democracy
Photo via Eric Michael Johnson/NY Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/nyregion/for-some-new-yorkers-a-grand-experiment-in-participatory-budgeting.html?ref=nyregion] I was completely oblivious to the comings and goings of politics until my senior year of high school. Peggy McCarty, my government teacher, brought such passion to the subject and opened
closed
Attention parental units, nannies, ankle biters and anyone who just likes to climb on giant jungle gym apparatuses: a tipster reports that J.J. Byrne Playground will be closed this Friday, September 14 for maintenance. The playground should reopen on Saturday, so you’ll only have to schlep up the
Brooklyn Reading Works
Poster via Brooklyn Reading Works/AJ Burkle [http://www.brooklynreadingworks.com] Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.” Witness that
alzheimer's poetry project
Photo viaChristine Peterson/Telegram & Gazette [http://www.telegram.com/article/20100715/NEWS/7150776/1116] Tonight at 6pm, The New York Memory Center [http://nymemorycenter.org/] (199 14th Street, between 4th and 5th Aves) is offering families with Alzheimer’s an evening of artistic expression with the second installment of
Butchers
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicken_portrait.jpg] Nothing says autumn in New York like crisp temperatures, falling leaves and…chicken beheading? That’s right, Park Slope, if you’re traveling up to New Paltz this October for some tasty apples, why not plan on
ARIS Parent Link
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texting_at_Brooklyn_Bridge.jpg] Now that all of the local cherubs have returned to the hallowed halls of learning, how’s a busy mom and/or dad supposed to reliably keep tabs on the ever-changing world of NYC public
questionable ideas
Photo via DNAinfo [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120813/park-slope/south-slope-store-offers-ultimate-window-shopping] Like shopping for antiques, but hate the whole human interaction aspect of the experience? Rejoice, anti-social residents of Park Slope! There is now a store created just for you. Robert Henry Vintage [http://www.roberthenryvintage.com/], located on 6th
Secrets
Image via Park Slope Patch [http://parkslope.patch.com/articles/the-story-vine-park-slope-startup-shares-secrets-anonymously#photo-10976968] Ever had something that you just had to get off your chest, but nobody to confide in? Patch reports that now, thanks to a Park Slope startup [http://parkslope.patch.com/articles/the-story-vine-park-slope-startup-shares-secrets-anonymously#photo-10976968] , you’ve got millions
alternate-side parking
Hear ye! Hear ye! Alternate side parking will be suspended on Wednesday, August 15 for the Feast of the Assumption. Kick back and relax, Park Slope drivers…your Volvo’s coveted parking spot remains safe for another day.
Beth Elohim
Photo via Here’s Park Slope [http://www.heresparkslope.com/home/2010/12/12/john-jay-high-school-on-saturday-night-live.html] It’s been one year since Millennium Brooklyn, an elite secondary school based on its successful Manhattan big sister, joined the struggling John Jay Complex of high schools, and although Jay students and parents
Community Service
There really is nothing like the feeling of helping others and the start of a new school year is a fabulous time to check out the volunteer opportunities in our neighborhood. Patch [http://parkslope.patch.com/] has put together an impressive list of organizations [http://parkslope.patch.com/articles/back-to-school-community-service-opportunities]
Aly Raisman
photo via Time [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/32/all_barclaysgymnastics_2012_08_17_bk.html] Can’t get enough of the “Fab Five”? Find yourself using the side of your sofa as a vault? Have we got a show for you! The Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions