BROOKLYN WEATHER: Rain, even some snow later. Dang. What happened to that phoney spring?
BIG NEWS: Prince Charles to marry his longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles. Read what the British are saying here!
LOCAL BEAT: Yesterday, on Ash Wednesday, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn announced the biggest round of school closings of Catholic schools in the history of the city’s Catholic education system. Read more about it here.
ALERT: Kids wearing I-pods are getting mugged at knifepoint in front of MS 51. WORD TO THE WISE: Take off the I-Pods!
DAILY DISC: The Incredible String Band, Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (Electra)
BLOG TIPS: Check out this literary magazine. The senior editor lives in Brooklyn.
GOOD EATIN’: Try the newest addition to the Blue Ribbon empire: Blue Ribbon Knish. 276 Fifth Avenue (between 1st Street & Garfield Place)
(718( 840-0404.
THIS SOUNDS COOL: The New Museum of Contemporary Art presents: East Village USA, a retrospective of that "renegade art scene that flourished in the East Village in the 1980’s. Covering the stylistic gamut from grafitti art to punk expressionism to new geo and appropriation. 526 West 22nd Street. Through March 19th.
TODAY: Emily Roboteau, author of the novel "The Professor’s Daughter," reads at The Community Bookstore. 2/10, 7:30. Seventh Avenue between Garfield and President.
HEADS UP: Rod Rogers Dance Company in a Free Fridays program at PS 321 perform work inspired by Duke Ellington, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Harriet Tubman.
DON’T FORGET: Learn about the 52 new small high schools opening in September at the New Schools Information Fair. 2/12 – 2/13. The Brooklyn High School for the Arts. Dean Street. 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
HEAR/SAY: "There was a sense of the future, of coming up in the world. We lived on the 10th floor, and we felt our view was getting larger.
We could even see a piece of the ocean." Donald Marguiles, author of the new play "Brooklyn Boy," on growing up in a 23-story apartment building in Coney Island.
HEAR/SAY 2: "There are no official opening events. There are no invitations. There are no tickets. This work of art is FREE for all to enjoy." Christo and Jeanne Claude
The gates will be unfurled on Saturday February 12th. Join the crowds.
This is the first reference I’ve seen on a blog from NYC to The Gates. Presumably everyone else is playing “big-city blas
Geez, you’re really dating yourself with the reference to The Incredible String Band- I still remember being fascinated by the cover of that album. Great music. would love to hear it again. Thanks for the reminder. Are they experiencing a comeback? Check out the Loretta Lynn adn Jack White collaboration. He’s singlehandedly revitalized her career… great news.
enjoyed the photo of that tween. who is he? He’s kind of cute…
Missed a photo today. Otherwise, great tips, ideas, updates, etc. Apparently, kids all over the country are having their ipods stolen right out of their ears. Terrible.