425 McDonald Avenue
Photo courtesy Jill ReinierMany thanks to Jill Reiner for letting us know about this fantastic sounding event [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205523531146929&set=o.143224269148309&type=1&theater¬if_t=wall] from the Singing Winds that will be happening this Saturday, January
1027 Flatbush Avenue
[/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Screen-Shot-2014-11-04-at-11.40.42-AM.png]Photo via the Theatre Historical Society of America After we wrote about the Kings Theatre asking neighbors for their memorie [/blog/art-music/share-memories-kings-theatre-opening-date-nears]s of the visually stunning arts space that is now undergoing a $94 million renovation project [/blog/art-music/photos-inside-the-stunning-loews-kings-theatre-restoration]
Ditmas Park
[/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Our-Lady-of-Refuge1.jpg]Photo via Our Lady of Refuge [https://www.facebook.com/kilgen5163/photos/pb.212624288751284.-2207520000.1409844977./735741809772860/?type=3&theater] Tomorrow night, neighbors will have a chance to hear two world-renowned musicians perform at Our Lady of Refuge Church [/blog/art-music/world-renowned-musicians-to-play-concert-series-at-our-lady-of-refuge] (2020
bath beach
Source: DonorsChoose.orgA middle school teacher at P.S. 163 in Bath Beach [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K163/default.htm] (109 Bay 14th Street) has started a fundraiser on the crowd-sourcing site DonorsChoose.org [http://www.donorschoose.org/project/improve-our-sound-system/1229652/?verify=1565628200] (think Kickstarter for educators) to
funding
Three cheers are in order for our neighbors at PS 295 [http://www.ps295.org/] (330 18th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues). The school announced on Tuesday [https://www.facebook.com/PS295/posts/738901629487540?stream_ref=1] that they are the recipients of an anonymous donation that guarantees $47,
cortelyou library
This weekend is actually supposed to be above freezing if you can believe it, so you can try new food at Sycamore or 50 cent Slurpees at a new 7-Eleven (no, not the one on Beverley and CIA), see music at Bar Chord and 773 Lounge, and enjoy a weekly
cortelyou library
This week starts off with some cool events at the library, some jazz, classes from bookmaking to painting, and more. Check back on Thursday to see what’s on this weekend. Monday, October 28 * Attend the Rolie Polie Guacamole [http://www.roliepolieguacamole.com/] singalong at Lark [http://larkcafe.com/], 4:
live music
Thursday, August 22 * Attend a Small Business Forum [/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Small-Business-Forum1.pdf] at Councilmember Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml]‘s office, 123 Linden Boulevard between Rogers and Bedford Avenues, 5-7pm. * Take kids to ride the Prospect Park Carousel for free [/blog/kids/
773 Lounge
No matter what the weather gets up to this weekend, there are still oodles of fantastic events in and around Ditmas Park. Do some yoga, buy a book on botany, watch live music, or browse local art–whatever you do, just relax and have fun. Thursday, June 6 * It’s
facts
Love it or hate it, Great GoogaMooga [http://brooklyn.googamooga.com/] is back in Prospect Park on May 17, 18, and 19, and tickets [http://brooklyn.googamooga.com/tickets/] are officially on sale this week. As was expected, the organizers have shaken up the works a bit for their second
frosty
The display at 310A 22nd Street is making waves all over the city [http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/2012/12/18/the-top-neighborhoods-to-see-seasonal-holiday-lights-in-2012/] , but have you found yourself wondering who’s responsible for the design? We sat down with Chris Schneider and Ryan Powers [http://www.themeatricals.com/] to learn a bit
michael fontana
George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah,” written in Beethoven’s handwriting; “Beethoven so admired Handel’s work that he wrote it out so as to get the ‘feeling of its intricacies’ and ‘to unravel its complexities’.” Source: Rain.orgThe 17th annual “Music from Good Shepherd” chamber music series kicks off October
Euro 2012
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship is underway (that’s soccer for all us Americans), and local singer/songwriter John Munnelly, aka LaughJohnLaugh [http://laughjohnlaugh.com/], just released a song hoping to raise the spirits of his fellow fans and countrymen. “I’m Irish, and Ireland is in a huge
concerts
A set of about a half dozen bands will be rocking out at the Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club this Saturday for the 19th Annual Holiday Reunion. The show is put together every first Saturday after New Years by Sheepshead Bay native and BCAT producer Ralph Favilla [http://briccommunitymedia.wordpress.com/
ave u
Photo by Robert FernandezYou know those cool pianos that have been popping up all over the city? Well, the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center is playing host to one of only two pianos in Southern Brooklyn. The Pop-Up Piano Project [http://pianos.singforhope.org/] is organized by Sing for
anthony kapfer
Brooklyn-based musician and Sheepshead Bay resident Anthony Kapfer wants to sit down and get personal with you on his first solo album, A Series of Events. Kapfer aspired to make this album “sound as sincere as possible,” wanting it to tell a story and have the listener go through the