One knows that warm weather is coming when more details start trickling out about Celebrate Brooklyn’s schedule and start being posted on its website. The 30th Anniversary season kicks off with a performance by Isaac Hayes and wraps up with a Hal Willner tribute to Bill Withers (the Willner shows are usually an absolute season […]

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We saw fliers for this a couple of weeks ago and didn’t get a photo. Here’s an email that’s gone out about the fence painting at Carroll Park in Carroll Gardens this weekend: Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Day At Carroll Park: This Saturday, April 12th, come out to show one of Brooklyn’s oldest parks some […]

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Those who follow news of the Williamsburg waterfront will know that the big proposed TransGas power plant on the Bushwick Inlet was dealt a fairly decisive blow in Albany a couple of weeks ago. (TransGas will likely appeal, but has little chance of success, even though delays could interfere with plans to use the property […]

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With ongoing demolition and construction at the controversial 340 Court Street building site, the Union-Sackett Block Association is having its regular monthly meeting on Saturday (4/12) at 11:30 AM at the Carroll Gardens Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, which is at the corner of Clinton and Union Streets. Topics include further discussion of the […]

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The Skyscraper Museum is presenting a panel discussion about the Williamsburg Waterfront on April 22. It will include Shaun Donovan, Commissioner, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development; Stephen B. Jacobs, President, The Stephen B. Jacobs Group; Dan Kaplan, Senior Principal, FXFOWLE Architects, PC; Jeffery E. Levine, Principal, Douglaston Development; Tom O’Gara, Principal, JMH Development; […]

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Tonight (4/9) at 7:00PM, representatives from National Grid (formerly KeySpan) will be in Dumbo for a reception to “discuss their new Energy Efficiency rebate incentive programs for residential and commercial customers. The programs are designed to help National Grid customers save money by improving the energy efficiency of their homes or businesses, and to help […]

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It’s the “Go Greenpoint” Earth Day Festival in McCarren Park on April 19!

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If you’re interested in the topics of trash and trucks, there’s a meeting with representatives from the Department of Transportation and the Transportation Committee of Community Board 1. It will take place tonight, (3/31) from 7PM-8:30 PM at the Buckley Center at St. Cecilia’s School which is located at 1-15 Monitor Street.

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The Boerum Hill Association is showing the documentary “Twilight Becomes Night” on Wednesday, April 7 at 7PM at the Belarusan Church, which is at the corner of Atlantic Ave. & Bond St. Per the BHA: This film examines the devastating impact neighborhoods suffer when local businesses are forced out by rising rents and competition from […]

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Information about the Celebrate Brooklyn lineup this summer is trickling out and, once again, Bumpershine has helped spread word of the shows before anyone else. It’s not just any season either, but the 30th anniversary summer. The annual Opening Night Gala performance on Wednesday June 12 this year will feature Issac Hayes. There is more […]

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Anything that says “Rock the South Slope Til the Stroller Wheels Come Off” will catch our attention. So it is with this event brought to our attention that is taking place at the Living Room Lounge at 245 23rd Street at Fifth Avenue. It’s billed as a free dance party and “quite the blow out” […]

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“Off the Hook: Original Plays by Red Hook Kids” returns April 18-19 in Red Hook for its ninth production since the series began in 2004. So far, 30 local young people have written and performed 39 plays. Here’s a little bit from the email we received: All of the enthusiasm, inventiveness, and fearlessness that Brooklyn […]

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We’re a little early on this, but it’s never too soon to start thinking about the real onset of spring. April 5 is “Opening Day” at Prospect Park and will include the Little League Parade, a volunteer cleanup and other activities. Here’s a bit from Eugene Patron of the Prospect Park Alliance, who sent this […]

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Brooklyn Flea, the huge flea market coming from our friends at Brownstoner is set to open on April 6 in Fort Greene “with about 200 vendors selling their wares outside Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. But don’t think of this market as your run-of-the-mill mart, hawking tons of tube socks and old magazines. Brownstoner’s Brooklyn […]

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There will be a community forum on residential parking permits hosted by Council Member Bill de Blasio and Community Board 7 in Windsor Terrace on Wednesday (3/26). It will take place from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Shepherds Hall at Holy Name Church, which is located at 245 Prospect Park West. Last week, CB7 […]

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I had never been to Space Space, a residence/performance space at 390 Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood, when I went to see a friend, Paul Rome, read from his novel. The space is charming and welcoming, offering cheap spirits and only suggesting an entrance fee. The living room in the five-person residence could fit my apartment […]

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Here are some upcoming Brooklyn Community Board meetings, courtesy of a list compiled by the New York Daily News: Community Board 5 (East New York, Cypress Hills, Highland Park, New Lots, City Line and Starrett City) will hold its next board meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, at the board office at 127 […]

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The book, Brooklyn Storefronts, which has just been published, will be presented by its author, Paul Lacy, at the Brooklyn Public Library on Wednesday, March 26 at 7PM. An email says it’s “just 1 hour long = Totally do-able! and exponentially faster than wandering all over the Borough yourself, (though you may be inspired to […]

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Anyone that needs a fix of the Easter Bunny or Easter baskets this weekend can head to Piramide Restaurant on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. This is because the Easter Bunny will there on both Saturday (3/22) and Sunday (3/23) from 9AM-11AM. Mr. Bunny will greet the children (and presumably the adults) and “distribute free […]

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With this post, we welcome the contributions of Owen Roberts. His task is clear–to supply us with posts about whatever moves him: The crowd at the opening at Pierogi, on North 9 Street off Bedford Ave in Williamsburg last Friday night was consistent with expectations–older and very white–but the art was far from predictable. The […]

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Trying to figure out what to do over the next few days? Perhaps you need Dine in Brooklyn info? Or want four choices for Saturday night? An Easter Egg Hunt perhaps?–Brooklyn Based & About Brooklyn

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You’ve heard me mention Regina McBride’s amazing writing workshops, Inner Lives, Developing Characters. Some of the best writers I know take her workshops. That’s why Brooklyn Reading Works is presenting a reading of work from these workshops called Inner Lives Out Loud on Thursday March 27th at 8 pm at the Old Stone House. Fifth […]

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We got an email from Terry Corrao who has a new show on WLIW called “A Little Bit of Brooklyn.” The email says: Ito would like to welcome readers to tune into my new TV show, “A Little Bit of Brooklyn,” premiering this coming Saturday, March 22, 2008, on WLIW, Ch 21. The pilot will […]

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Yes, it’s time for the Egg-O-Rama in Prospect Park. It takes place on Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23, with an Egg Hunt hosted by WBLS on Saturday. Per an email from the Prospect Park Alliance: Which comes first, the bird or the egg? Which bird has the largest egg? Why are eggs different […]

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A panel about the Future of Coney Island, which we posted about a while back, will be taking place on Wednesday (3/19) at 6:30PM. Here’s a follow up email we got about it: Lynn Kelly, President of the CIDC, will present the latest proposal for the area and join a panel discussion moderated by Brad […]

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