Ashland Place
Don’t park your cars in the vicinity of Ashland Place, Hanson Place, and nearby stretches of Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street after 10pm tonight, through tomorrow. Film shoot flyers have gone up in the area, noting that tomorrow, Tuesday, June 2, will be a film shoot day for the
BAM cinematek
Image courtesy of FAB Alliance.The 2015 FAB Flicks series kicks off tomorrow, June 2 at 8:30pm/dusk at Putnam Triangle Plaza with “Soul Power,” the first of three music documentaries brought courtesy of a partnership with BAMcinématek [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001NT1YpNDWjoLsVBp_3s9Lajm-wirASeh8AlfLGb4OkQAPgB6v1S8ty91X5r47zOBFSd0xvp0ieu9A-jkyh6cGzkmwcBJONGIvk3ild7WDu2tEpCTtQK1Oy6Z6HrV6Npv0-ugctW17tlxCm4oig5ZSFm4BzyJDwSi4GvOpUIuZ_zSsErb4o8-i2dh1RKh65uXaH5ZeD0g9YttTGwH79XbawloHvRGiDr8F6wVT93CC3
Missed some of this week’s news? Here’s a recap: * Add your events [/blog/2015/05/12/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] to our new Brooklyn-wide calendar! FOOD: * GRAND OPENING: Leon and Son Wine and Spirits [/blog/2015/05/27/leon-and-son-wine/] is all about community spirit. * Colonia Verde will reopen [/blog/2015/05/
Heart Seat
Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.If you haven’t already swung by the northeast corner of Fort Greene Park (at Myrtle and Washington), then do so tonight, this weekend, as soon as you are able because there’s a pretty cool work of art installed there between now and
Image via Colonia Verde.Get ready for the #ColoniaComeback we’ve all been waiting for! On Tuesday, June 23, Fort Greene favorite Colonia Verde will finally reopen the doors to its James Beard-nominated restaurant at 219 DeKalb Avenue, which was damaged in a fire back in February. “Re-opening Colonia Verde
BRIC Arts Media House
Photo courtesy of St. Joseph’s College [http://www.sjcny.edu].When it comes to Brooklyn buildings, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard stood out this year, snagging most of the 2015 Brooklyn Building Awards, given out annually by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce to “recently completed
Seen at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’ll post them on the site. Also, like us on Facebook
Below you’ll find information on events through the weekend in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Monday to see what’s scheduled next week! And, as always, let us know if there are any events we’re missing by submitting your listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE
Wallabout Historic District
The Wallabout Historic Walking Tours [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/wallabout/] are back and spots already selling out! Held monthly on the last Saturday of the summer months (May through September), the free guided walking tours take you from Fort Greene Park through the historic Wallabout neighborhood, led by a guide
Christopher Wood
Photo courtesy of Chris Wood.Fort Greene Park has a new urban park ranger named Christopher Wood! The Bed-Stuy resident is celebrating his first anniversary with the Parks Department in a few days, but is already a veteran tour leader for historical tours of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument [http:
Henya Emmer
Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/sing-for-hope-piano-returns-to-fort-greene-park/]. Summer means Sing For Hope Pianos [http://www.singforhope.org/voices/2015/2/23/sing-for-hope-pianos-2015] are about to return to parks throughout the city, including our Fort Greene Park! This year, our piano is painted by Brooklyn-based artist Henya
Photo via Black Forest Brooklyn [https://instagram.com/p/23ZIN5jR-3/?taken-by=blackforestbrooklyn].First harvest at the Black Forest Brooklyn rooftop farm! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http: