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The Violent Femmes play a free show at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Saturday, June 18. (Photo courtesy of BRIC)The weekend is here, and the outdoors are calling. Options include classical tunes in the park, hot glass/cold beer, and blisters in the sun! The Great American Casket Company at
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‘Quality Wood’ by Karen Gibbons is one of many pieces of local artwork for you to take home this Thursday from ArtWorks 2016 – A Benefit for Arts Gowanus. (Courtesy of Arts Gowanus)Welcome to the week, which features very engaging events to say the least: A Morbid Anatomy book launch,
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Gypsy George & the Open Road Love Affair play Littlefield Sunday at 7pm as part of “The Farewell Reunion.” (Photo courtesy of Gypsy George)Welcome to the weekend, which features a longer addition to include Memorial Day. So go out for the closing exhibitions, the many fleas, don’t forget
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The Brooklyn Atlantics Baseball Club in 1865. Players Fred Crane (far left), Jack Chapman (second from the left), Manager Peter O’Brien (center), and Charles Smith (to the right of O’Brien) are all buried in Green-Wood Cemetery. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champions_of_
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Photo by Dianna D’AmicoNeighbor Dianna D’Amico shared this beauty beside her great grandparents’ grave in Green-Wood Cemetery. D’Amico tells us: > “Paul and Grace D’Amico are buried along the 5th Avenue side [of Green-Wood Cemetery] by the pond. There is a historic Native American headstone right
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Green-Wood Chapel. (Photo via Beyond My Ken [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/2015_Green-Wood_Chapel_1.jpg] .The Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] voted in favor of landmark status for a series of extremely significant properties and neighborhoods across
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Green-Wood Chapel. (Photo via Beyond My Ken [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/2015_Green-Wood_Chapel_1.jpg] )The Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] voted in favor of landmark status for a series of extremely significant properties and neighborhoods throughout
Animals
Scarlet Tanager (Photo: Steve Nanz)This is a wonderful time for bird watching, but it won’t last forever. Birds of all types are returning from their winter stays to the south, and are traveling through our area now. They fly through the night, and then funnel into large, green
Arts & Culture
Courtesy of Green-Wood CemeteryWhile a visit to the 478 pastoral acres of Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/] provides a majestic and serene background to view architecture, sculpture, and an excellent lesson in city history, you’ll now have even greater access to millions of archival items dating back to
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Courtesy of Green-Wood CemeteryWhile a visit to the 478 pastoral acres of Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/] provides a majestic and serene background to view architecture, sculpture, and an excellent lesson in city history, you’ll now have even greater access to millions of archival items dating back to
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The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club holds their annual meeting Tuesday, March 29 at the 5th Avenue Committee office. (Photo via Gowanus Dredgers [https://www.facebook.com/gowanusdredgers/photos/a.467282079968347.117826.267276076635616/780449688651583/?type=3&theater] )Are you ready for an incredible selection of events this week? Meet about
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Photo by Beyond My Ken [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Augustine's_Roman_Catholic_Church_122_Sixth_Avenue_Park_Slope_from_south.jpg] St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church [http://www.staugustineparkslope.org/] (116 6th Avenue at Sterling Place) and portions of Green-Wood Cemetery are one step closer