The Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association is have a meeting on Thursday (3/20). Here’s a bit from an email: Find out the latest news from Atlantic Avenue Betterment Assoc. regarding Brooklyn Bridge Park – report on court hearing of appeal today Monday Brooklyn House of Detention ‘s future – a new vision for the site is […]

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If you’re into chamber music, here’s an opportunity to catch some today (3/16) when Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music present Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion at the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, 157 Montague Street at Clinton Street, Brooklyn Heights. It takes place at 4PM. Tickets are $20 at the door. […]

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Yes, it’s that time. The annual St. Patrick’s Parade will take place tomorrow (Sunday, 3/18) in Park Slope. It starts at 1PM. The Parade runs down 15th Street from Prospect Park West to Seventh Avenue and then along Seventh Ave to Union Street. It goes up Union Street to Prospect Park West and then down […]

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If you’re looking for something to do, we highly recommend this list of suggestions and info about things that are coming up over the next few weeks.–Brooklyn Based

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Want to see a “Band Organ Rally”? Sunday is your moment. Coney Island USA and the Lady Liberty Chapter of the Automated Musical Instrument Collectors’ Association are helping kick off the Coney Island season with its annual Band Organ Rally. It takes place on Sunday, March 16 from Noon to 4:30PM at Sideshows by the […]

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There’s a Purim Carnival coming up in Park Slope on Sunday, March 16 from 12:30-2:00PM. Here’s a bit from an email about it: Bring your kids to Park Slope Jewish Center’s incredible Purim Carnival on Sunday, March 16th, from 12:30–2:00 p.m., followed by a sing-along with the fabulously fun, Jody Prusan, for kids aged 2-6 […]

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As we’ve previously noted, there will be a forum tomorrow night (3/13) on Dept. of Education Budget cuts. A group called Friends of Bill de Blasio has sent out another big email blast today about the session to “bring together members of the community to strategize about stopping the Department Of Education (DOE) school budget […]

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Sunset Park is among the many, many Brooklyn neighborhoods up for a rezoning, and City Planning will be making a presentation of its Sunset Park rezoning study this month. The big day is Thursday, March 13, and the presentation is scheduled for 6:30 PM in the office of Community Board 7, which is located at […]

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Local writer Gabriel Cohen, who is a wonderful person and whose work we admire, is doing a reading and presentation tonight (3/11) at BookCourt in Cobble Hilll. He will be presenting the third book he’s published in the last year, Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky: The Buddhist Path through Divorce. It’s a very personal story […]

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There will be a craft fair outside John Jay High School on Seventh Ave. in Park Slope on Saturday, March 22, hosted by the Secondary School for Research PTA. It will take place from 10AM-4PM. The school is located in John Jay. Here’s what an email about them says, in part: The Secondary School for […]

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The trash cans at Coney Island will likely be more colorful again this year. There’s going to be a “Trash Barrel Design and Painting Contest” on the boardwalk on April 5. The Coney Island USA website has some brief information about it, calling it “Boardwalk Barrels of Fun!” It will happen on the Boardwalk at […]

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There’s a meeting coming up this week “to strategize about stopping the Department of Education (DOE) school budget cuts.” It’s on Thursday (3/13) and we got an email about it from “Friends of Bill de Blasio.” Here’s a bit from the email: I want to inform you about a meeting we are organizing on March […]

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The Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association is having its monthly general meeting tonight (3/10). The meeting will take place at 7:30PM at the St Mary Star of the Sea Residence, which is located on 1st Street between Hoyt and Bond. Among the topics that will be covered is the possible expansion of the Carroll Gardens Landmark […]

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PS 321 in Park Slope is having its annual Winter Carnival this Saturday (3/8). There will be games, prizes, face painting, food and entertainment. There are supposed to be pony rides if the weather is good, but the latter is not looking very promising. there is also rummage sale with children’s clothing, games, toys, books […]

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The Union-Sackett Block Association will be having a meeting on Saturday (3/8) at 11:30 AM. The meeting will take place at the Carroll Gardens Public Library, which is located at Clinton & Union Streets. There will be a review of an executive meeting with the Clarrett Group, which is building the controversial project at 340 […]

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There’s a panel discussion on “The Future of Coney Island” coming up at the Museum of the City of New York on Wednesday, March 19 at 6:30PM. We found it via the Historic Districts Council Newsstand and the Coney Island Message Board. Here’s a bit about it: Lynn Kelly, President of the CIDC, will present […]

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We got an email from Kim Maier, who runs the Old Stone House in JJ Byrne Park and has turned it into an active community facility for the arts and other programming about an upcoming Friday Night Jazz event on March 7 at 8PM. Here’s more: The Old Stone House of Brooklyn is the perfect […]

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The Gowanus Canal Community Development Corp. is sponsoring a home buyer’s expo tonight at PS 58 from 6:30PM-8:30PM. The location is at 330 Smith Street, with the entrance on Carroll Street. Topics include types of mortgages, legal issues, saving for a downpayment and finding a home within one’s budget. All are welcome.

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The ULURP Committee of Community Board 1 is meeting tonight (2/26). The meeting starts at 6:30PM and will take place at Lady of the Snow Society Inc. Facility, which is at 410 Graham Avenue (between Withers Street and Jackson Street). The agenda includes a request from St. Nick’s for a letter of support regarding the […]

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Somehow, it’s fitting that Lysistrata is being staged in Park Slope by the Gallery Players. We got an email about it yesterday. It will be running from March 15-30. Here’s a bit from the email: The Gallery Players, Brooklyn’s premier Off-Off Broadway theater, is proud to present the classic and sexy Lysistrata by Aristophanes and […]

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Earlier in the week, we noted the big book sale at Park Slope United Methodist Church this weekend, but we got another email from them about tomorrow’s continuation of the sale, so why not? Here’s what they have to say: We had so many books this year that we were only able to put a […]

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So, here’s an interesting sounding weekend “to do”: Pop Subversion: Food as Art? Ad Hoc Art Gallery and Wheeler’s Frozen Desserts are hosting an interactive food gala in Brooklyn on Sunday, February 24th at 1:30PM. The menu will include Platinum Patron margarita, Moet-Rose champagne, and Mojito sorbets as well as 5 other surprise flavors of […]

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There are any number of tickets one could score to watch or do things this weekend. How about watching the Miss Brooklyn Pageant? Or dropping $200 for the Oscar Party at Steiner Studios? (There’s a less expensive event at Monkey Town in Williamsburg if one is motivated). Coming up, there’s also the Speak Up! benefit […]

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We got an email from Park Slope United Methodist Church about their big annual book sale which is happening this weekend. Here’s the info: SATURDAY, Feb. 23 (8:30am to 4pm) SUNDAY, Feb. 24 (afternoon only – 1pm to 4pm) As always, there will be thousands of new & used books as well as DVDs, videos, […]

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We got an email from Heart of Brooklyn about Children’s Corner, which is described as “a kid-centric sanctuary in Prospect Park that includes Lefferts Historic House, the Prospect Park Carousel and Prospect Park Zoo” and includes the Brooklyn Public Library’s Kidsmobile. They’ll be hosting “Kids’ Sundays!” from 1-4pm on the first Sunday of every month. […]

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