You may be familiar with Roy Nathanson [http://roynathanson.net] through his music (his group The Jazz Passengers [http://www.jazzpassengers.com] has toured all over the world) or through hanging around Ditmas Park (he and Lloyd H. Miller [https://twitter.com/lloydhmiller] of The Deedle Deedle Dees [http://www.
Are you ready to frolic? The Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/] will be holding its 38th Annual Flatbush Frolic [http://flatbushfrolic.org/?p=374#more-374] street festival this Sunday, September 15, from 12-6pm. Stretching down Cortelyou from Ocean Avenue to Coney Island Avenue, this year’s Frolic will include:
Are you ready to frolic? The Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/] will be holding its 38th Annual Flatbush Frolic [http://flatbushfrolic.org/?p=374#more-374] street festival this Sunday, September 15, from 12-6pm. Stretching down Cortelyou from Ocean Avenue to Coney Island Avenue, this year’s Frolic will include:
street trees
This Sunday, September 15, the West Kensington Action Group [https://www.facebook.com/WestKensingtonActionGroup] will be cleaning and greening Kensington Plaza–and you’re invited! Volunteers can join the wKAG at the Plaza from 12-2pm in front of Walgreens (114 Beverley Road at Church Avenue) in putting their 2013 mini-grant
Got a song in your heart? Musically-inclined locals are invited to propose “a new, sonic, public art work” for Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org]‘s December 21 Winter Parade. The organization says: > Inspired by Phil Kline [http://www.philkline.com]’s annual Unsilent Night [http://www.unsilentnight.
Make Music New York
Got a song in your heart? Musically-inclined locals are invited to propose “a new, sonic, public art work” for Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org]‘s December 21 Winter Parade. The organization says: > Inspired by Phil Kline [http://www.philkline.com]’s annual Unsilent Night [http://www.unsilentnight.
Crossing Guards
Neighbor Ben sends this photo of Argyle and Cortelyou Roads this morning, concerned about the lack of a crossing guard at the busy intersection. Between the Tot Lot [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/federiconarvaeztotlot/], PS 139 [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/22/K139/default.htm], and the library [http://www.
missing cat
UPDATE 9/18: Phoebe says Momo has been found! See her note in the comments below. Neighbor Phoebe writes about her cat, Momo, who went missing yesterday. She says: > He is usually hanging out around Stratford/Cortelyou Road…stalking birds in my (and your) backyards. > …if anyone has
ditstrict 40
* Down to the wire, this year’s race between prospective District 40 City Councilmembers [/blog/politics/your-easy-peasy-nyc-primary-election-guide-for-september-10] is an unpredictable one. Will the incumbent keep his seat? Will some newcomer take it away? Are three challengers going to split the vote too much, and should someone have backed out? We’
* Down to the wire, this year’s race between prospective District 40 City Councilmembers [/blog/politics/your-easy-peasy-nyc-primary-election-guide-for-september-10] is an unpredictable one. Will the incumbent keep his seat? Will some newcomer take it away? Are three challengers going to split the vote too much, and should someone have backed out? We’
back-to-school
“Thank you,” brianduprey [http://instagram.com/p/eCikizh1Qm/] says to the Flatbush Food Co-op [http://flatbushfood.coop], “for handing out free organic apples on the first day of school!” If you’re a parent, teacher, or student, how was your first day back? Snapped an act of kindness lately? Share
stu siet
If you’ve noticed fewer feral cats on your block lately, neighbors including Stu Siet and Jonlyn Freeman may be the ones to thank. Having trapped and fixed 120 animals in the area since April, the neighbors’ “Summer of 100 Feral Cats” Trap, Neuter and Release (TNR) campaign is a