Events
FORT GREENE – Get ready to party under the stars! Fort Greene Park Conservancy [http://www.fortgreenepark.org/2019fling] is hosting the second annual Fort Greene Park Fling to benefit the beloved green space. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/274469540126346/]“Come celebrate summer with your neighbors and support our
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Several events are planned across the borough in the coming weeks to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth (May 31, 1819). Walt Whitman (Photographer George C. Cox, 1887) via Wikimedia CommonsWhitman lived in Brooklyn for 28 years, working as a printer, teacher, journalist, and an editor for
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FORT GREENE – A new public artwork honoring three literary greats will be installed in Fort Greene Park next month. Elizabeth Masella, Public Art Coordinator for NYC Department of Parks & Recreation [https://www.nycgovparks.org/art-and-antiquities], presented plans for Pieces of Poetry Monday evening during the Brooklyn Community Board 2
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FORT GREENE – Last Thursday, January 31, The Brooklyn Hospital Center [https://www.tbh.org] (TBHC) kicked off the first event of a three-year celebration to honor the medical facility’s 175th anniversary. Gary G. Terrinoni, TBHC President & CEO; Julian Macrone, Fort Greene Park Conservancy; Sandra Chapman, Chief of Staff,
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FORT GREENE – The Fort Greene Park Conservancy [http://www.fortgreenepark.org/fort-greene-park/] (FGPC) will celebrate its 20th anniversary by hosting Monumental 2018: A Celebration Under the Stars—a night of food, community, and dancing in the park. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/288374565036326/]The outdoor event will celebrate
Announcements
FORT GREENE – The first east coast Whole Foods Market 365 [https://www.365bywholefoods.com/] location opens on Wednesday, January 31 at 9am at 292 Ashland Place, right next door to the new Apple store in the 300 Ashland building and across the street from BAM. Whole Foods Market 365, 292
Animals
Photo courtesy of PUPS [http://shoutout.wix.com/so/fLjUdC52?cid=1e729bcc-d8cb-44d7-a7fb-625bc1d247af®ion=8f5334c1-de18-4f5a-9ccd-b67905f9a991#/main] Join Fort Greene PUPS [http://www.fortgreenepups.org/] (Park Users and Pet Society), the Fort Greene Park Conservancy [http://www.fortgreenepark.org/events/2017/3/7/pups-pastries], and NYC Animal Care and Control [http:
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(Courtesy Twitter/Fort Greene Park [https://twitter.com/fortgreenepark/status/747858391922540544])Trash is being turned into treasure in Fort Greene Park [/?s=fort+greene+park], as broken glass is being recycled into a community mosaic map. Artist Amanda Patenaude and the Fort Greene Park Conservancy [/?s=conservancy] are inviting community
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A rendering of the completed sculpture. (Courtesy Fort Greene Park [http://www.fortgreenepark.org/events/2016/6/2/art-installation-oss02-opening].) A Brooklyn-shaped garden bed, replete with flora from around the world, is about to take up residence in Fort Greene Park. [/?s=fort+greene+park] Artist Juanli Carrion’s “Outer Seed
Destinations
Fort Greene Park in all its bucolic splendor. (Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970 [https://flic.kr/p/sGB9eP])This Arbor Day, make your way to Fort Greene Park [/?s=fort+greene+park] for the inauguration of a new tree trail. The newly renovated path, accessible through the Washington Park entrance on Myrtle
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(People were hanging out the windows to be a part of Spike Lee’s block party. Courtesy Justin Fox/Instagram)The celebration of Prince’s life [/blog/2016/04/22/spike-lee-right-thing-prince-block-party/] will continue this Friday at Fort Greene Park [/?s=fort+greene+park] with a concert in his honor. The
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Image courtesy of Fort Greene Park Conservancy.Parks-lovers have until this coming Monday, February 29 to vote for their favorite park to get $5 million in funding through the city Parks Department’s $50 million Parks Without Borders initiative [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning- and-building/planning/parks-without-borders] — and Fort Greene