What You Should Know About Celebrate Brooklyn Artist: Trombone Shorty

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Lately it seems like Brooklyn's been morphing into the Big Easy by playing host to a wide-variety of reknowned New Orleans musicians. First we had Dr. John's two-week residency at BAM, which kicked all kinds of ass. And now NOLA's newest rising star, Trombone Shorty and his band Orleans Avenu,e is playing this Friday night at the Bandshell in Prospect Park as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn Summer Concert Series. 

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews was born into a musical family from the Treme section of New Orleans, long considered the birthplace of Jazz. He got his knickname when his older brother and now famous trumpet player and bandleader James Andrews say him walking up and down the street at the age of 3 weilding a trombone that was bigger than he was. By the age of 6 Troy was in his brother's band, and soon became a leader of his group, Orleans Avenue. Here's a little docu short on the man himself:

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This Celebrate Brooklyn Food Menu Will Rock Your Face Off

Oh, where to begin?

We here at FiPS have been granted exclusive preview access to the food menu that Tom Kearney, the chef at The Farm on Adderley in Ditmas Park, has prepared for Celebrate Brooklyn. I am so damned excited to eat this delicious food that I feel like I'm going to...well, I don't know exactly what I might do, but whatever it may be, it's definitely a manifestation of the fact that I am spectacularly excited.

In case you haven't left the Slope in several years, you might not know the one of the best reasons to get on an outbound Q train is to go to Ditmas Park and eat at The Farm on Adderley.  The food isn't just local, sustainable and thoughtfully prepared -- it's also magnificently delicious.  Fortunately for you, The Farm is in charge of the menu for Celebrate Brooklyn going on the second year in a row, so Slopers can stay in the 'hood and eat this mouthwatering fare.

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A 2012 Celebrate Brooklyn Schedule Preview!

Lest we forget amidst all the Coop douchery and our ongoing Bugaboo fury, Prospect Park -- the defining feature of Park Slope -- will soon return to all of its summer glory in the form of Celebrate Brooklyn. So sunscreen up for the BBQs, unshaded runs, and two months of fun shows at the bandshell. Here's an early (unofficial, for now) partial lineup (with more to come soon!): 

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