Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library at 22 Linden Boulevard. (Photo: Google Maps)Cast your votes today and help Flatbush students win funding for an exciting student-library history research program! We only have today to register our votes — via Facebook comments and “likes” [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/
Arts & Culture
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
Nonsponsored
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Events
The Braincloud plays Barbes on Monday, January 25. (Photo via The Braincloud [https://www.facebook.com/TheBrainCloud/photos/a.427908343888103.104384.427907893888148/427908357221435/?type=3&theater] )Take a break while you shovel out! We have a bevy of offerings, including “secret science,” NY underground tunes, and a striptease class.
Kids & Family
We’ve all been there. Weeks of tween crises, toddler meltdowns, work pressures, and just those everyday stressors of life in the city have built up and pushed Mama to the brink. Sometimes you just have to get away. Luckily, those of us living in NYC don’t have to
City Kid Corner
We’ve all been there. Weeks of tween crises, toddler meltdowns, work pressures, and just those everyday stressors of life in the city have built up and pushed Mama to the brink. Sometimes you just have to get away. Luckily, those of us living in NYC don’t have to
history
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Arts & Culture
Photo via Alegba & FriendsLooking for something fun to do this weekend? There’s plenty of great music at Bar Chord, a jazz jam at Kettle & Thread, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events at the library and more! If you have an upcoming event you’d like featured in
Central Brooklyn
Courtesy Theater Development Fund [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreDevelopmentFund/photos/a.10153165205267844.1073741863.27723672843/10153165209007844/?type=3&theater] With temperatures freezing outside, parents across the five boroughs are desperately seeking fun activities for the kids that take place inside. Finding just the right spot can be especially tough, though,
Arts & Culture
Despite an unusually warm December, there is no denying that winter is officially here. Our plummeting temperatures might put a damper on some of your favorite outdoor activities, but the cold does offer families a fantastic opportunity to cuddle up with some winter storybooks! With a little help from the
Announcements
Source: WikipediaThe Brighton Beach Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/brighton-beach] will close in January — and reopen in the fall — while the branch gets a $1.5 million overhaul of its heating and cooling system, according to a spokesperson for the Brooklyn Public Library. The branch will shutter its doors
history
Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search/c?SEARCH=NEIG+1340]Grand Army Plaza sported a Christmas tree during a snowy Christmas in the 1950s. Taken in 195-?, the photo caption reads: “Christmas tree with decorations on raised and festooned platform at Grand Army Plaza; Memorial Arch,