Arts & Culture
CROWN HEIGHTS – Thanksgiving celebrations haven’t yet stretched to match the twelve days of Christmas, but in the last decade the holiday has been headed in that direction. First, with “doorbuster” sales designed to lure shoppers early on the morning after the Thursday feasting, retailers declared a Black Friday to
Events
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A holiday festival that promised to transform a 40,000-square-foot space behind the Brooklyn Museum into an outdoor winter wonderland featuring shopping, entertainment, and activities has left some families feeling disappointed. Winterfest at Brooklyn Museum, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)While Winterfest at the Brooklyn
Business
Looking to work off some Thanksgiving turkey and get some holiday shopping done? Instead of heading to the mall or a big-box store, why not shop local and support small businesses in Brooklyn? Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/parkslopefifthavenue/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARCFiv7C0GMeWdfQoAVVd9mm_atrEwF6CaJwU9FJMOSaHQm3ngO-u92bCqNMJRqQw7tTn9UbEvTuyUkC] As part of
Events
BROOKLYN – Is this the first time you’ll spend Thanksgiving dinner with your new mate’s family? Are you lucky enough to travel somewhere warmer than what’s expected to be the coldest Thanksgiving in a century [https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2018-11-18-thanksgiving-day-record-cold-northeast/] ? Well, not everyone is as fortunate.
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – This holiday season, kids can take a sleigh ride to the North Pole and visit Santa Claus via VR technology created by Brooklyn’s YokeyPokey Virtual Reality Club [https://yokeypokey.com/]. Kicking off on Saturday, November 24, City Point will host Bklyn Arctic Adventure [https://citypointbrooklyn.com/bklyn_
Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON – Last spring, local officials held a Town Hall with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to address yet another terrible pedestrian death at the intersection of Ocean Parkway/Prospect Expressway and Church Ave in late February [/dangerous-ocean-parkway-intersection-claims-another-life/]. “This
Announcements
Families for Safe Streets. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BOROUGH HALL – “Traffic crashes do not discriminate by religion, race, age, sex, political affiliation, or neighborhood,” Devan Sipher, a member of Families for Safe Streets [https://www.transalt.org/familiesforsafestreets] said. The first thing one noticed when entering the Borough Hall yesterday,
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Following an online competition over the summer, the Prospect Park Alliance (PPA) hosted an event on Friday, November 16 to unveil the name of the green space’s new weed harvesting boat and honor a young local who submitted the winning moniker for the aquatic vessel. Floating Goat
Arts & Culture
A portrait of Frida Kahlo by Toni Frissell (Via Wikimedia Commons)The Brooklyn Museum has just announced the subject of their next major exhibition: Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In one of the biggest exhibitions of her work in the last decade, the Brooklyn Museum will host the show, titled Frida
Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – With Thanksgiving fast approaching, it’s time to start prepping for the holidays, and Winterfest at the Brooklyn Museum [http://winterfestbrooklynmuseum.com/] will help get you into the spirit. Photo via WinterfestFrom Black Friday, November 23 through Monday, December 31, a 40,000-square-foot space between the Brooklyn Museum
Arts & Culture
It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving! In the spirit of giving during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week [https://hhweek.org], there are two “Empty Bowls” events happening this Saturday [/giving-back-neighbors-help-fight-hunger-at-two-empty-bowls-events-next-week/] in which local ceramic artists create and sell bowls to raise funds to help fight hunger. Also around town, SkyIce
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is teaming up with Sadhana [https://www.sadhana.org/], International Society for Krishna Consciousness [http://iskconnyc.com/] (ISKCON NYC), NYC Commission on Human Rights [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cchr/index.page], and the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs [https://www1.nyc.