Arts & Culture
They Said Italy, I Said Denmark by Joelle ProvostLocal artist Joelle Provost [http://joelleprovost.wix.com/elisabeth#!]‘s colorful paintings are for her a way of exploring climate change and the world around her. We caught up with her to talk about her work and what inspires her. DPC: Tell
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Jeannine Cannon (Photo by Amy Nieporent/Ditmas Park Corner)From new transplants hailing from places across the city, country and globe to residents who have lived in our area for decades, our neighborhood is home to an amazingly diverse collection of people. This interview is part of our “The Ditmas
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Photo by Ditmas Park CornerStanding where there once was a sea of graffiti and trash, students and community leaders celebrated a new mural in Umma Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/umma-park] (Woodruff and Ocean Avenues) yesterday and said the incredible transformation of the space has done everything from empower
248 Stratford Road
Many thanks to neighbor Kathy Jones for sending us these photos of these fantastic new figurines that have sprouted at an abandoned construction site at Stratford Road and Matthews Court. Neighbor Chris Kreussling, aka the Flatbush Gardener [http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/], also took note of the figurines, which appear to
1 Albemarle Road
Image courtesy Annie FerdousNext Friday, April 17, celebrate the Bangladeshi New Year with some of our incredibly talented neighbors who will sing, dance and more, beginning at 7pm at PS 230 [http://www.ps230.org/] (1 Albemarle Road). The event will begin with performances at 7pm, and neighbor Annie Ferdous
1203 Church Avenue
Photo via Alden Moves Dance Theater [https://www.facebook.com/aldenmoves/photos/pb.903953452951498.-2207520000.1422627337./933195480027295/?type=3&theater] .Neighbor Alden LaPaglia [http://www.aldenmoves.com/] gave us some exciting news: her new storefront at 1203 Church Avenue [/blog/business/help-alden-moves-open-permanent-studio-1203-church-avenue] opened this week, and she’s planning
american fine craft show
The American Fine Craft Show [http://www.americanfinecraftshowbrooklyn.com] will soon hit nearby Brooklyn Museum [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/home.php] (200 Eastern Parkway between Washington and Underhill Avenues) for the second year–and with it, handmade pieces from 90 US artists [http://www.americanfinecraftshowbrooklyn.com/participants.php?events=38]
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If you have a child attending PS 154 in Windsor Terrace [www.ps154.org], you can now register your little one for a variety of after-school programs run by the PTA [http://ps154.org/pta/]. To register your child for the PTA’s fall program, you can go here [https:
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Summer sports are great and all, but sometimes little New Yorkers just want to take in some art and culture! Here are a few of the coolest events coming up that fit the bill–for kids, and sometimes even by kids. * California-based band Ozomatli [http://ozomatli.com] is playing a
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A new exhibition by artist Lina Hsiao [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lina-Hsiao/297189263717375] opens at Freddy’s [http://freddysbar.com/category/art/] (627 5th Avenue, between 17th and 18th Streets) on Saturday, March 15, with a reception beginning at 9pm. “What may come across as vulgarity,” writes Donald O’
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Printmaker, art teacher, and happily married lover of eggs, Jen Hillman [http://www.jenhillmanprints.com/], moved to South Slope six years ago, and fell hard for the neighborhood’s charms. “I love this place,” she recently told us, “and often say or think it at least 400 times a week.
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If you’ve spotted an unearthly glow emanating from across the Prospect Expressway, it’s not aliens, toxic Gowanus [/blog/politics/epa-announces-506-million-gowanus-cleanup-plan] seepage, or a rogue Banksy [http://www.banksyny.com/] instillation. Freddy’s [http://freddysbar.com/] co-owner Donald O’Finn [http://www.donaldofinn.com/] tells us that the bar