celebrity
BARCLAYS CENTER – The 2019 NBA 2K League Draft [https://2kleague.nba.com/news/ronnie-2ks-top-40-rankings-for-2019-nba-2k-league-draft/] is at 5 p.m. tonight at Barclays Center, and if you have no idea what that is, you’re probably NOT a millennial who grew up assuming the persona of Michael Jordan, LeBron James or
fort greene
l. to r., Officer Sargent, Public Advocate James, Officer Brathwaite, Council Member Cumbo, 88th Precinct Council President Delia M. Hunley-Adossa, 88th Precinct Council Vice President John Harrison (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Michael Randazzo)After two decades of faithful service to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Officer Varlos Brathwaite is retiring
fort greene
Public Advocate James took center stage (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Michael Randazzo)When a contentious meeting Monday night at the Ingersoll Community Center about a proposed building with 145 affordable apartments for seniors — including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) — threatened to devolve into chaos,
Education
Photo by Sigrid Estrada (Courtesy Pratt Institute)Thomas F. Schutte, Ph.D — the seemingly ageless leader of Pratt Institute — will be stepping down as president at the Clinton Hill art, architecture and design school following the 2016-17 academic year. Schutte, whose 1993 arrival in Clinton Hill signaled a profound shift
Education
L-R: The signing of the partnership agreement; Rolando González Patricio, Rector of the Universidad de las Artes and Thomas F. Schutte, President of Pratt Institute. (Photo by Michel Pou/Pratt Institute.)As President Barack Obama made a historic trip as the first sitting U.S. President in 88 years (since
fort greene
Image courtesy of Ebay Covington.New York Islanders swag may be worn across the New York metro area, but that doesn’t necessarily translate into Barclays Center attendance; with an average 13,500 people per game — down from 15,500 at the Nassau Coliseum and the third-worst crowd in the
Arts & Culture
Celeste Wilson’s work describes “a literal overlap between drawing and glass-blowing.” (Image courtesy of Celeste Wilson.)Our favorite local glass-working exhibition and work space, UrbanGlass, regularly curates shows and holds open studios to put the art of its artists on display. However, the latest exhibit takes it a step
fort greene
Photo by Michael RandazzoOn Saturday afternoon, as Winter Storm Jonas was pummeling New York City with a near-record 26 inches of snow, the city went into lockdown mode, by mayoral decree. With the exception of a handful of subway lines, all city transportation—car, bus, bike, horse carriage—was suspended.
Eric Manson
Photo courtesy of Eric Manson.As children gathered at the Ingersoll Community Center for Halloween Eve — referred to as “Mischief Night,” where teenagers engage in pranks and vandalism, in many parts of the country — local dad Eric Manson fretted about his son, Ramel, who was commuting from East New York’
Fort Greene Sports Summer Day Camp
Photo courtesy of City Kid Camp [http://citykidcamp.com/].Despite next Monday’s opening of the Brooklyn summer camp season being mere days away, parents have no reason to panic. Spots for children ages 6 to 18 remain available at camps in the Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene and the Navy
Mark Parsons
Image via PrattSIDE.As the debate continues over the future of Putnam Plaza [/blog/2015/06/24/gentrification-and-its-discontents-the-conversation-around-putnam-triangle-plaza/] , Mark Parsons [https://aap.cornell.edu/people/mark-parsons], an architect who is also a professor in Pratt Institute’s undergraduate architecture program, responded by email to questions about a proposed sculptural installation
phillip kellogg
A stark tale of Brooklyn gentrification is playing out in Clinton Hill, as it has over the past four years [http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/on-fulton-street-locals-debate-what-an-improvement-even-is/] . Despite opposition from some of the merchants and residents [/blog/2014/12/08/clinton-hill-residents-debate-city-redesign-of-putnam-triangle-plaza/] it is intended to serve, Putnam Triangle
boxing
Amy Valentine brought her daughter Brooke, 11 months, to the Paramount for her very first boxing match. (Photo by Michael Randazzo)In the first of what will become a regular program of public events at Long Island University’s (LIU) Brooklyn Paramount Theater, Thursday night the “Brooklyn Brawl” featured seven
graffiti art
In New York, a city that fancies itself the art capital of the world, it’s no surprise that artwork presents itself almost everywhere, including the workaday subway car. A recent “B” train outing to Coney Island, for example, revealed an unexpected payload: cleverly slipped into an advertisement poster holder
Fowler Square
Photo by Michael Randazzo.Yesterday (Monday, May 18) afternoon from 12 to 6pm Fort Greene’s Fowler Square was filled with Ranger blue as part of a mobile “RangersTown” promotion in advance of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals [www.nhl.com/ice/stanleycup.htm] with the Rangers facing
Pratt President Tom Schutte
Photo by Bob Handelman.Since being named Pratt Institute’s 11th president in 1993 [https://www.pratt.edu/the-institute/history/], Tom Schutte has overseen substantial change on the school’s 25-acre campus while witnessing a transformation of the Clinton Hill neighborhood that Pratt has called home since its founding in