heatwave
Seeing Red [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sms-g1ESx0k] by carryboo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/], on Flickr. Are you out in this heat snapping photos? Send them to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add them to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], and
T.B. Ackerson Wine & Spirits
Stop by Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/] tonight (Thursday, June 21) from 6-8pm to beat the heat with Cole from T.B. Ackerson, who will be pouring free tastes of white wine spritzers, which sounds awfully refreshing right now. Wondering what goes into one to make it good? Apparently, according to
Help paint this mural [/blog/art-music/help-paint-the-winning-mural-in-newkirk-plaza-passageway] in Newkirk Plaza on Sunday. Tonight 6/21 • Make Music New York [/blog/art-music/hear-live-music-today-at-the-library-and-newkirk-plaza] continues through this evening. • I’m one of the people being awarded by CB14 [/blog/politics/community-board-14-june-meetings], come say hi at 6pm! • Last chance for We Play for
Foster Avenue
A new pizzeria is coming to the space next to the florist on Foster Ave, between Westminster and Argyle, reports a neighbor who lives in the building. The space was, at some point, your basic 99 cent shop, but we can’t remember ever seeing it open. Anyone know any
Just passed by the Make Music New York set up on Newkirk Plaza, and frankly it’s a little sad. And with an open schedule until Out of System Transfer plays at 5pm [/blog/art-music/hear-live-music-today-at-the-library-and-newkirk-plaza], it might stay that way–unless you’ve got an instrument, and are willing
We saw a few of these no parking signs along Dorchester the other day. Still stapled (not taped, mind you, as they should be) to trees (by the police department–does Sanitation issue the same fines [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/downloads/pdf/rules/digest/DSNY_Rules_Reg.pdf]
air king vs mosquitos [http://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushnelson/7309830562/] byflatbushnelson [http://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushnelson/], on Flickr. As we face another super-hot day, we face another round of complaints about it. Or, we could focus on the good stuff [http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/06/how-stop-complaining-and-love-heat-wave/
tinyDANGEROUSfun
Hosted by John Leo [http://johnleo.net/] and Andy Sapora [http://www.maestrosities.com/], the monthly basement variety show tinyDANGEROUSfun [http://www.tinydangerousfun.com] is at Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/] on Tuesday, June 26 at 8pm. Coming up this month: • Billy Schultz [http://billyschultz.blogspot.com/]: Clown and Violin Haut
MMNY 2011 at Newkirk Plaza [http://www.flickr.com/photos/makemusicny/5899468577/]bymakemusicnewyork [http://www.flickr.com/photos/makemusicny/], on Flickr. Celebrate summer with the annual Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org/] festival. Thousands of concerts are happening live all over the city today, including at two locations in
Open Hydrant, No Kids [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/7410297426/] by carryboo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/], on Flickr. Have you taken a photo of something interesting in the neighborhood lately? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http:
PS 249
Congratulations to PS 249 [http://www.catonschool.org/], which has implemented more healthy activities and programs over the past few years, for winning the gold at the Excellence in School Wellness awards from the NYC Strategic Alliance [http://www.gethealthyharlem.org/nycsafh/]. They took home the silver in 2011. Keep
Blackout
Um. Uh oh. So it’s the first 90-plus day and Con Edison can’t take the heat? In addition to Kate’s [https://twitter.com/IncessantNoyes/status/215538830982381569] tweet, several others in Brooklyn are reporting these calls on Twitter [https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/coned]. Has anyone else in