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A collection of 12 issues

Villabate Cannoli Eating Contest Slated For 18th Avenue’s Columbus Day Festival

Brooklyn’s first cannoli eating contest will take place on October 11 at Bensonhurst’s Columbus Day festival, where competitive eaters will shove as many of the cream-packed cookie shells into their faceholes as they can in six minutes. And competitive eaters are in luck, with provisions for the contest

Chow Champ: Jimmy’s Famous Heros Seeks Competitors For Eating Contest

A contestant at the June competition.Get ready! Get set! Get gluttonous! Sheepshead Bay’s staple deli, Jimmy’s Famous Heros (1786 Sheepshead Bay Road), is looking for competitors for a sandwich eating contest to take place this Sunday at the Sheepshead Summer Stroll [/save-date-sheepshead-summer-stroll-returns-september-7/]. Owner Victor Spadaro said he

Start Growing That Beard For A Competition At Park Slope Academy Of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Get those whiskers prepped for a chance to win free training at Park Slope Academy of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu [http://psabjj.com/] (518 5th Avenue)! On Saturday, July 12 at 2pm, they’ll be hosting a facial hair competition — so those with the facial hair of warriors can train like warriors.

Hey High School Students: Make A Video About Creating Positive Change, Win $2,500 To Make It Happen

Source: smithsonianchannelmakeyourmark.comPower to Learn, the education initiative of Cablevision’s Optimum, and the Smithsonian Channel have launched a new competition to celebrate Black History Month, and give an opportunity for high school students to affect real change in their communities. The Make Your Mark contest invites students to submit

Attention Photographers: Brighton Beach BID Announces “Brighton Beach Pictured” Photo Contest

Photo by Erica ShermanThe Brighton Beach Business Improvement District (BID) invites all area shutterbugs to participate in “Brighton Beach Pictured,” a photography competition and exhibition focused on Brighton Beach. According to the Brighton Beach BID, photographers entering the competition should aim to submit photos that capture the people, spirit, culture,

Is Park Slope Home To The Greenest Block In Brooklyn?

The race is on to win the title of Greenest Block in Brooklyn [http://www.bbg.org/greenbridge/greenestblock]! Neighborhood and merchant associations are invited to enter their residential and commercial blocks, and the Greenest Storefront, Best Street Tree Beds, Best Window Box, and Best Community Garden Streetscapes will also

5 Alarm Cookoff Offers Local Sheepshead Firefighter A Chance To Shine

John Sierp (Source: worldcares.org)There is no doubt that the final for this year’s fourth annual 5 Alarm Cookoff, a firefighter cook contest sponsored by the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/5-alarm-cookoff-brooklyn-contest-veteran-roll-greek-lamb-meatball-dish-article-1.1190495] , will not disappoint foodies, especially if local Sheepshead Bay firefighter

Seniors Get Ready To Sing At Brooklyn’s 6th Annual Senior Idol

Seniors. Idols. Senior idols.Brooklyn’s 6th Annual Senior Idol, a contest that draws upon the talents of local senior citizens, is in the works. Seniors perform before a crowd and a panel of judges to win the title of “Brooklyn’s Senior Idol” and $500 on October 13. Senator

Sheepshead Bay H.S. Student Rocks International Moot Court Competition In The Hague

Chris Llego, a junior at Sheepshead Bay High School, stood before a tribunal of five international criminal court chief justices at the Peace Palace in the Hague, the Netherlands, this past February. In front of an audience of students, teachers, international attorneys, judges and other dignitaries, he delivered an argument

A Film Scout’s Frolic Through Floyd Bennett Field

Floyd Bennett Field's world with wings insignia on the Administration building's façade. Source: ScoutingNYNick Carr, our favorite movie location scout (do you know any others?), posted an exhaustively breathtaking photo essay of Floyd Bennett Field [http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=4903] on his website, “ScoutingNY [http: