Brooklyn by the Book

Slope Weekday Events Spotlight: October 17-20

Jonathan Lethem will speak about his new book on Wednesday at 8pm as part of the Brooklyn By The Book series being held at Congregation Beth Elohim. (Photo via Jonathan Lethem / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/lethem.books/photos/a.262429783882218.1073741828.261201490671714/575721429219717/?type=3&theater] )Weekday events, you

Arts & Culture

Icon Patti Smith Declares Herself Fit To Be President, Sings Velvet Underground At Congregation Beth Elohim [Photos & Video]

“Because The Night” performed by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye at Congregation Beth Elohim. (Video by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop) “I have a chronic cough. If I have a coughing spell, […] don’t think I got something that you’ll catch. If I cough, just talk amongst yourselves.” It’

Arts & Culture

Jonathan Safran Foer Unveils His New Book At Congregation Beth Elohim

Waiting for Jonathan Safran Foer at Congregation Beth Elohim. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)(Photo courtesy Community Bookstore / Twitter [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrooklynByTheBook?src=hash])The house was packed last Tuesday for Jonathan Safran Foer’s launch of his first novel in a decade, Here I Am, right here

Events

Slope Weekday Events Spotlight: September 6-8

The all female cast of Torn Out Theater’s The Tempest will perform in Prospect Park between September 7-10. The production is performed mostly in the nude. (Credit: Valerie Pinkerton)The new month begins, the long weekend has finished, but the excellent events just keep coming. Check out a talk

Events

Slope Weekday Event Spotlight: May 9-12

Laura Boushnak, from the series I Read I Write. A panel discussion on the exhibit Rawiya will take place Thursday, May 12 at 7pm. (Image via Open Source Gallery [https://www.facebook.com/opensourcegallery/photos/pb.151345038486.-2207520000.1462812702./10154215881323487/?type=3&theater] )Welcome to the week, which features oodles

Events

Slope Weekday Events Spotlight: March 28-31

The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club holds their annual meeting Tuesday, March 29 at the 5th Avenue Committee office. (Photo via Gowanus Dredgers [https://www.facebook.com/gowanusdredgers/photos/a.467282079968347.117826.267276076635616/780449688651583/?type=3&theater] )Are you ready for an incredible selection of events this week? Meet about paddling

Arts & Culture

Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison Provides ‘The Nourishment We Need’ At Brooklyn By The Book Series

Photo via Toni Morrison [https://www.facebook.com/OfficialToniMorrisonAuthor/photos/pb.175462542465962.-2207520000.1454302227./669137663098445/?type=3&theater] With a writing career as expansive and dynamic as that of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-Winner Toni Morrison, it would be more than understandable for her to slow down a bit. “I really

Brooklyn by the Book

Park Slope Weekday Events Spotlight: November 16-18

Harpists Kathryn Andrews and Kristi Shade perform with Duo Scorpio in the Concerts on the Slope series this Tuesday, November 17 at St. John’s Episcopal Church. (Photo via Concerts on the Slope [https://www.facebook.com/ConcertsOnTheSlope/photos/a.672546406182909.1073741829.216959101741644/741987852572097/?type=3&theater] )Thanksgiving isn’t

Brooklyn by the Book

Park Slope Weekend Events Spotlight: October 22-25

Yotam Ottolenghi will discuss his new cookbook Nopi at Brooklyn By The Book on Thursday, October 22. (Photo via Ottolenghi [https://www.facebook.com/OttolenghiUK/photos/pb.243885972297958.-2207520000.1445535434./1043639175655963/?type=3&theater] )The Fall season is known for a lot of activity, and it’s certainly the case

Brooklyn by the Book

Spirituality, Activism & Community: Rabbi Rachel Timoner Joins Congregation Beth Elohim

Rabbi Rachel Timoner settles into her study at CBE. (Photo by Donny Levit/Park Slope Stoop)Rabbi Rachel Timoner is sitting comfortably in her study at Congregation Beth Elohim [https://congregationbethelohim.org/] (CBE). Although she became Senior Rabbi at CBE and relocated to Brooklyn only a few weeks ago, there

Adrian Tomine

Park Slope Planner: The Best Events May 21-25

Comic by Adrian Tomine [http://www.adrian-tomine.com/], via Bergen Street Comics [https://www.facebook.com/54926657157/photos/gm.1556196901314080/10153178131827158/?type=1&theater] Sticking around the neighborhood for this long weekend? If you’re looking for something fun to do, local venues are not taking a holiday, so there’

"mission Dolores"

Weekday Fun: The Best Events February 2-4

How we imagine the scene at Mission Dolores on Wednesday. Photo by team_rockstar [http://instagram.com/p/gMBaoeljhH]Looking for something fun to do in the neighborhood this week? A chance to pretend you’re in sunny California, stories about birthdays, a free pub quiz, and more great events

A. Cheng

Park Slope Planner: The Best Events February 27-March 2

Choose from over a hundred thousand songs and sing some karaoke, toast a shop’s new location with a little bubbly, hear a celebrated short story author discuss her new collection, all this weekend right in the neighborhood! Here’s a look at those and more: Anna’s Ultimate Karaoke

Brooklyn by the Book

Weekday Fun: The Best Events January 6-8

So, yeah, it’s about to get really, really cold. If your apartment’s heat can’t keep up, why not head out to a place with lots of people — just think of all the body heat! Here are some great ways to get warm in the neighborhood this week:

Brooklyn by the Book

Pulitzer Prize Winner Elizabeth Strout at Brooklyn by the Book Next Week

Elizabeth Strout [http://www.elizabethstrout.com/], author of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Kitteridge], will be at Brooklyn by the Book on Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30pm to read from her new novel, The Burgess Boys [http://www.elizabethstrout.com/?book=the-burgess-boys]

Brooklyn by the Book

Community Bookstore [http://communitybookstore.net/] and Congregation Beth Elohim [http://congregationbethelohim.org/brooklynbythebook] are teaming up for a reading and lecture series called Brooklyn by the Book: > Topics will vary, but the programming will focus primarily on current events, literary fiction and other topics of interest to our audience. Brownstone