SCOOP DU JOUR_Weather. News. Events.
BROOKLYN WEATHER: Sunshine along with a few clouds. Could be snow flurries later. Temperature around 42 degrees. . More Brooklyn weather here.
CITY NEWS: Hundreds of life-saving defibrillators will be installed in public places across the city. The City Council approved a bill yesterday that would bring the devices to places such as borough hall in Kew Gardens, court houses across the city, train terminals, subway stations, museums and parks. The city will spend about $1 million to place them in public places. Read all about it.
BROOKLYN BEAT: PARK SLOPE RESIDENT, SUSAN SOMMERS, the lead
lawyer for the Lambda Legal’s landmark litigation to secure the right
for same-sex couples to marry in New York City is featured in Tuesday’s Private Lives column in the New York Times: "I do sort of travel through life assuming that people think I’m a
lesbian, and I don’t go out of my way to correct them; it really is a
part of my identity," she says, taking a breather in her cluttered
office downtown at Lambda. She joined the organization five years ago
after dropping off the corporate fast track to have her third child and
spend more time at home in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Though after a few
years of 24/7 domestic duty, she says, "I did kind of feel like I was
falling off the face of the planet."
_RENOVATION TO BEGIN SOON on the Park Slope Armory, which is being
turned into an indoor sports center. Located at 8th between 14th and
15th streets, the renovated armory will house a community-use sports
and education facility, as well as a women’s shelter. A non-profit
organization called Take the Field Take, will be contributing $2
million for the renovations. The Mayor and the City Council have each
committed $6 million and the Borough President’s Office has committed
$2 million to the project
_Acceptance/rejection letters from special high schools (Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech, LaGuardia arrive today. Fun.
_PUBLIC SCHOOL MID-WINTER RECESS is 2/20 – 2/25. Start making those playdates and plans!
THURSDAY : Writing and Publishing the Novel. Thursday, February 17th, 2005, 6:30-9:30PM. In the writing lab of 826NYC Moderated by:Dave Eggers, author of You Shall Know Our Velocity! and A Heartbreaking
Work of Staggering Genius. Panelists include: Jonathan Lethem, author of The Fortress of Solitude Morgan Entrekin, president and publisher of Grove/AtlanticAnn Rittenberg, Ann Rittenberg literary agency. To reserve your place, please call 718.499.9884 or stop
by the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. But hurry —
it’s filling up fast.
THIS SOUNDS COOL: StoryCorps, is a
national initiative to instruct and inspire Americans to collect one
another’s stories in sound. Over the next few years, StoryCorps will be
opening small recording studios, called StoryBooths, in public
spaces across the country. The first is in Grand Central Terminal.
Here, trained facilitators will help you record your interview with
your loved ones. After your interview, you’ll receive a CD copy of your
session to take home. With your permission, StoryCorps will add your
story to the StoryCorps archive, creating an oral history of
America. At Grand Central Terminal, the StoryCorps booth is located in
the Graybar Passage, off Lexington Avenue. Mondays-Wednesday and
Fridays: 10:30am to 7:30pm. Thursdays: 3:30-7:30pm: Saturdays and
Sundays: 11:30am-5:30pm. An hour-long StoryBooth recording session
costs $10. Reservations are required. Call (212) 941-8553 between
10:30am and 5:30pm or reserve online. Check out the StoryCorps website. Information is also available by phone at (212) 941-8516
_Laurie Anderson performs her one woman with
violin show, "The Song of the Moon" at BAM 2/22 – 3/1. "Anderson
weaves stories, music, songs, and words into epic portraits of American
culture." Get your tickets here.
_The Wooster Group at Art at St. Anns "House/Lights" from Gertrude Steins, "Dr. Faustus." 38 Water Street. Weekends through 4/20. 38 Water Street. DUMBO.
_ The Moonlighters, Hawaiian steel guitar swing. Barbes. 276 Ninth Street at Sixth Avenue. 2/18. 10 p.m
FOR THE BIRDS: Great Backyard Bird Count at the Prospect Park Audubon Center. 2/19 at noon. Enter park at Lincoln and Ocean Avenue. Free.
NEW SNEAKERS: Registration for the Brooklyn Half-marathon on March 19th is now open.
_The 10th Annual Cherry Tree 10-mile
race is on Saturday February 19th at 10 a.m. To register stop by Slope
Sports. Seventh Avenue between Berkeley and St. Johns.
HERE/SAY: "It is a miracle that New York works at all. The whole thing is implausible." -E.B. White in Here Is New York
