Arts & Culture
Flatbush Jewish Center. (Photo by Carly Miller)Inspired by a growing number of New York synagogues showcasing musical performances, guitarist and composer Yoshie Fruchter [https://www.yoshiefruchter.com] launched Church Avenue Sessions, a monthly series of concerts at Kensington’s Flatbush Jewish Center. The debut performance on Thursday features two
Events
Dar Willams plays The Bell House this Thursday. (Photo via deafboy1 / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BK_cRXjBOfn/?tagged=darwilliams&hl=en])There are plenty of events this week to help you a) recover from the Christmas rush or b) rev up for the upcoming New Years Eve
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Kensington is joining the ranks of Brooklyn neighborhoods that lure freelancers and remote workers, who were previously relegated to noisy coffee shops or squirreled away in apartment-hermitages. And now, Kensington freelancers don’t even have to travel as far as Prospect Lefferts Gardens [http://www.
Albemarle Neighborhood Association
All are invited to the Albemarle Neighborhood Association’s meeting this Thursday, March 19, from 7-8pm at the Flatbush Jewish Center [http://www.flatbushjewishcenter.org/] (327 E. 5th Street, by Church Avenue). Councilman Brad Lander [http://bradlander.com/] will be the evening’s guest speaker and is expected to address
film screenings
Tomorrow at the Flatbush Jewish Center [http://www.flatbushjewishcenter.org] (327 E 5th Street on the corner of Church Avenue), neighbors can catch a screening of No Place on Earth [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2343266/]–the 2012 film that uses documentary footage, interviews, and reenactments to tell the story
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Purim is just around the corner, and some of our local religious and community organizations are holding fun events to celebrate. Here’s what you can look forward to this weekend and next: Mask Making [https://www.facebook.com/377634288968899/photos/a.377638325635162.81357.377634288968899/598583210207338/?type=1&stream_
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Got the pre-holiday shopping bug? Then stop by the semi-annual flea market and bazaar at the Flatbush Jewish Center [http://www.flatbushjewishcenter.org] (327 E 5th Street on the corner of Church Avenue), this Sunday, November 17, and pick something up to take the edge off. New and gently-used items
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Here’s some of what’s coming up at a few of our local synagogues: • Temple Beth Emeth [http://www2.bethemeth.net/] (83 Marlborough Road at Church Avenue) welcomes back its free Shalom Shabbat program on Fridays at 10am. Children under five (or not yet in school) and their caregivers
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With so much talk about Christmas this week, what do you do if you don’t celebrate that holiday? Some rely on Chinese take-out and watching movies with friends, which is just what’s happening [https://www.facebook.com/events/414987868573621/?ref=3] at the Flatbush Jewish Center [http://www.