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Things To Do This Week, Through March 4: Free Movies At Clinton Hill Library, Excerpts From ‘Dapline!’, And Brooklyn Voices At St. Joseph’s College

Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. ONGOING Book Sale Donation Collection When: Through Friday, April 8 Where: Clinton Hill Library

Eric Manson

A Safer, Smarter Halloween Meant Fort Greene Teens Traveling Far From Home

Photo courtesy of Eric Manson.As children gathered at the Ingersoll Community Center for Halloween Eve — referred to as “Mischief Night,” where teenagers engage in pranks and vandalism, in many parts of the country — local dad Eric Manson fretted about his son, Ramel, who was commuting from East New York’

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Local Dads — And Moms — Walked Their Kids To School In Solidarity (PHOTOS)

Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.“My Dad Is My MVP; School Is The Place To Be!” This was the chant that echoed up and down Myrtle Avenue between Flatbush and Clermont Avenues this morning (Tuesday, September 22) as dozens of grade schoolers and middle schoolers marched together with

Fort Greene Sports Summer Day Camp

Don’t Panic! There Are Still Spots Available in Local Fort Greene Summer Camps

Photo courtesy of City Kid Camp [http://citykidcamp.com/].Despite next Monday’s opening of the Brooklyn summer camp season being mere days away, parents have no reason to panic. Spots for children ages 6 to 18 remain available at camps in the Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene and the Navy

Ingersoll Community Center

Local Soccer Club Kids Greet NY Cosmos Player Keasel Broome In Fort Greene

Photo by James Zhang.BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO Last Friday afternoon, April 24, Ingersoll Community Center’s expansive basketball court was filled with nearly 80 kids happily dribbling balls — with their feet. The occasion? A culmination celebration for a three-month community soccer project [/blog/2015/02/20/st-francis-coca-cola-assist-local-soccer-group-spreading-fun/] organized by Young

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Free Fitness Classes Come To Ingersoll Houses Community Center

Image courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/event/movement-class-older-adults/2015-02-19/].The arrival of free fitness classes — held indoors, out of winter’s chill, at the Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue — means that residents in and around the public housing complex have one less excuse

Good Neighbors of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill

Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Events: Through Thursday, January 22

Photo courtesy of Irondale Center [http://irondale.org/FLICfest.html].Here’s this week’s roundup of neighborhood events taking place through Thursday. We’ll have your weekend schedule guide on Friday and as always, let us know if there’s anything we’re missing by emailing editor@bklyner.com!

BRIC Arts

Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Events: A Screening, An Open Mic Night & More Through November 6

Below you’ll find events in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this Monday through Thursday. Check back Friday to see what’s on this weekend. “The People’s Poetry” Open Mic Night [https://www.facebook.com/events/1561665184052454/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular] When: Monday, November 3, 7pm Where: Five