Arts & Culture
Microcosm Fundraiser & Multi-Media Art Exhibition [http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Sara-Lynn-Sterling-Microcosm-A-Benefit-by-Brooklyn-Artists] When: Sunday, February 26th, 6 to 9:30pm Where: Stellar Yoga Space [http://stellarstretch.com/], 915 Fulton Street (between Clinton & Waverly Avenues), Clinton Hill What: Fundraiser and gallery show featuring the work of ten local artists (and
Events
Restaurants across the country closed for business yesterday [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/nyregion/day-without-immigrants-boycott-trump-policy.html] in a show of solidarity for “Day Without Immigrants.” Fueled by the Trump administration’s executive orders on immigration and the recent surge of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids and deportations,
Events
Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/black-artstory-month-2017-photos/?utm_source=Myrtle+Minutes+E-Newsletter&utm_campaign=9af47a2970-Tree+Lighting+in+Fort+Greene+Park+%26+more&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_942e880905-9af47a2970-74753449] February is Black History Month and there are a variety of events happening all around
Ditmas Park
Emergency Town Hall Announcement via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/AAFSCNY/photos/gm.395023280864707/10155122676677642/?type=3&theater] Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested more than 600 people across 11 states [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/nyregion/immigration-arrests-sanctuary-city.html?_r=0] last week, with 40 of those
Events
Sledding in Prospect Park (Photo by emmmparker via Instagram [http://instagram.com/p/it8pIoyEwQ/])Happy Snow Day! As the northeast continues to get pummeled by a snowstorm, NYC Parks posted a message to Twitter [https://twitter.com/NYCParks/status/829699236027568128] this morning urging New Yorkers to stay out of city
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Your Love, Our Musical Flyer (Photo by evankaufman via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQRBoeaBnQH/?taken-at=54373])For all those looking for a way to avoid amorous couples making goo-goo eyes at each other this weekend, BKLYNER’s compiled a list of 9 anti- or alternative Valentine’s Day
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Locals Surf School (Photo by Andrea Waters)Tweens: too old for summer camp and too young to work. Too old to be babysat, too young to be set free! What is a parent to do? We’ve come up with a variety of ways to keep these young adults entertained
Arts & Culture
Emeline Michel (Photo via Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts)Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts [http://www.BrooklynCenter.org]continues its season on Saturday, March 4 with Haitian singer/songwriter Emeline Michel. Called “the Joni Mitchell of Haiti,” Ms. Michel has toured the globe both as a performer and
Arts & Culture
Blindspot [http://www.nbc.com/blindspot], the FBI drama currently in its second season on NBC, that was spotted filming last year in Clinton Hill [/street-closure-fyi-on-and-around-clinton-avenue-thursday-february-11-fortgreene/] , will be filming along Beverly between Coney and the Q station, on parts of Westminster Road and Matthews Court this coming Monday, so don’
Announcements
Brooklyn’s premiere design event, BKLYN DESIGNS [http://www.bklyndesigns.com], is gearing up for another successful edition at the Brooklyn Expo Center [http://brooklynexpocenter.com/] in Greenpoint from May 5-7, 2017. Presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [http://www.ibrooklyn.com/], the show will kick off the first
Events
Dan Donovan is Brooklyn’s only Republican Congressman, representing Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Staten Island for the 11th Congressional District, and at least some of his Brooklyn constituents are really unhappy. This morning the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce held a Brooklyn Newsmakers breakfast series with the Brooklyn Congressional Delegation,
Arts & Culture
Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Angela Y. Davis (Photo by Haymarket Books via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPnCfbBjhdP/?taken-by=haymarketbooks]) With the closing of Cobble Hill’s beloved Bookcourt [/shuttering-bookcourt-space-sold-for-13-6-million-one-developer-in-deal-terminated-leases-of-gowanus-artist-studios/] at the end of last year, it seems more important than ever to support local independent bookstores. It’