Arts & Culture
Photo via CAMBAThis weekend is jam-packed with lots of cool and fun things to see and do. There’s an Easter egg hunt and bird watching; Japanese flute and Argentinian guitar; painting and sculpture; film, music, and dance; and so much more! Shona Sculpture Sale [https://www.camba.org/support/
Events
Join Jessica Dalrymple for an ArtLab Gowanus project, Reimagining The Gowanus Landscape on Saturday, April 30. (Photo via Jessica M Dalrymple Art [https://www.facebook.com/234938243310039/photos/pcb.756063774530814/756063581197500/?type=3&theater] )Welcome to the weekend, which features many events: cherry blossoms, the borough’s best bookstores,
Events
Photo via tracywingrove [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEub7Nsise_/?tagged=brooklynbotanicalgarden&hl=en] The Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom and right on time. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival [http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2016] — “New York City’s rite of spring”
Central Brooklyn
The Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom and right on time. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival [http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2016] — “New York City’s rite of spring” — is happening this weekend. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the festival, called
green
Mid April is usually when the last frost date passes for our area, and its is finally a good time to plant. Here are our favorite spots to get plants in Brooklyn. Most larger garden centers will deliver your plants as well; just ask. Please add your favorites in comments
Central Brooklyn
Magnolia X SoulangianaMagnolias Magnolias are officially magnificent. You can see them on just about every block, with spectacular specimens on Albemarle Road, Marlborough Road between Albemarle and Beverley, and East 17th Street between Dorchester and Foster. Magnolia Denudata (Yulan Magnolia)Magnolia X Soulangiana (Saucer Magnolia) about to burst open.There
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New crocuses at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Photo: Sarah Crean)BY SARAH CREAN It’s a bleak, raw day today but Spring is coming. On a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [http://www.bbg.org] today, we were excited to see that lavender crocuses and snowdrops had made their
City Kid Corner
Brooklyn apartments are small. Really small. Thanks to Ikea and external storage units, life is manageable – until you have kids. For such tiny little humans, they come with a lot of stuff, and even if you’re the master of organization, several years of giant Christmas gifts from Grandma can
Education
Youth education, leadership, and employment programs in South Slope, Sunset Park, and in Brooklyn at large, are getting some much-needed support thanks to $2 million in grants from Brooklyn Community Foundation [http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/news/in-the-news/brooklyn-community-foundation-awards-2-million-2015-nonprofits-empowering-boroughs] (BCF). Specifically, BCF has designated: • $25,000 for Turning Point Brooklyn [http:
Education
Youth education, leadership, and employment programs in Park Slope, Gowanus, and in Brooklyn at large, are getting some much-needed support thanks to $2 million in grants from Brooklyn Community Foundation [http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/news/in-the-news/brooklyn-community-foundation-awards-2-million-2015-nonprofits-empowering-boroughs] (BCF). Specifically, BCF has designated: • $40,000 for Center for Anti-Violence Education [http:
Education
Youth education, leadership, and employment programs in Fort Greene-Clinton Hill and in Brooklyn at large, are getting some much-needed support thanks to $2 million in grants from Brooklyn Community Foundation (BCF). Specifically, BCF has designated $30,000 for Bridge Street Development Corporation [http://www.bsdcorp.org/]‘s civic engagement and
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Photo via Brooklyn Botanical Garden [http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/chile_pepper_festival_2015]The fall is getting closer! If you’re hanging around the Slope this weekend and looking for adventure, we’ve got everything from traditional Japanese music, chile peppers, as well as theater in a garden.