The Day: Tortillas, Tiffany Windows and School Expansion

Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

Get outside this weekend, locals – but grab a coat. The National Weather Service is calling for sunny skies and cool fall temperatures for all of your outdoor activities. It might not last much longer before Mother Nature replaces autumn with winter, so take advantage of it. And don’t forget to capture your fall fun and upload your pictures to The Nabe’s Flickr group.

• It might be chilly out, but stop by the Fort Greene Greenmarket to warm your stomach Saturday. The Hot Bread Kitchen – a bakery that allows foreign-born and low-income women to have access to the culinary field – will be at the market demonstrating how it makes its homemade corn tortillas and farm-fresh pork sausage quesadillas. Try a few and also check out Emily and Melissa Elsen, the owners of Four & Twenty Blackbirds bakery, who will be signing copies of their new cookbook. You might even pick up a few pie tricks yourselves. As always, the market is open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Washington Park between DeKalb and Willoughby Avenues.
• Greene Hill School announced plans to add a new sixth-grade class beginning fall 2014, adding space for up to 22 new students, according to DNAinfo. This news comes as the Department of Education recently announced plans to reduce enrollment numbers at nearby M.S. 113. The nabe, which is home to five charter and public secondary schools, is in need of more junior high school spots, parents have argued. Greene Hill is private but affordable – families pay tuition based on their income level, which allows students to attend the school for free or for up to $22,500 per year. Greene Hill currently has classes for students in pre-K to fifth grade.
• You can help a Clinton Hill church save its century-old Tiffany stained-glass windows, locals. Brown Memorial Baptist Church, located on Washington Avenue, has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $50,000 to save a pair of Tiffany windows from 1891. “The Pilgrims Window Restoration Project” wants to restore the windows to their original state. The pair of windows is only a part of the dozen Tiffany windows the church has, which are valued at $12 million, according to News12. The church received a $200,000 grant last year to help restore the windows, which feature broken glass, decaying wood frames and other disrepair. The campaign opened on Nov. 1 and runs until Dec. 31.