Sunday, April 28th: The Karl Marx Reading Rainbow + Free Beer
The Karl Marx Reading Rainbow The Diamond (43 Franklin St., Brooklyn) 5-7pm Free Join the Center for Investigative Research on the last Sunday of every month for a group reading and discussion of the life and work of Karl Marx. We continue our slog through Marx useless, dense, hopelessly outdated classic with a look at [...]
Sunday, April 7th: Prohibition Parallels with The Center for Investigative Research
Prohibition Parallels The Diamond (43 Franklin St., Brooklyn) 5pm Free Marijuana is the second great controlled-substance battle to rend the country state from state: Alcohol, following the 18th amendment in 1920, was the first. And lest we forget, a full 13 years passed between prohibition and repeal (which began with the Cullen-Harrison Act effective April [...]
Sunday, March 10th: Disturbing Fan Mail
Disturbing Fan Mail The Diamond (43 Franklin St., Brooklyn) 5-7pm Free Lady Gaga, after receiving a string of disturbing fan letters, now sleeps under the watchful eye of a bodyguard. Tom Felton—a.k.a Draco Malfoy—once received a full binder of adoption documents from his “new parents” in America, exhorting him to “divorce” his biological parents and [...]
Sunday, February 17th: Investigating the Banker Street Triangle
Investigating the Banker Street Triangle The Diamond (43 Franklin St., Brooklyn) 5-7pm Free The tiny triangle of land bordered by Banker Street, Nassau Ave, and North 15th, at the border between Williamsburg and Greenpiont, is an enduring Northside mystery. A sea of old-world chaos in the midst of a plague-like profusion of high-end beer gardens, [...]
Sunday, February 10th: What Do It Does?
What Do It Does? The Diamond (43 Franklin St., Brooklyn) 5-7pm Free What is it? Who made it, and why? Is it bigger then a breadbox? Could there be more than one of it? Is it dangerous? What does it mean? Come find out at the kickoff event for the Center for Investigative Research (CIR) [...]
Sunday, November 11th: The Diamond’s Chili Cookoff/Kickoff
Chili Cookoff/Kickoff The Diamond (43 Franklin St., Brooklyn) 5pm $12, includes chili & a pint of beer Chili goes on the Diamond menu for the winter season on Sunday 11/11. For the kickoff, we’ll pit ours against a bunch of others and see how we do. 12 BUCKS gets you a taste of all chilis [...]
Sunday, September 16th: Brew ‘n’ Chew Food & Beer Pairing
Brew ‘n’ Chew The Diamond (43 Franklin St., Brooklyn) 3-5pm $25 in advance, includes beers & food This is a kick-ass homebrew/food pairing event. Taste the brews and snacks of six unique teams and vote for your favorite! Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the New York Harbor School. Click here for more [...]
Friday, June 29th-Monday, July 2nd: The Diamond’s Anniversary Events + Free Drinks
The Diamond (43 Franklin St., Brooklyn) celebrates 5 years with an extended weekend of great events + some free drinks. Friday, 7pm: All Bottles Open. Opening One Bottle of every beer on our 35+ list. Try the deep cuts you’ve always pondered. Five samples per person…free. Saturday, 7pm: The Great Reissdorf Kölsch Kompetition. Which bartender [...]
Sunday, April 22nd: Pre-World Book Night Bash
Pre-World Book Night Bash The Diamond (43 Franklin St., Brooklyn) 7pm $5 donation to the Greenpoint Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry Join WORD for a book pick-up and party at the Diamond! Givers can get their books for World Book Night and meet and mingle with each other, as well as some of our favorite [...]
