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A collection of 258 issues

New Biz: Diverse & Inclusive Yoga, Thrift Shop, and Gallery Celebrating Women

Welcome to our new business column, where we’ll share all news on expansions, new businesses, pop-ups turned storefronts, and more. Prema Yoga [https://www.premayogabrooklyn.com/] Prema Yoga Brooklyn announced its second location in Clinton Hill on October 10, with the original studio in Carroll Gardens. The new, reimagined

Nightlight: A Candle Inspired By Tom Fruin’s Water Towers

CLINTON HILL – Local design studio and fragrance brand Joya [https://joyastudio.com/] has teamed up with artist Tom Fruin [https://www.tomfruin.com] for a true Brooklyn collaboration—a colorful, lightly-scented candle inspired by his iconic plexiglass water towers. Nightlight by Tom Fruin and Joya (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Fruin’s

Can There Be Forgiveness for Racially Insensitive Halloween Display?

Clinton Hill Halloween by Love Jones via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217472774509544&set=a.2103909035585&type=3&theater] BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Once again, longtime black residents of a gentrifying Central Brooklyn neighborhood were asked to accept the apology of a new resident over racial insensitivity.

A Guide to Michelin’s Affordable Restaurants in Brooklyn

Miss Ada. Courtesy of Grace Dinka. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BWi5yRBgoil/?igshid=87y09q4u2bof]If you love a good feast and don’t want to break the bank you’re in luck. The Michelin guide published their more affordable list of excellent restaurants, The Michelin’s Bib Gourmand. [https://guide.

Fort Greene’s sought-after Arts & Letters might move to Bed-Stuy in a merger with P.S. 305

By Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/10/15/fort-greenes-sought-after-arts-letters-might-move-to-bed-stuy-in-a-merger-with-p-s-305/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] The Academy of Arts & Letters, a highly sought-after progressive elementary and middle school on the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill border, might have a new home

Intentional Integration: This School Has Lessons to Share in Navigating the Race Inequity Issues

School District 13 is a classic example of gentrification in Brooklyn, representative of the last decade and a half in the borough. As local schools learn to navigate the challenges that come with rapidly changing demographics of neighborhoods that surround them, the Academy of Arts and Letters in Clinton Hill,

Former Montgomery Staffer Jason Salmon Enters Race to Replace Her…If She Retires

Jason Salmon. Courtesy of Salmon for Senate.The race to replace State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, currently the longest serving member of the Senate, is expanding even as the senator stays mum on whether she will retire or not. Democratic Socialist and former City Council candidate Jabari Brisport [https://nypost.com/

Outdoor Events To Welcome The Fall

Autumn weather has arrived and there are some great ways to enjoy it while spending time outdoors this weekend. Take a look at Bklyner’s list below. IT’S MY PARK DAY [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/events/2019/10/5?utm_source=PPA+Press+List&utm_campaign=c937b99789-EMAIL_

Co-working Locally: Work Heights Opens Third Location

The Work Heights location at 277 Franklin Ave. Photo via Sam Strauss-Malcolm.As the industry questions the coworking model exemplified by the beleaguered WeWork [https://www.businessinsider.com/weworks-nightmare-ipo], local entrepreneurs like Sam Strauss-Malcolm are serving local communities in a more sustainable way and growing, if not as fast. Strauss-Malcolm

Randy Weston Way: Lafayette Avenue Block Co-Named In Honor Of Late Jazz Musician

CLINTON HILL – As hundreds gathered on Sunday to celebrate to co-naming of part of Lafayette Avenue in honor of Brooklyn-born jazz musician Randy Weston, NYS Attorney General Letitia James took advantage of the occasion to call for a “permanent home to promote jazz” in the borough that would equal Manhattan’