Who could resist seeing a musical extravaganza with songs such as “Don’t Touch My Junk,” “The Sarah Palin Ballad,” and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz making a guest-star appearance to sing his “Bike Lane Cantata.” Resist no more, since New York City’s “only political cabaret series” — Symphony Space’
eco-festival
We are all more acutely aware of the effects our activities have on the marine ecosystems since the catastrophic explosion and subsequent oil spill — the petroleum industry’s largest in history — devastated the Gulf of Mexico last year, claiming 11 human lives and taking an incalculable toll on marine life.
The announcement we received for this month’s Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting [http://www.manhattanbeachbrooklyn.org/?p=909] — moved up an extra week earlier to April 13 due to the upcoming Passover holiday — was refreshingly snarky, something we don’t see nearly enough of in our Southern Brooklyn civic
State Senator Marty Golden is encouraging members of the Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, and Gerritsen Beach communities to attend a town hall meeting he is hosting tomorrow, whereupon he will discuss issues regarding quality of life and concerns relating the 2011-2012 New York State Budget. The meeting will be held
alex cavallari
Oh, look! There's one!“It’ll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night… mostly [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/quotes].” But then, if they do come, at least we finally have someone to call: Sheepshead Bay resident and UFO witness advocate Joe Capp. The retired
boutiques
Doesn’t this little stretch of Sheepshead Bay Road just scream “Champs-Élysées [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es]?” As if cruelly mocking Ned’s desperate plea to business owners to please put their signs up in English [/new-pharmacy-coming-to-sheepshead-bay-road/], a sign written in French popped up late
congregation israel of kings bay
The Jewish holiday of Passover, which commemorates the Biblical story of the ancient Israelites’ “Exodus” from enslavement in ancient Egypt, will soon be upon us and if you’ve never made a seder — the traditional meal which recounts the story — our friends at Congregation Israel of Kings Bay are here
Source: lostnewyorkcity.blogspot.comL’Chaim! Sheepshead Bay’s darling den of deli delights — Jay and Lloyd’s Kosher Deli — will be honored today for its 18 years of providing top notch kosher-style cuisine by the Gourmand-In-Chief [http://martymarkowitzeating.tumblr.com/] himself, Borough President Marty Markowitz. The beep will present a
fundraising
It is Autism Awareness Month, and with one in every 150 children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, for which there is no known cure, Southern Brooklyn families who have been touched by this mysterious impairment are gearing up to participate in the First Annual Walk for Autism, organized by
recycling
Passover will be here before we know it, but before we all start signing “Dayenu ,” Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz is co-sponsoring an Electronic Waste/Sneakers/Clothing & Textile Recycling Day, to help us safely and responsibly dispose of unwanted items in our homes — just in time for Passover cleaning. The Recycling
legislations
In yet another installment of the never-ending saga of Brooklyn’s bike lanes and the bicyclists who love them, cyclists all over the borough are gnashing their handlebars over an explosion in the amount of traffic tickets they’ve been slapped with this year versus the same time last year.
photographers
When it comes to photography, you either have that certain je ne sais quois — or as we refer to it as in the industry: “an eye” — or you don’t, and Sofia Verzbolovskis definitely has it. As the 23-year-old Panamanian photography student explained in an email to Sheepshead Bites: “I’