The Down-Low: Protect Your Library With Medieval Curses And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too.

–Protect Your Library the Medieval Way, With Horrifying Book Curses. [Atlas Obscura]

–Interview with Francine Prose: Brooklyn-born author of ‘Mr. Monkey’. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]

–Meet the startup bringing chamber music to tiny Brooklyn apartments. [Technical.ly]

–SEE IT: Woman fights off would-be robber who tried snatching her purse in Brooklyn. [Daily News]

–Spate of Group Muggings Hit Ft. Greene on Halloween Night, Police Say. [DNAinfo]

–Mass Transit Won Big on Election Day. But It Could Still Lose. [CityLab]