Santa Rosalia (Ink drawing by Virginia Palyka)The 18th Avenue Feast [/a-feast-to-remember-40-photos-of-bensonhursts-40th-annual-festa-di-santa-rosalia/] may be over, but Santa Rosalia lives on in this incredible artwork submitted by local artist Virginia Palyka [/digital-artist-virginia-palyka-finds-a-muse-in-bensonhurst/]. She included this message: > [Santa Rosalia] is shown as she looks in the shrine at the festival, but
news roundups
Photo by Mary Bakija/Bensonhurst beanIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI) [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/]: Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.com/#!/bensonhurstbean]
coney island international kite festival
Coney Island Kite Fest 2014, (Photo by Ron Marcisak via Facebook)With summer over, the beaches of Coney Island may be closed to swimmers, but this weekend, they will draw hundreds of kite aficionados of all ages. Coney Island International Kite Festival [https://www.facebook.com/events/1669854506578887] is returning
beach
Coney Island Kite Fest 2014, (Photo by Ron Marcisak via Facebook)With the summer over, the beaches of Coney Island may be closed to swimmers, but this weekend, they will draw hundreds of kite aficionados of all ages. Coney Island International Kite Festival [https://www.facebook.com/events/1669854506578887] is
Photo courtesy of Luna ParkIt’ll be treats not tricks at Luna Park [http://www.lunaparknyc.com]‘s Halloween Harvest [http://lunaparknyc.com/events/halloween-harvest/] this month. The amusement park’s annual free fall festival — which begins this Saturday, September 26, and lasts through Sunday, November 1 — will feature story
Catholic Church
> Welcome #PopeInNY [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PopeInNY?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] pic.twitter.com/ASqLpqheHy [http://t.co/ASqLpqheHy] — Cindy Wooden (@Cindy_Wooden) September 24, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Cindy_Wooden/status/647161782558134273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] As soon as Pope Francis stepped foot on the
lou powsner
Lou Powsner (Photo Credit: Daniel Bush via Brooklyn Daily)Councilman Mark Treyger will join friends and family of the late Lou Powsner [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/04/passing-community-activist-lou-powsner-93/#.VgRbg2RVikp] on Saturday, September 26, at 11am to co-name the corner of Mermaid Avenue and West 17th Street in memory of
Photo by Mary Bakija/Bensonhurst BeanSometimes you just need to be alone and think. This pensive little guy was spotted on 68th Street near 20th Avenue. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here.
activism
Lou Powsner (Photo Credit: Daniel Bush via Brooklyn Daily)Councilman Mark Treyger will join friends and family of the late Lou Powsner [/passing-community-activist-lou-powsner-93/#.VgRbg2RVikp] on Saturday, September 26, at 11am to co-name the corner of Mermaid Avenue and West 17th Street in memory of the longtime southern Brooklyn resident and
coney island hot rod and tattoo show
Photo by rgtmum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rgtmum/6147550110/]Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. Water Color Portraits by Albert Massimi [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/watercolor-portraits-albe-kings-highway-library-092615] When:
Coney Island Museum
Photo by rgtmum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rgtmum/6147550110/]Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. Water Color Portraits by Albert Massimi [http://www.bklynlibrary.
86th street
His moving renditions [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjLjpi1xJ4] of Adele’s “Someone Like You” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQl3WQQoQ0] turned him into a YouTube sensation, but few know that Damon C. Scott [https://twitter.com/adescorner1] — a subway performer frequently spotted singing his heart out on