Central Brooklyn
(Photo via barchordbrooklyn [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKReox8Bwnc7R0JoETQg89sm3qF8YjuVkrdCng0/?taken-by=barchordbrooklyn] / instagram)Since it looks like hurricane Matthew won’t be making an appearance this weekend, get out and enjoy the autumn days with great events just blocks from your home. Whether you’re looking to rock a half-marathon, buy
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(Image courtesy Rock’n’roll half marathon / Facebook)Time to don your running shoes, assemble the spectator squads, or plan for traffic detours. The second annual Rock ‘n’ Rock Brooklyn Half Marathon [http://www.runrocknroll.com/brooklyn/the-races/distances/] is tomorrow, Saturday, October 8 from 7am until 11am. The sold-out
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(Image courtesy Rock’n’roll half marathon / Facebook)Time to don your running shoes, assemble the spectator squads, or plan for traffic detours. The second annual Rock ‘n’ Rock Brooklyn Half Marathon [http://www.runrocknroll.com/brooklyn/the-races/distances/] is tomorrow, Saturday, October 8 from 7am until 11am. The sold-out
Animals
Photo courtesy PhoebeLooking for a cuddly companion? Leonora is a tail-wagging Tuxedo looking for a loving home. Neighbor Phoebe writes: > Wild whiskered and ready to go, Leonora will wag her long tail vigorously to signal her readiness to play. Then, she and her playmate — human or feline — are off
Central Brooklyn
Photo courtesy nickmartini [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLNC0A7AKda/?taken-at=212950988]/ instagram)What We’re Reading is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Read 13-year-old Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s essay in her synagogue bulletin. [ Jewish Telegraph Agency [http:
Arts & Culture
(Photo via joshwickline [https://www.instagram.com/p/6xgxmeMQhm/?taken-at=6206034] / instagram)This Saturday, the annual ‘Art and Craft in the Garden’ exhibit will be hosted at the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church [https://sites.google.com/site/flatbushtompkins/], located at East 19th Street and Dorchester Road, featuring more than 25 artisans
Central Brooklyn
Hydro-Estimator, Central America Oct 4, 2016. (Photo via NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research)Local politicians are announcing relief efforts for Haiti, which faces a humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, starting here in Flatbush — a longtime epicenter of the Haitian-American community. Hurricane Matthew touched down in
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Argyle Road at Church Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)‘The Affair’, Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning drama, returns for more filming in Ditmas Park [/blog/art-music/affair-filming-today-tomorrow-next-week-ditmas-park/]on Friday, after a summer fling on Westminster Road earlier this year. We spotted ‘No Parking’ signs listing Friday, October 7, along Church
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Carly Miller / Ditmas Park Corner)After a spending a sunny, early fall morning at Pels Pie Co [http://pelspieco.com]., 446 Rogers Avenue in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, I am completely hooked. Though I came for the food, the atmosphere at this bakery & coffeeshop was almost as delightful as
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via sha.banana / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sha.banana/]) Kensington-based activist Shahana Hanif is a woman that embraces her many intersectional identities. She is a Bangladeshi, a Muslim, an activist, a writer, a performance artist [/blog/announcements/bengali-cultural-celebration-kensington-saturday/] and a 25-year-old woman living with a chronic illness. “If
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Kathie Lou Moser)A subway surfer fell to his death early this morning while climbing a Coney Island-bound F train. His body was recovered at the Fourth Avenue & Ninth Street station, said cops. A witness saw a man snaking between cars and climbing toward the top of
North Western Brooklyn
Photo by Kathie Lou MoserA subway surfer fell to his death early this morning while climbing a Coney Island-bound F train. His body was recovered at the Fourth Avenue & Ninth Street station, said cops. A witness saw a man snaking between cars and climbing toward the top of the