Arts & Culture
Music lovers will have lots to choose from this weekend including opera, hip-hop, Latin alternative, classical, and swing. Francophiles can celebrate Bastille Day on Smith Street on Sunday where the annual pétanque tournament will be played as the France vs. Croatia World Cup final is screened. Flatbush Caton Market will
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Public Library kicks off its Plaza Swing Series [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/bpl-presents] on Wednesday, a summer music series featuring live performances and dancing at the Central Library Plaza. The weekly summer dance party debuts tonight, July 11, with Swingtime Big Band [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Joey Chestnut scarfed down a record-breaking 74 hot dogs in ten minutes at the Nathan’s Famous annual Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest [https://www.facebook.com/nathansfamous/] yesterday, breaking his own record of 72 last year [/joey-chestnut-gobbles-record-nathans-famous-hot-dog-eating-contest/]. “I was feeling good today. I think I
Arts & Culture
A marching band in front of John Paul Jones Park last year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BAY RIDGE – Yo, Brooklyn! Here’s a chance to catch a classic movie under the stars tonight—Rocky will be playing in John Paul Jones Park. So pull up a camp chair under the Verrazano
Arts & Culture
The weekend will be a bit on the quieter side for those who didn’t go away for the 4th of July, but Pioneer Works is presenting Software For Artists Day, the Brooklyn Museum is hosting its Target First Saturday, and the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival continues with dance and
Announcements
L to R: Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, and Council Member Jumaane Williams. (Photo: John McCarten)FLATBUSH – The Little Haiti Cultural & Business District [https://www.littlehaitibk.org/] resolution designating Flatbush as “Little Haiti” was passed by the City Council last week. “Little Haiti” will be defined
Announcements
CADMAN PLAZA – Thousands of people marched from Foley Square in lower Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge to Cadman Plaza on Saturday, June 30 to demand that the Trump administration end family separation at the border. The “zero tolerance” policy, introduced by Trump, calls for the prosecution of anyone who illegally
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – After years of performing spectacular and campy musicals like Xanadu, Psycho Beach Party, and, most recently, Priscilla Queen of the Desert [/drag-extravaganza-priscilla-queen-desert-brings-fun-music-glamour-park-slope/] , Piper Theatre [https://pipertheatre.org/current-productions/] has revisited its mission to be “committed to being theater for all” for this year’s more family-friendly production of
Arts & Culture
It’s hard to believe it’s already the last weekend of June. There are lots of events this week to get you outside to enjoy the fleeting summer days, as well as film screenings, the closing party for Haiti Cultural Exchange’s Selebrasyon!, a singalong to benefit immigrant families,
Announcements
CONEY ISLAND – School’s out for the summer and Coney Island is celebrating with free family-friendly activities at Steeplechase Plaza this Saturday, June 30. Via FacebookPresented by the Alliance for Coney Island [http://www.allianceforconeyisland.org/] and Council Member Mark Treyger [https://council.nyc.gov/district-47/], the “Sun’s Out,
Announcements
BUSHWICK – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will be joining Families for Safe Streets [https://www.facebook.com/NYCSafeStreets/], Transportation Alternatives [https://www.facebook.com/TransportationAlternatives/], and community members for a march this afternoon to honor 4-year old Luz Gonzalez [/bushwick-hit-and-run-kills-4-year-old-girl-injures-mother/] who was killed by a motorist in Bushwick on Sunday,
Arts & Culture
The black-tipped reef shark is just one of the new species featured at the aquarium’s new exhibit (Via NY Aquarium)CONEY ISLAND – The sharks are almost here, and just in time for summer… The long-awaited Ocean Wonders: Sharks exhibit at the New York Aquarium opens this Saturday! The state