News
Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites]and Facebook
Education
Photo courtesy of Paypaul via FlickrA Kingsborough Community College professor has filed a lawsuit accusing top administrators of creating an culture of “systemic anti-Semitism” in which Jewish faculty were openly harassed and discriminated against. The lawsuit [http://thelawfareproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lax_Complain_EDNY.pdf], first reported by
Announcements
(Photo: Kingsborough Musical Society Chorus [https://www.facebook.com/158393914177409/photos/pb.158393914177409.-2207520000.1454998453./630510973632365/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Are you a crooner, choralist or even a traveling minstrel? Well, it’s time to stop singing into your hairbrush and put those pipes to use. The Kingsborough Musical
Business
It’s been a year-long process, but Sheepshead Bay resident and Kingsborough Community College grad Lance Sellers is finally on the cusp of opening his food cart in Manhattan Beach. Cakes & Coffee NYC will offer Kosher treats, made in local bakeries, as well as freshly ground coffee to Manhattan
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(Photo: Luna Park NYC [https://www.facebook.com/LunaParkNYC/photos/pb.375624901061.-2207520000.1445881843./10153797560511062/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)There’s plenty to do this week in southern Brooklyn. Don’t miss out on the last week of Halloween fun at Luna Park. There is also a free movie
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Students from Kingsborough Community College’s Maritime Technology program participating in a rescue training exercise with the Coast Guard. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with
Celebrities
Shelly Flash (Source: ShellyFlash.com [http://shellyflash.com/])A student of Kingsborough Community College’s budding culinary program, Shelly Flash, is competing on the hit Fox television show “MasterChef,” making it past the third round as a finalist last week. Flash – already a perfect celebrity chef name – is on break
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Herzek (Source: CUNY Newswire)Kingsborough Community College President Farley Herzek [/farley-herzek-appointed-president-kingsborough-community-college/] will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Manhattan Beach Community Group, Wednesday, March 18, 8:00pm at Public School 195, 131 Irwin Street. Herzek, a Brooklyn native who most recently served as interim president of
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Lawrence Jansen in “Cool Hand Luke.”As part of On Stage At Kingsborough’s “Insider’s Look” series, the Drama Desk Award-winning Godlight Theatre Company will conduct an open rehearsal for the world premiere of Emma Reeve’s stage adaptation of Donn Pearce’s searing novel, “Cool Hand Luke,” this
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“The Chorus” (1876) by Edgar Degas. Source: WikimediaThe Kingsborough Musical Society Chorus, which offers a mixed repertoire of theater, folk, and classical music, is seeking choral singers to perform two free annual concerts on the Kingsborough campus in December and May. The first rehearsal and audition for new members will
cameras
Manhattan Beach now has some eyes in the sky after two NYPD security cameras were installed last month in the beachfront community. The cameras were made available with state funding, initiated by Borough Park Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who pushed for them [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2012/05/hundreds-of-security-cameras-coming-to-a-corner-near-you/] after the
arterial slow zones
If you’re out enjoying the sun this weekend, remember to take some pictures and share them on the the Nabe’s Flickr pool. [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/pool] (Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. This weekend
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Administrators at Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulevard) are considering playing driver education videos on screens throughout the campus, in response to concerns from Manhattan Beach residents about reckless driving. The announcement came from Councilman Chaim Deutsch during a recent Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting [/manhttan-beach-residents-frustrated-after-meeting-with-fema-during-mbcg-meeting/] , saying that the school
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THE COMMUTE [/author/arosen/]: I asked if that was the case back in 2010 when I documented 14 buses in a row bypassing bus stops [/is-the-mta-a-private-bus-service-for-kcc-students/] after loading up at Kingsborough Community College. Since then I have done numerous B1 updates documenting service problems. I have written many times to
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The cast and crew of Law & Order: SVU arrived on the shores of Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulevard) yesterday, turning the school into a Coast Guard base – and the site of a murder investigation. Michael Goldstein, the school’s director of Enrollment Marketing and Public Outreach, tipped us
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Long Island University has proposed an athletic field expansion that will close parts of Willoughby Street and Ashland Place. (Photo by Antonia Massa)Tempers flared at a public hearing held by Community Board 2 on July 23 to discuss on a proposed expansion of athletic fields at Long Island University’