Here is some info about upcoming Brooklyn Community Board meetings for the rest of this week as well as next week from the list compiled by the Daily News: Community Board 4 (Bushwick) will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Feb. 20, at Hope Gardens Senior Citizens Center at 195 Linden St. […]

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Here is some info on the Winter Festival in Prospect Park that starts today and runs through Sunday, February 24. The Audobon Center at the Boathouse and Lefferts Historic House are open daily from 12 to 4 p.m. From Feb. 16-24 you can catch Winter Festival: Coming In From the Cold, 12 – 4 p.m […]

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Jonathan Bowles of the Center for an Urban Future sent us an email about an interesting panel the group will be co-sponsoring with the Brooklyn Economic Development Corp. at the Brooklyn Public Library on Wednesday, March 5. It’s called “Harnessing Brooklyn’s Creative Capital: The Impact of Self-Employed Creative Professionals on the Borough’s Economy.” It will […]

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Local filmmaker and poet Stepanie Gray is doing a reading poems from her book Heart Stoner Bingo at Vox Pop in Ditmas Park on Saturday (2/16) at 7PM. She emailed us to say that several of the poems she’ll be reading “are specifically about NYC and neighborhood themes/gentrification like Park Slope, East Village and Wburg/Bushwick.” […]

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If finding a place to live in Brooklyn isn’t dramatic enough for you, perhaps you will enjoy it as a drama. There’s a play called “Open House” that’s all about, well, real estate and open houses. “Now through March 16, The Foundry Theatre is making it possible for you to enter private living rooms in […]

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We’ve posted about this before, but the day of free admission at the Wollman Rink in Prospect Park is taking place on Friday (2/15) from 8:30AM-9PM. Admission is free all day and skate rentals are $6. From the email: Wollman Rink offers fun for all seasons, providing 26,600 square feet of ice for skaters in […]

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Fitting the Valentine’s Day theme, we got an email from Nicole Block, who’s a Brooklyn-based custom stationary designer. She wrote to let us know that she’s co-hosting a bridal event with Yvonne Chu of Kimera, the dress and design shop on Atlantic Ave: It is called the Stationery and Skirts Event, and it’snext weekend, the […]

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“How long has it been since you found the true love of your life? If it was at least 50 years ago, then you’re invited to Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s Valentine’s party.” The party honors Brooklyn couples who’ve been married a half century or longer. RSVP to 718-802-4488. The event starts at 2pm at […]

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There’s a meeting coming up at Borough Hall on Wednesday (2/13) that’s bill as an “informational and strategizing session on fighting back the school budget cuts.” Council Member Bill de Blasio is one of the sponsors. The session will take place from 6:30PM-8:00PM in the Borough Hall Hearing Room. The location is 209 Joaralemon Street […]

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The Boerum Hill Association is having a “Quality of Life Meeting” on Wednesday (2/13) at 7PM at the Belarusian church on Atlantic & Bond Streets. Topics and presentations will include: Crime – 84th Precinct Community Affairs Sanitation — Department of Sanitation Noise — Department of Environmental Protection Rats — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene […]

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With the big development at 340 Court Street about to enter the demolition phase, the Union-Sackett Block Association, which is keeping tabs on the controversial development, is having its next meeting on Saturday (2/9) at 11:30 AM. The meeting will take place at the Carroll Gardens Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, which is located […]

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Here’s an email that is making the round to promote a new “monthly lecture series” called Adult Ed that is “devoted to making useless knowledge somewhat less useless,” which is a cause we can always get behind, if not relate to. Per the email, “Each month is devoted to a given theme, and 4 speakers […]

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BCAT will be broadcasting the “State of the Borough Address” by Borough President Marty Markowitz on Thursday (2/7). It will air from 7PM-8:30PM on Time Warner Channel 56/ Cablevision Channel 69. Here’s a bit from BCAT: Don’t miss Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s final State of the Borough Address, live from the Brooklyn Cruise Ship […]

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“Chinese New Year 2008, the year of the Rat officially begins on February 7th, but since it’s a work day the real fun will be three days later” on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park where thousands watch the celebration. “The Brooklyn Chinese American Association that sponsors the annual Chinese New Year’s Celebrations on 8th Avenue […]

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The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is hosting a Lunar New Year’s celebration on Sunday (2/3) from 10AM-4:30PM. They write: Because plants are such an important element of a traditional Lunar New Year celebration, the Garden is the ideal setting to welcome 4705. Plants native to China, Korea, and Vietnam in Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s outstanding collections will […]

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Here is a long list of options for entertaining yourself on Super Bowl Weekend and beyond, including, but not limited to, possibilities for the game itself. There are sports bars (suprise!), art parties, live music and more.–Brooklyn Based

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The photo above is from Deborah Matlack, a local photographer who’s contributed some photos to GL in the past. Coney Island is among the places she photographs often, and some of her Coney pics are on display at the Patio Lounge in Park Slope through early March. Patio Lounge is s located at 179 Fifth […]

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There’s very cool series of film present by Spoke the Hub called “New York Matters” coming up at the Gowanus Arts Building, which is located at 295 Douglass Street between Third and Fourth Avenues. The films will be shown at 7:30 PM on the second Friday of every month. Here’s some wording about the series, […]

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Idiotarod 2008 is nothing but a (well-document) memory now, but we thought we’d round up some Idiotarod-related material (including our own) from the weekend, and toss up a few individual photos we shot as well. Enjoy: 2008 Idiotarod Insanity: The Photos [GL] 2008 Idiotarod Insanity: The Video [GL] Best of the Idiotarod [Gothamist] Idiotarod 2008 […]

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There’s an interesting session coming up on Monday, February 4, about environmental and remediation issues in Gowanus. It’s called New Voices on the Gowanus: Focus on the Public Place. It takes place at 6:30PM on 2/4 at the PS 58 Auditorium, which is located at 330 Smith Street (entrance on Carroll Street). Here’s an email […]

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Here are some photos we shot yesterday at the 2008 Idiotarod in Gowanus, at the Carroll Street Bridge, and in Red Hook, at Moonshine, which was the finish line. Related Posts:Idiotarod ’08 Has Taken Off [Gothamist]1,186 Idiotarod Tagged Photos So Far [flickr]NYC Idiotarod 2008 [Brit in Brooklyn]A Group of Idiots in Search of Idiotarod ’08 […]

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We caught some of the 2008 Idiotarod–that annual small-scale Halloween meets the Mermaid Parade, but with pimped shopping carts and a very long route–in Gowanus and Red Hook. Here’s our video of the race, as it leaves “Checkpoint Two” at The Yard, next to the Carroll Street Bridge in Gowanus and at the finish line, […]

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[Photo courtesy of TresspassersWill/flickr] Ah, the Idiotarod. The annual bizarre race through the streets of Brooklyn takes place tomorrow and, as usual, will be a blogger’s paradise and photographer’s delight. This year, Gothamist reports, there will be “pimped out shopping carts” starting from spots in Long Island City, Dumbo, Williamsburg and Greenpoint. (Last year, there […]

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The idea of residential parking permits in Brooklyn, which have been discussed from time to time, have gotten a further boost from the congestion pricing debate. There’s a forum coming up that is being sponsored by Council Member Letitia and David Yassky. Here’s an email we got about it: What do residential parking permits mean […]

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It’s probably just a sign of the times that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development has been sending out emails this week about the seminars it is holding about bedbugs. Complaints to 311 are skyrocketing, having doubled in the last 12 months. They are ten times what they were in 2003. Here’s the info […]

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