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Pumpkin Smash At Q Gardens On Sunday

Photo by Karen MerbaumNow that Halloween is over, what do you do with your rotting jack-o-lanterns? Bring them to Q Gardens [https://qgardenscf.wordpress.com/] this Sunday for their Pumpkin Smash! Q Gardens will smash and compost your old pumpkins for you while you sip hot apple cider and enjoy

Photo Finish: Summer Learning Never Tasted So Good At PS 20

Nicholas Arnold and Laila Palmer with the latest PS 20 harvest. (Photo via Augusta Palmer [https://www.facebook.com/PS20kidsrock/photos/a.614790951917181.1073741836.115612408501707/962384073824532/?type=3&permPage=1] .Kudos to the PS 20 kids on their continued summer harvest! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@

Things To Do In Kensington & Windsor Terrace This Weekend

Taylor Mac will perform at Celebrate Brooklyn on Saturday night. Photo courtesy of Celebrate BrooklynHappy Friday, everyone! This weekend, you can go to a free concert at Greenwood Playground [/art-music/concerts-movie-night-art-classes-more-to-do-in-greenwood-playground-this-august] , meet your best new furry friend at Adoptapalooza in Prospect Park [/animals/add-a-furry-member-to-your-family-at-prospect-parks-adoptapalooza-this-saturday-august-1] , and lots more. If you have

Tomorrow, June 13: East 4th Street Community Garden Offers Free Terrarium-Making Class For Kids

The E. 4th Street Community GardenIf you’re looking for something to do with the kids this weekend, there’s a great (and free) event happening at the East 4th Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/calendar] (179 E. 4th Street, between Caton Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway) on

Collect Your Scraps! Q Gardens To Launch Compost Project This Saturday, April 11

Volunteers carry the compost bin during the Q Gardens inaugural cleanup day. Photo by Nathan ThompsonThis Saturday, April 11, everyone’s invited to grab their kitchen scraps and head on over to the newly debuted [/blog/garden/years-organizing-neighborhood-volunteers-debut-q-gardens-inaugural-cleanup] Q Gardens (located behind the Church Avenue B/Q subway station on

Bring Your Leaves To The East 4th Street Community Garden Starting In November

You know all those leaves starting to clutter up your yard? You can get rid of them and bring them to the East 4th Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/] (between Caton and Fort Hamilton) each Saturday from 11am to 1pm, beginning November 8. You’ll be able to

Free Plays & Movies At The Classon/FulGate Block Association Garden, Which Is Still Building Community After Decades In Existence

A series of plays will be staged at the Classon/FulGate Block Association Garden (474 Classon Avenue, between Madison and Monroe) over the next several weekends. Clare Barron’s Washougal My Heart, directed by Dina Vovsi, will be performed at 4pm, and Small Wars, by Madeline Chilese, will go on

6/15 Green Spring Festival & Plant Sale This Saturday

The community garden 6/15 Green [http://www.615green.org/], located on the corner of 6th Avenue and 15th Street, is holding its annual Spring Festival and Plant Sale this Saturday, May 10 from 1-5pm (with a rain date of Sunday, May 11). Neighbors are invited to stop by and

Coney Island Amphitheater Voted Down By Community Board 13

Source: NYC Preservation CommissionA blow came to Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz as Community Board 13 voted against the plan to convert the historic Childs Restaurant at West 21st Street into an amphitheater. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/community-board-knocks-concert-plan-historic-childs-restaurant-article-1.1467563] that board

35th City Council District Candidates Discuss Citi Bike, Transportation Issues

Olanike Alabi, Laurie Cumbo, Ede Fox, F.Richard Hurley and Jelani Mashariki discuss CitiBikes at a candidates’ forum Thursday night. (Photo by Emily Field) At a forum on July 18, the five candidates running to replace Council Member Letitia James gathered to discuss transportation issues, such as cycling and street