Galapagos

(Ben Harvey)

A year after launching, Brooklyn’s Gumbo party is doing so well, it’s cloned itself—now you can get your drink and dance on the first Friday and third Thursday of the month. The party has attracted a diverse crowd of hotties, but who does promoter Ben Harvey want to stop into Galapagos? “I'm dying for Andy Roddick to hit up Gumbo with his wifey, Brooklyn Decker. They live in the neighborhood now,” he says. “So does The City’s Olivia Palermo. That's it—we're putting a bounty out on them! Free drinks for life if you can get Roddick or Palermo to Gumbo!”
 
Gumbo at Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St (@ Water St), Dumbo, gumbonyc.com,
718-222-8500. Sept 16 at 10pm; free.

(Nick Kennedy, Scott Laborsky & Mike Garten @ Galapagos Art Space)
 
 
“It’s a cool, collected, Brooklyn vibe,” said DJ Josh Sparber at last night’s GUMBO at Dumbo's Galapagos Art Space. “Kind of a 'later than after-work and earlier than dancing till four in the morning’ crowd." Usually the party features a stylist giving gratis haircuts, but this month’s installment brought a twist with free flipbooks being provided by PS122. “Ben Harvey put the party together. People love them, they get up on the stage and walk like an Egyptian” said Sparber.

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