We're All Fucked: Babies Are Officially Taking Over Park Slope

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Time to strap on your diapers, people, because babies and kids wear the pants in this nabe. Just when we thought Park Slope couldn’t get any more baby-centric, we catch wind that beloved music venue Southpaw will be taken over by a company called New York City Kids. The replacement venue will become a haven to Park Slope’s rock climbing, book-reading and needing ankle biters. 

Via The Brooklyn Paper:

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Rumorsville: Is SouthPaw Closing?

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Local blog Brooklyn Vegan is reporting that Southpaw, a fantastic music venue and host to monthly Moth storySLAMS, may be closing next month:

"According to many with connections to the Park Slope club (some who emailed me and some who are tweeting), Southpaw is closing on February 20 (possibly because "The venue's been sold."). The 5th Avenue Brooklyn venue was getting ready to celebrate their 10th anniversary in a big way too, which would make this news, if confirmed, even sadder."

We'll keep you posted if we hear more news. In the meantime, here's a video of Naughty By Nature playing the venue back in 2009.

[Fips was there...] Pun Rocking at Southpaw: Punderdome 3000

Punderdome's Patron Saint

We here at FIPS spend a hell of a lot of time out and about in Brooklyn, attending outdoor concerts, comedy shows and various other events. So [FIPS Was There...] is where we're gonna' talk about all this shit.

With the Secret Science Club, Adult Education, and a whole 'hood full of storytelling series, Park Slope makes nerding out in public fun, easy, and darn-near accepted. The geeky element also gathers monthly at Southpaw for a few hours of dorky wordplay known as Punderdome 3000. I caught December's helping of the audience-judged pun competition last night -- and, yes, I admit it. I had a pretty fucking good time.

Much like a story slam, Punderdome cedes the stage to average folk like you or me. Anyone can sign up to compete, as individuals or as teams, and the entrants go through several stages of round-robbin competition. Gven a theme (e.g.,"Campbell's and Progresso"), contestants write up their best/worst puns, before offering them up to the audience for groans and/or cheers. Winners are chosen by applause levels, measured through a strange, human-powered "device" known as the Clap-o-meter.

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