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 | Hip Hop Frontiers |
 Tuesday May 6th, 2008, 7 – 11:30pm
Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th Street,
Brooklyn
FREE
This is one part in a series of screenings (April 29 – May 9) presented by the 42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival. This screening will showcase two feature documentaries, each addressing a diverse and unique facet of the hip hop world.
Please visit www.brooklynartscouncil.org or email bac@brooklynartscouncil.org for more information.
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| BAC Cultural Walking Tours |
 On Saturday, May 17 from noon to 3:00p.m., BAC Folk Arts heads to Arab Bay Ridge to explore the thriving 5th Ave strip that includes Tarboosh Coffee House, Pyramids Jewelry, Diana Clothing, Princess (Amira) Music store, the Islamic Society of America Mosque and the Arab American Association. At certain stops along the way, we’ll be treated to brief performances by neighborhood music and dance artists. There will be plenty of time to explore, learn, eat, and shop! We are charging a nominal $15 fee that will cover food, sweets, coffee, tea, and other samples at various tour stops. To reserve your spot, visit www.brooklynartscouncil.org or email us at bac@brooklynartscouncil.org.
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| Sakura Matsuri : Cherry Blossom Festival |
Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4th, 10AM-6PM
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Rain or Shine
Featuring traditional Japanese music and dance, taiko drumming, martial arts demonstrations, bonsai pruning workshops, Japanese Manga art, tea ceremonies, and workshops for all ages, the 27th annual Sakura Matsuri festival has a new feature this year: the Sakura J-Lounge, featuring some of the country's hippest DJ's spinning Japanese pop sounds.
For full details, visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden website.
Directions to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Admission is free with Garden admission (adults $8, seniors and students $4, ages 12 and under, free) |
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| New Maps Feature |
New feature on our Neighborhood Map page: Google Street Views.
Click in the map and drag your mouse to pan around. Click on the arrows in the picture to "drive" down the street.
They haven't photographed that much of Brooklyn yet, mostly Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, Dumbo, Cobble Hill, Park Slope, etc.
If a street view is available for your selected location, a link will appear on the upper right side of the map that says View a Panographic Photo of this Location.
go to the map page
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| DINE IN BROOKLYN RESTAURANt WEEK 2008 |
It's time for Dine In Brooklyn - Restaurant Week again. This year the dates are March 24-31, 2008
Participating restaurants can be found HERE
Start making those reservations!
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| St. Patrick's Day Parade |
The 2008 Brooklyn St. Patrick's Day Parade will take place on Sunday, March 16th, 2008 at 1PM. The Parade runs between Prospect Park West and 15th Street, and runs down 15th Street to Seventh Avenue, along Seventh Avenue to Union Street, and then up Union Street back to Prospect Park West and back down to 15th Street.
For the rest of the day's schedule, click "read more" below.
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| Avoid Foreclosure and Predatory Lenders |
Brooklyn is one of the areas hardest hit by the foreclosure and mortgage crisis.
Senator Chuck Schumer and area churches have organized a series of free mortgage workshops where participants can learn more about the mortgage and foreclosure crisis, how to refinance, and how to spot and avoid predatory lenders.
For a list of workshop dates and locations, click "read more" below.
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| Brooklyn Native William D. Modell passes away |
Brooklyn native, sporting-goods magnate, and noted philanthropist William D. Modell passed away on February 14th at age 86.
Modell's is the oldest family-owned sporting goods company in America, having been started as a general store on Cortland Street in Lower Manhattan in 1889 by Morris Modell, William Modell's grandfather. Morris Modell was an immigrant from Hungary who supplied clothing for Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War and bought and sold surplus army clothing after the war.
After World War II, Modell's announced they would sell their entire stock of menswear exclusively to veterans, and also provided on-the-job training to veterans. When the chain opened their largest store in Brooklyn in 1946, the sales staff was comprised of company-trained veterans.
Modell's now operates 136 stores in eight states.
In 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Modell placed Robinson's image in company advertisements. Later, William Modell told Crain's New York Business: "As Jews, we knew what it meant to be outsiders. Nothing is more important than a sense of community and harmony."
Mr. Modell grew up in the Manhattan Beach section of Brooklyn, and was a founder of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America and Gilda's Club New York and Worldwide, and a patron of the Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
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| Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper |
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday, Feb. 5th @ 7:00pm
Bethlehem Lutheran Church – Bay Ridge
4th & Ovington Aves. Brooklyn
Join us for our annual pancake supper by calling 718-748-9502 to reserve your place. See you next Sunday @10:30am or check out our website (www.bethlehembayridge.org) to see what everyone is talking about.
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| File Your Taxes Online For Free |
| Lower-income Brooklynites have a variety of options for filing their taxes online for free. If your adjusted gross income (AGI) is $54,000 or less, you can use The Beehive, sponsored by One Economy Corporation. a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C.
If you have an AGI of $30,000 or less, OR you are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (with an AGI of up to $39,783) OR you served in active duty with the military in 2007 with an income of $54,000 or less, you can use TurboTax Freedom Edition online.
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For free in-person help in Brooklyn with your taxes, there are a variety of places you can go. FoodChange offers free tax prep assistance to low-wage New Yorkers with three locations in Brooklyn: Downtown, Bed-Stuy, and Sunset Park. |
For more options, click "read more" below.
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