Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Bric Arts Media [http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/bric-celebrate-brooklyn-festival#calendar] )This list is ongoing. If you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/events/
Events
This picture of Hillary Clinton appeared outside the Brooklyn Plaza Medical Centerback in April. [/blog/2015/04/17/hillary-clinton-painting-spotted-on-lafayette-avenue/] (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus)Hillary Clinton [/?s=hillary+clinton] will be at the Brooklyn Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard] tonight as the presidential primary election results roll in . The Clinton campaign
Announcements
Photo via Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/coneyislandfun?fref=photo] on Facebook.Ready your beach towels, coolers and folding chairs. Flicks on the Beach [http://media.wix.com/ugd/feddcd_5a7a870b6a64413199ee09cfc091a2dc.pdf] returns to Coney Island next month — and the organizers have a pretty sweet lineup prepared for the
Events
Betty the Rat was one of the winners of last year’s Pet Costume Contest at Deno’s Wonder Wheel. (Photo: Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park [https://www.facebook.com/DenosWonderWheelAmusementPark/photos/a.146180595442999.29999.146153275445731/1099515753442807/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this
Arts & Culture
Upcoming mural at Midwood HS connects Midwood’s past and present. (Photo via Groundswell)What is it really like to be a middle school student in Ditmas Park? This week, two neighborhood schools will unveil vibrant student murals that express their answers to that very question. Throughout the school year,
Events
Rain forced the Kings Bay Y to move their annual Israel Celebration indoors. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Two annual outdoor street festivals, the Kings Bay Y’s Israel Celebration [/thousands-come-to-celebrate-israel-on-nostrand-avenue-with-kings-bay-y-photos/] and the Lena Cymbrowitz Community Health Fair [/12th-annual-lena-cymbrowitz-health-fair-spotlights-communitys-health-services/] , were driven indoors Sunday by foul weather. Rain seems to be
Events
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings open up the Celebrate Brooklyn Summer Series at the Prospect Park Bandshell with a free concert Wednesday night. (Photo via Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings [https://www.facebook.com/sharonjonesandthedapkings/photos/a.417570373916.195450.48909068916/10154160757008917/?type=3&theater] )Welcome to the
Central Brooklyn
This list is ongoing. If you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/events/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] or email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com. Introduction to Bird Watching
Events
JJ Byrne is swinging Saturday night with a fundraiser for the adults to eat, drink, and dance. (Photo via atownagency [https://www.instagram.com/p/BE9AdlzNb6H/?tagged=swingdancing&hl=en])The weekend is here, and the joint is swinging. Actually, it really is. Head to JJ Byrne to swing
Arts & Culture
photo by Anney FreshIt all started with Kensington neighbors speaking up and demanding more open space in the neighborhood, said the office of local City Councilmember Brad Lander. And now, this weekend, neighbors and city officials are unveiling a vibrant public plaza on the formerly barren concrete triangle at Avenue
Bensonhurst
With Bensonhurst Greenmarket opening this weekend with new vendors and live jazz [/bensonhurst-greenmarket-returns-weekend-live-jazz/#.V1Gcw5MrLsE], why not make this lovely seasonal dish? This week’s Greenmarket recipe is Shaved Asparagus Salad. While asparagus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus]in Brooklyn is available almost year round, it is in season locally
Bensonhurst
Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark Treyger’s Office.Every year, around this time, the phone calls start pouring in at Bensonhurst Bean. “When is the 86th Street Festival?” you want to know. “How much do vendor tables cost?” Well, we’ve got answers. The massive 86th Street flea falls out