The National
Ditmas Park-based The National [http://www.americanmary.com/] played a secret set at Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/] this afternoon to celebrate the release of their new album, Trouble Will Find Me [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18030-the-national-trouble-will-find-me/]. Fans were made aware of the show through mailing lists, and the band
senator eric adams
Brooklyn Borough President frontrunner Senator Eric Adams [http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/eric-adams] may have gotten himself into hot water on the phone with former Senator Shirley Huntley, [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/nyregion/ex-senator-shirley-huntley-recorded-elected-officials.html] who has just been sentenced to a year and a day in
Anarkali
Yesterday was the incredibly-quick grand opening of Anarkali [/blog/business/indian-restaurant-coming-to-church-avenue], the Indian restaurant we told you in February was coming to the former No. 1 Chinese Restaurant [/blog/business/no-1-chinese-restaurant-moved-church-ave-space-for-rent] space at 1125 Church Ave. We stopped in for some grub to see what they were all about. This
Yesterday was the incredibly-quick grand opening of Anarkali [/blog/business/indian-restaurant-coming-to-church-avenue], the Indian restaurant we told you in February was coming to the former No. 1 Chinese Restaurant [/blog/business/no-1-chinese-restaurant-moved-church-ave-space-for-rent] space at 1125 Church Ave. We stopped in for some grub to see what they were all about. This
df studios
Some of you have been wondering about the latest on DF Studios [/blog/business/ditmas-fitness-expanding-with-a-new-yoga-studio-on-cia], the Ditmas Fitness [http://www.ditmasfitness.com/]-offshoot yoga and pilates studio taking over the former It’s A Dog’s World [/blog/animals/its-a-dogs-world-to-close] space at 593 Coney Island Ave. While owner Juan Spencer
alden lapaglia
Alden LaPaglia of Alden Moves Dance Theater [http://www.aldenmoves.com/] will be holding three sessions of Gaga For Gershwin, a program featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin, on Tuesday, May 21, at the Cortelyou Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou]. Alden says: > … kids ages 3-9
We don’t know where near the corner of Coney Island Ave. and Church this guy is trying to get us to shop, but we will go. Check out those moves! Photo via ditmasparkcorner [http://instagram.com/p/Zidlb-o5__/]. http://youtu.be/q6TP568Oj6o Share your Ditmas Park photos by email
FDC
If you missed the opportunity to safely discard of documents at Shred Fest [/blog/events/shred-fest-comes-to-the-flatbush-nostrand-junction-may-19] yesterday, don’t worry–as part of their neighborhood cleanup [/blog/sanitation/help-clean-up-the-neighborhood-on-june-1] on June 1, the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/] and the Church Ave. BID [http://www.churchavenue.org/] present Shredzilla
contests
Hey Ditmas Parkers, we know you love your library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou]–now here’s your chance to prove how much! The Charles H. Revson Foundation [http://www.revsonfoundation.org/nyclibraryawards.html] and The Brian Lehrer Show [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2013/may/20/nominate-your-library/
Clothing Donation Bins
So, that Viltex [http://viltexusa.com/] for-profit bin on Westminster and Foster–you know, the one that seemed to have been plopped down without any notice [/blog/green/new-sketchy-clothing-donation-bin-on-westminster], and overflowed all over the sidewalk [/blog/green/westminster-for-profit-clothing-donation-bin-causing-a-mess] last week? Signs today indicate it’s not long for the Ditmas
Looking for some music and poetry in the ‘hood tonight? Cafe Madeline [http://cafemadelineditmaspark.tumblr.com/] is holding WFMU’s Airborne Event [http://wfmu.org/playlists/AE], hosted by Dan Bodah [https://www.facebook.com/airborneevent/posts/416944731746763], from 9pm-12am. Two-piece The Bell Cycle [http://thebellcycle.com/] will be playing,
airborne event
Looking for some music and poetry in the ‘hood tonight? Cafe Madeline [http://cafemadelineditmaspark.tumblr.com/] is holding WFMU’s Airborne Event [http://wfmu.org/playlists/AE], hosted by Dan Bodah [https://www.facebook.com/airborneevent/posts/416944731746763], from 9pm-12am. Two-piece The Bell Cycle [http://thebellcycle.com/] will be playing,