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Christmas Day at the Lake by Joy Makon. (Courtesy of Joy Makon)Local talent and artist Joy Makon is actively involved in the community, including her work featured in the Park Slope Windsor Terrace Open Studios [/blog/art-music/meet-your-neighborhood-artists-the-park-slope-windsor-terrace-open-studios-weekend/] this past November. Makon painted Christmas Day at the Lake [https:
Education
Wikimedia CommonsManhattan Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez overturned a 2013 health code amendment on Thursday that required New York City children between the ages of 6 and 59 months to receive the flu vaccine before they could attend certain types of preschool or daycare programs. Five mothers from across the
Events
Does this hard knock life have you feeling blue? Well, you can bet your bottom dollar that the sun will come out tomorrow, because we’re giving away four tickets to the December 19 performance of Annie [http://www.kingstheatre.com/shows/annie] – currently in production at Brooklyn’s majestic
Events
Courtesy Excelsior [https://www.facebook.com/Excelsior-166081656739070/?fref=ts] Welcome to the weekend! If you’re hanging around the Slope and looking for adventure, we’ve got everything from a skating Santa and small works, to horror flicks and Christmas concerts. Don’t miss our top events picks from around
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Photo via CAMBA [https://www.facebook.com/CAMBAinc/photos/a.470810959731.254377.20055334731/10153766682679732/?type=3&theater] The Park Slope Women’s Shelter [http://www.camba.org/programs/housing/homelessshelters/adultshelters/parkslopewomensshelter] (1402 8th Avenue at 15th Street in the Park Slope Armory / YMCA [http://www.ymcanyc.org/parkslopearmory]
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Photo by South Slope NewsBelow you’ll find subway changes over the weekend on the D, F, G, N, and R lines in Brooklyn. Check back here Monday to see what’s happening next week. Changes via MTA.info [http://www.mta.info/]. F Line > No F trains between
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Photo via South Slope News [https://www.instagram.com/p/85___SSoxH/?taken-by=southslopenews]We think this mailbox needs a holiday pick-me-up. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag it #southslope on Instagram,
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Illegal poker games allegedly took place in this hair salon on 5917 7th Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)Eight members and associates of the Zheng Organization, an Asian American gang that operates in Sunset Park and Flushing, Queens, were rounded up by the Joint Asian Organized Crime Task Force — which includes
Food & Drink
A variety of arepas and empanadas are available. (Photo by Donny Levit / South Slope News)Last Sunday morning was oddly warm and surprisingly pleasant for mid-December. We sat down inside the newly opened Empanada Loca [https://www.facebook.com/CraveEmpanadaLoca/?fref=ts] (606 5th Avenue, between Prospect Avenue and 17th
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Photo via parkservice [https://www.instagram.com/p/xof8_tqE3W/?tagged=mulchfest2015]Since the holidays are in full swing, Christmas trees have taken over the neighborhood. And while the thought of taking them down seems far away, recycling those trees will begin soon enough. But the Prospect Park Alliance [https:
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Photo by Christine BushSo what’s Santa’s issue with Pokemon cards? Did he go on a bender at 14th Street and 5th Avenue? He’s a busy gent at this time of year, so stress may have gotten to him. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it
Education
P.S. 124 kindergarten students visit Santa (Jeff Bush/City Kid Corner)Talk about a rough start to the week. The internet exploded on Monday, after news broke that P.S. 169 principal Eujin Jaela Kim banned the discussion of seasonal holidays and the Pledge of Allegiance [/blog/education/p-s-169-principal-vilified-after-recent-holiday-pledge-ban/