If you ride a bicycle in the city but can’t afford to bring it to a bike shop for expensive repairs, you’re in luck. Time’s Up! will teach you how to fix your bike yourself. Mechanic Dustin Wade works on a bike at Time's Up!'s Brooklyn space. On March 1 the volunteer-run environmental action group opened a new space at 99 South Sixth St. in Williamsburg. Time’s Up! offers workshops...

Not all Americans believe it’s a good idea for the government to encourage volunteerism. Don Watkins, a writer for the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights, weighed in on President Obama’s calls for people to give back to their communities: “When the government, instead of protecting individual rights, starts forcing us to cater to the needs of others, it sets us on a course at odds with freedom....

Click here for slideshow I walk down Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg frequently, but I’d never ducked into the City Reliquary Museum until last week - something about the window display with pulleys and ropes just sucked me in. When Lulu, the fabulous woman working at the desk, told me what the Museum is all about, I wondered where I’ve BEEN this whole time. Last night, the Museum had a fundraiser...

(Originally posted on 2/8/2009) Today is the “Continue The Change” volunteer fair sponsored by Brooklyn For Barack. Jim and I are here to meet potential volunteers and the agencies that need them, in hopes to find fodder for our new blog: ChangesBrooklyn. We want to know how seriously Obama supporters are taking his call to volunteerism to heart. Especially in this economy: will people really choose...