Events
Photo via NYC Brewers via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ_XpvQDuR0/?taken-by=nycbrewers]New York City Beer Week [http://nycbeerweek.com/index/] kicked off this past weekend with a sold-out opening night bash [http://www.openingbash.com/] at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint. Don’t fret if
community
Kids for a Better Future members Freya Grant and Satya ShawKids for a Better Future members on the steps of Brooklyn Borough HallKids for a Better Future showing protest signs in front of Brooklyn Borough HallKids for a Better Future Freya Grant leading chantsKids for a Better Future parents at
Central Brooklyn
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St. James Place Towers Rally (Photo courtesy of the Office of Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo)BKLYNER learned late Friday afternoon that the St. James Place Towers in Clinton Hill will not be privatized. Following a vote on Thursday, the co-op’s board “did not reach the required two-thirds majority
Arts & Culture
The Sonic Jungle Flyer via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thesonicjungle/photos/gm.1253627338055187/1103980303064254/?type=3&theater] The forecast predicts unseasonably warm temperatures with some rain this weekend, but that shouldn’t keep you from going out and enjoying some culture. Here are 4 art events happening this
Arts & Culture
Photo by BRIC TV via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/BRICTV/photos/a.366643391893.194142.87981956893/10153651115096894/?type=3&theater] Congratulations to BRIC, recipient of 19 New York Emmy Award nominations! The nominations [http://www.bricartsmedia.org/blog/bric-receives-19-new-york-emmy-award-nominations] for the 60th Annual New York Emmy Awards were announced
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This series is brought to you by Movers not Shakers [http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43Mq982VfD3B88rByZMW1qMCsg56dF8-f6JZ3Md02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moversnotshakers.com%2F&si=4690707457769472&pi=15ff7d6a-7568-4198-f06a-0f93469f56f0] . It’s late February, and that means pitchers and catchers have reported to Spring Training down in Florida
celebrity
John Travolta filming “The Life and Death of John Gotti” in Bath Beach (Photo via Gina Miraculous)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Portions of the Kosciuszko Bridge to be dynamited [Curbed [http://ny.curbed.
Central Brooklyn
“We need to act up! We have overcome tyranny before,” U.S Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke shouted to the hundreds packed into her town hall event last night, addressing Donald Trump’s first 32 days in office. An estimated 1,000 people packed into the Union Temple of Brooklyn
community
Gowanus Canal (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Business owners, residents, and local community groups gathered Wednesday afternoon to discuss the initial plans for the industry and economic development of the Gowanus Neighborhood Planning Study [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus.page]. Launched in October 2016, the Gowanus Neighborhood
Arts & Culture
Miguel Luciano’s Double-Phantom/Entro-P.R. and Pa-lan-te, 2017 [“Pa’lante, siempre pa’lante” or “Forward, always forward” was the mantra of the Young Lords Party, a Puerto Rican activist group] (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Ride or Die [http://www.bricartsmedia.org/art-exhibitions/ride-or-die-exhibition-newly-commissioned-work-miguel-luciano] When: On view February 2nd
camps
(Photo by LIU Brooklyn)Believe it or not, there is more to summer than Prospect Park. Give young campers a head start on coding and programming by enrolling in one of these very cool tech-related camps! Dabble in a variety of technologies There’s no need to limit a child