
First novels this complete and consuming come along very, very seldom."  - Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom

--

Chad Harbach grew up in Wisconsin and was educated at Harvard and the University of Virginia. He is a cofounder and coeditor of n+1).


Bergino Baseball Clubhouse is a baseball lover's dream in a Greenwich Village landmark building, with handmade beautiful baseballs, unique gifts, an art gallery with event space, and a custom design studio.

* Sports Illustrated excerpted The Art of Fielding in its August 29, 2011 issue. 

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Speak Easy: Winemaking in Brooklyn & Beyond

Speak Easy: Winemaking in Brooklyn & Beyond, a set on Flickr.

Check out photos from last week's tour of Brooklyn Winery. 

Speak Easy On the Radio!

Broadcast live from the Heritage Radio Network shipping container in the backyard of Roberta's restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn. I had so much fun chatting with Unfiltered co-hosts Erin Fitzpatrick and Brian DiMarco...followed by pizza and pitchers of Six Point beer under the hot late afternoon sun.

Speak Easy Series: Winemaking in Brooklyn & Beyond

Swing by The Parlor at Brooklyn Winery for a conversation featuring their founders, winemaker, and some other very special guests from the local wine industry.

Tue, July 12 8 to 9:30pm
Brooklyn Winery

213 North 8th St (between Driggs & Roebling)

Williamsburg, Brooklyn (L to Bedford stop)

Buy tickets here: http://bkwinery.com/speak-easy-series/1337
$10/person (21 & up)
includes one glass of wine or beer and light hors d'oeuvres

Part 1: Brooklyn Winery co-founders John Stires and Brian Leventhal and winemaker Conor McCormack

Part 2: Erin Fitzpatrick (co-host of The Heritage Radio Network’s wine program Unfiltered) and Stefan Mailvaganam (of Custom American Wine Bar)

moderated by Cara Cannella; with audience Q&A and a tour of the winery!

(L to R: Erin Fitzpatrick; Brian Leventhal, Conor McCormack & John Stires; Stefan Mailvaganam) 

Pics of Nathan Larson in conversation with Cara Cannella at Veronica People's Club

Nathan Larson in conversation with Cara Cannella , a set on Flickr.

Check out audio from June 7 Speak Easy with Nathan Larson!

Click here to listen to my chat with Nathan Larson about his work as a writer, musician, and film composer. He describes his coming of age in Washington D.C.'s punk scene (along with Akashic Books' editor Johnny Temple on Ian MacKaye's Dischord record label) and how that led to the publication of his debut novel, The Dewey Decimal System, set inside the beautiful main branch The New York Public Library. Thanks to everyone who came out and donated to the NYPL! Click here for another opportunity to give to this invaluable and vital institution.

Take advantage of discounted registration for DIY Business Association Conference!

Connect with creative entrepreneurs to take your business to the next level.

You’re invited to the first DIY Business Association Conference on June 26 in DUMBO!

The Brooklyn DIY Business Association Conference is an incubator for the DIYT (do-it-yourself-together) crowd. The one-day event is a talent show for productivity, a swap meet for arty types, a crucial meeting of the minds, a think tank for the Creative New Economy.

Regular price: $125

Special discounted rate for the Speak Easy Series community: $99 (includes light breakfast, lunch, and evening cocktail reception). Enter “speakeasy” during the final step of checkout.

Register here: http://diybusinessassociation.com/brooklyn-diy-business-association-conference-2011/

Hurry while tickets are available! Discount is valid until June 17.

30 panelists, including:

ANDREW WAGNER, ReadyMade Editor-in-Chief

GRACE BONNEY, Design*Sponge Founder and Editor-in-Chief

SUSAN GREGG KOGER, Modcloth.com Chief Creative Officer

DEAN HASPIEL, Illustrator for HBO’s Bored To Death

CAROLINE SUH, Director of Frontrunners and showrunner of Iconoclasts

SHAINA FEINBERG, This American Life contributor, audio producer, and writer

MELISSA HELMBRECHT, Splashlife.com CEO

DANIELLE MAVEAL, Etsy Education Coordinator

MOLLY NEUMAN, Senior Director of Label Relations for eMusic; Owner, Simple Social Graces Discos and Kitchen, and former drummer of Bratmobile

GREGORY JACKSON, Touring and session bassist for various artists, including Amy Winehouse, Jay-Z, and Erykah Badu

MARY S. BUTLER, Senior Content Strategist for Razorfish


AMBER RAE, Chief Evangelist of Seth Godin’s Domino Project, creator of revolution.is and The Passion Experiment

Videos from Cinema 16 panel with Molly, Julianna & Joel now up!

Molly Surno of Cinema 16 commissioned Julianna Barwick to score an experimental film by Joel Schlemowitz, presented August 29, 2009 at The Bell House in Brooklyn. Check out my May 2, 2011 conversation with the three artists at Veronica Peoples Club in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Cinema 16 [part 1]: Satisfying a "Lust for Creative Community" from Speak Easy Series on Vimeo.

Cinema 16 [part 2]: D.I.Y. Music & How to Create a Film for $15 from Speak Easy Series on Vimeo.

Cinema 16 [part 3]: Audience Q&A from Speak Easy Series on Vimeo.

June 7: Author/Composer/Musician Nathan Larson in conversation with Cara Cannella

Tue, Jun 7 at 8pm at Veronica Peoples Club, 105 Franklin St, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

FREE EVENT with suggested donation to the New York Public Library

Donate in advance (takeaction.nypl.org) or on-site!

Nathan Larson

Nathan's novel The Dewey Decimal System (available now!) is published by Akashic Books and set partly inside The New York Public Library.  Nathan is best known as an award-winning film music composer, having created the scores for over thirty movies, such as Boys Don't Cry, Dirty Pretty Things, and The Messenger. In the 1990s, he was lead guitarist for the seminal indie rock band Shudder to Think and toured with bands including Fugazi and The Smashing Pumpkins. Currently, he plays in the band A Camp, also featuring his wife, Nina Persson of The Cardigans. They live in New York City with their son. 

Speak Easy Gets Some New Ink

Thanks to all of these sites and publications for spreading the word about last week's Cinema 16 event!
Greenpoint Gazette
Flavorpill 
Time Out New York [Critics' Pick]
The L Magazine
Screen Slate 
Asthmatic Kitty

Check out photos from last week's Speak Easy!

The Creative & Collective Process behind Cinema 16: Molly Surno, Experimental Filmmaker Joel Schlemowitz & Musician Julianna Barwick in Conversation with Cara Cannella, a set on Flickr.