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Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg joins in on Make Music Day, 2012. (Photo: MakeMusicNewYork via Flickr)Ready to rock? Wanna warble? Yes to yodeling? Registration for Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org], the free one-day outdoor music festival, is open now through April 29! Musicians of all ages and musical
Arts & Culture
Mourners waving their phones. (Courtesy Spike Lee/Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEfGaa3yqgj/].)Last night, Fort Greene partied like it was 1999, but under the most 2016 of circumstances. Thursday afternoon, Spike Lee sent out word [/blog/2016/04/21/spike-lee-hold-prince-tribute-tonight-40-acres/] via his Instagram that he was going to
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Elected officials joined with the Be Proud Foundation passing out food packages for Passover. (Photo provided by the Be Proud Foundation)The Be Proud Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/BeProudNY] held its Seventh Passover Food distribution Wednesday afternoon at the Aqua Health Rehabilitation Center [http://www.aquahealththerapy.com/] on Coney
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Update [April 26, 6pm]: Due to forecasted thundershowers, this event has been rescheduled for Friday, May 13. Luna park’s space-themed thrill ride, the Endeavor [http://lunaparknyc.com/attractions/endeavor-2/], will open next week — and the amusement park is throwing a party with music, glow sticks, an alien flash mob,
Events
Below you’ll find information on events through the week in and around Sunset Park. Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. Image via hotblack [ http://mrg.bz/c6cWOU].SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Girls Soccer When:8-10am Where:Sunset Park Recreation Center at 7th Avenue and 43rd Street What:
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Flatbush Tenant Coalition housing justice march in 2014. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The Flatbush Tenant Coalition (FTC) [https://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com] is hosting a town hall meeting tonight to “bring awareness about the rampant and destructive proliferation of predatory equity in the Flatbush community.” This meeting is for tenants living
Announcements
Flatbush Tenant Coalition housing justice march in 2014. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The Flatbush Tenant Coalition (FTC) [https://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com] is hosting a town hall meeting tonight to “bring awareness about the rampant and destructive proliferation of predatory equity in the Flatbush community.” This meeting is for tenants living
Arts & Culture
(Photo: Willie Nelson / Facebook)The soon-to-open Coney Island Amphitheater [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/coney-islands-long-awaited-amphitheater-open-july/] has added another headliner to its already stacked summer lineup [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/coney-island-amphitheaters-summer-lineup-will-include-beach-boys-boston-sting-ziggy-marley/] . Country music legend Willie Nelson will play at the open-air entertainment venue on September 13, according the
Bensonhurst
Red Cross volunteers aid victims of Ecuador’s May 16 earthquake (Image via Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/26409477582/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz4Wq-afHwkp-afLhJG-afLhFb-7GzET3-9pyEbn-c8mauu-7GvPrK-7GQxtS-7K5Whx-7GLAFD-7GQxDh-Gkwc6Q-7GLB6z-FqUqWh-7GLApg-99LuME-wPg5eC-FsqpVU-GeHtAo-FXLcf5-FsqpTj-FXLcn9-FXLcjo-GeHtBA-GeHtH7-GnSBCH-FsAX8c-FXLcmY-qdV8fs-GkzDJ3-GnSBEM-FsqpXN-FsAX4p-FXLcjd/] ). [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/25896906034/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz
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Image via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/25896906034/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz4Wq-afHwkp-afLhJG-afLhFb-7GzET3-9pyEbn-c8mauu-7GvPrK-7GQxtS-7K5Whx-7GLAFD-7GQxDh-Gkwc6Q-7GLB6z-FqUqWh-7GLApg-99LuME-wPg5eC-FsqpVU-GeHtAo-FXLcf5-FsqpTj-FXLcn9-FXLcjo-GeHtBA-GeHtH7-GnSBCH-FsAX8c-FXLcmY-qdV8fs-GkzDJ3-GnSBEM-FsqpXN-FsAX4p-FXLcjd/] You may have already heard about the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that ripped through Ecuador [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-360865
Central Brooklyn
(A traditional Seder courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Brooklyn’s matzoh bakeries are working overtime in preparation for Passover, producing only the finest shmura matzoh [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/dining/passover-matzo.html?_r=0], which celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from bondage under the Egyptian pharaoh. What
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If you aren’t already running to sign up, here are seven reasons to join Brooklyn-based nonprofit CAMBA’s upcoming 5K/10K: 1. It’s a run/walk around Prospect Park with family and friends, all to help New Yorkers in need. Photo courtesy of CAMBA2. After a morning of