Join Compost for Brooklyn [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] at the garden on Newkirk and E 8th St this Saturday, March 30 from 11-2pm to help finish up renovations [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151810810937729&set=a.10150170945787729.365436.333868227728&type=1] in preparation for their new compost
Brave New World
The locally-based Brave New World Repertory Theatre [http://bravenewworldrep.org/] is hosting a gala fundraiser event [http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/353593] to celebrate 10 years of theater (who remembers when they did To Kill a Mockingbird [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151432886503701&set=pb.103317673700.-2207520000.
Photo by ravedivera [http://instagram.com/p/XUneakLbQl/]. Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to editor@bklyner.com, add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/] , or tag it #parkslope on Instagram, and we’ll post it on the blog.
Blue sky and puffy white clouds, then grey, then sunshine, then dark clouds again, and so on. At least it was nice there for a little while! Share your Ditmas Park photos by email at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/
Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture
Three stories about some of the Park Slope tropes that are becoming a bit of a yawn popped up this morning, and were either laced with uninspired mockery, or were just waiting for someone else to pounce. So how does it all break down? Exhibit A: The Park Slope Food
Holidays
The Park Slope Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/park-slope] is one of several Brooklyn Public Library branches that are closed this Friday, March 29 for Good Friday. All branches will be closed on Sunday for Easter. If you’re looking for a place to borrow books, hang out with
cortelyou library
The Cortelyou Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou] is one of several Brooklyn Public Library branches — including Windsor Terrace [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/windsor-terrace], Flatbush [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/flatbush], and Midwood [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/midwood] — that are closed this Friday, March 29 for Good
concerts
The Great GoogaMooga [http://brooklyn.googamooga.com], the concert and food event that first descended on Prospect Park last summer, is back for round two from Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, and tickets go on sale on Thursday [http://brooklyn.googamooga.com/tickets/]. The music lineup includes the
history
The awning for Irwin & Sons Dry Cleaners, which moved last summer [/blog/business/irwin-sons-dry-cleaners-is-closed] New Hong Kong House (sorry, our mistake) came down today, revealing an old sign above the storefront at 1216 1222 Cortelyou Road. Anyone remember when this space was S&B Trading Co? With this,
The Park Slope Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/park-slope] is one of several Brooklyn Public Library branches that are closed this Friday, March 29 for Good Friday. All branches will be closed on Sunday for Easter. If you’re looking for a place to borrow books, hang out with
The building at 905 Church Avenue, which formerly held NYC Icy, and that will soon open as Wheated [/?s=wheated], is up for sale [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/reo/3700908925.html]. The owners of the three-story, mixed-use building are moving abroad, and that leaves some lucky pizza-loving potential buyer
for sale
The building at 905 Church Avenue, which formerly held NYC Icy, and that will soon open as Wheated [/?s=wheated], is up for sale [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/reo/3700908925.html]. The owners of the three-story, mixed-use building are moving abroad, and that leaves some lucky pizza-loving potential buyer