seventh heaven
Scenes from Seventh Heaven
Were you there?
Rachel Silberstein
The Week on the Stoop
Playwright Alexandra Collier told us [/blog/neighbors/alexandra-collier-plays-for-the-gods] about writing, theater, and brunch at Applewood. We are one step closer to our very own [/blog/food-drink/stop-wining-terroir-will-be-here-in-the-not-so-distant-future] Terroir. Fifty Shades of Grey-loving women are buying rope [/blog/news/buying-soft-cotton-clothes-line-rope-just-got-awkward] and hardware store employees are raising eyebrows. Owl Farm opened [/blog/
Carrie Mae Weems
“Slow Fade to Black” Celebrates Brooklyn Like It’s Never Been Celebrated Before
“Slow Fade to Black” premiers tonight [http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/geri-allen-carrie-mae-weems-slow-fade-to-black] at Celebrate Brooklyn!, and judging from the New York Times article today [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/arts/design/slow-fade-to-black-at-celebrate-brooklyn-in-prospect-park.html?pagewanted=all] , the multimedia collaboration isn’t the festival’s standard fare. Jazz pianist Geri
gentrification
Can You Be A Gentrifier If You Grew Up Here?
Park Slope native Nona Willis Aronowitz spent much of her childhood in brownstone Brooklyn and the East Village. But those neighborhoods aren’t what they were even a decade ago, which means that as an adult New Yorker on budget, she’s living in Harlem — and as she writes in
Euro Cup 2012
Where Are You Watching the Euro Cup?
200 5th was the only Park Slope option [http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2012/06/08/where-to-watch-the-euros-the-10-best-soccer-bars-in-brooklyn?page=1] on The L Magazine’s “Where to Watch the Euro Cup” top-10 list list; the Brokelyn roundup gave a second shout-out to South Slope’s Black Horse Pub [http://brokelyn.
Sunday Morning Outdoor Brunch May Become Officially Legal
Outdoor seating being set up at a Sunday morning toast-dealer. In Park Slope, that mostly means you can go ahead and do what you were already doing anyway. In Williamsburg and Greenpoint — where officials had begun to crack down [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/bill-introduced-to-legalize-sunday-morning-brunch/] on the
The Friday Stoop Stoop: Vol. 1
photo credit: Dan Stillman Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to parkslopestoop@gmail.com [ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com] or add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/] and we’ll post it on the blog.
Prospect Park West Pedestrian Medians: It’s All Happening
The DOT’s pedestrian islands are coming along, which means it’s looking like the bike lanes are here to stay.
Café Dada vs. Kos Kaffe: A Formerly-Ozzie’s Face Off
Café Dada. Liena had eggs. Café Dada [http://parkslope.patch.com/articles/caf-dada-opens-in-ozzie-s-former-space-on-seventh-ave] opened for adorable-European-style business today, which means that both spaces formerly occupied by Ozzie’s are now back in the Park Slope caffeination game (Kos Kaffe opened in the 5th Avenue space in December [http://www.heresparkslope.
Okeanos
Considering Your Options
Okeanos [http://okeanosgreek.com/] had given your dinner a lot of thought: At Polpette [http://www.forninoparkslope.com/fmsetgallery.html?gallery=Polpette%20Meatballs] , it’s pretty simple:
Domestic Labor
Does Your Nanny Get Sick Days?
In The Nation, Sharon Lerner looks at the ongoing struggle [http://www.thenation.com/article/168353/uphill-battle-enforce-domestic-workers-rights] to protect the rights of domestic workers. And like all discussions of nannies, this one focuses largely on Park Slope. Using the findings from Park Slope Parents [http://www.parkslopeparents.com/] annual Nanny
ps 295
2nd Grade Seats Open at PS 295
Scene from the Outdoor Dance Festival, photo credit: PS 295 PTA [https://picasaweb.google.com/113576469807113179054/OutdoorDanceFestivalMay2012?feat=flashalbum#] A Child Grows in Brooklyn just got a tip [http://www.achildgrows.com/nice-option-2nd-grade-seats-available-at-p-s-295/] from NYC School Help’s Joyce Szuflita [http://www.nycschoolhelp.com/], encyclopedia of all things Brooklyn education: