newsletter
Good evening. As we head into the weekend, here are some live music [https://bklyner.com/bklyn-sounds-1/] pics and art events [https://bklyner.com/happening-this-weekend/] on top of news below - an update on train noise in Coney Island, who of the Mayoral hopefuls the business community thinks has their
Residents had measured noise from the nearby train reaching levels as loud as 100 dB in their apartments while a 2010 study commissioned by the city recommends that no noise from an elevated train should exceed 45 dB.
events
In addition to Bklyn Sounds picks for music this weekend [https://bklyner.com/bklyn-sounds-1/], and Brooklyn Film Festival [https://bklyner.com/queens-of-pain-opens-brooklyn-film-festival-with-a-film-about-womens-lives-and-roller-derby/] , here are some arts and community events worth checking out. Red Hook Fest [https://www.instagram.com/p/COvfCpqjYLC/]Friday, June 4 | 4 PM | PS15The festival opens with
Gotham Girls Roller Derby
Queens of Pain – a 75-minute documentary by co-directors Cassie Hay and Amy Winston -- kicks off the Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) tomorrow with an intimate look at the lives of three New York roller derby players. Winston and Hay, sisters who grew up in rural Texas, hatched the idea for
COVID-19
Since the May of last year, Naming the Lost [https://namingthelost.com/memorials/] Memorials, a small team of volunteers has been curating memorial sites across the city to name and remember victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tomorrow, they will be setting up a memorial on 200 feet of t he
Election 2021
Business leaders have divided the Democratic candidates for mayor into those they believe embrace business — and those who do not, writes THE CITY's Greg David.
local artist
Visitors to Inside~Out in the Garden [https://insideout.show/Live-Show-Inside-Out-in-the-Garden], a new outdoor exhibit from Brooklyn design practice Kin & Company [http://www.kinandcompany.com/info], will find pieces by over 26 independent artists and design studios meant not only to look at, but to touch – and some even
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food and drink
A local community organization wants the state to fund a ‘Central Brooklyn Food Hub’ it says would increase access to nutritious food and support minority farmers across the state. And it’s planning to launch pilots in two neighborhoods this summer to demonstrate the concept. The food hub is one
music
The Manifesto: Why Bklyn Sounds Now
COVID-19
In a city celebrating a vaccine-powered decline in COVID cases, the southern shore of Brooklyn stands out as a landscape of extended suffering and loss.
Education
“Reaching children through the screen requires a unique set of techniques,” Norcliffe told Bklyner. “The result was far richer than it was before we all began working together. The student-teachers brought additional facets to our classroom and the children have benefited greatly.”