BROOKLYN WEATHER: Chilly. Clouds and sun. High temp is 36 degrees
CITY NEWS: New York City’s 311 Information Hotline celebrates it second anniversary. Since it began in 2003, the hotline has received 18 million calls. The most popular topics include heat and hot water complaints.
_It appears that the knitted poncho that Marthat Stewart wore as she left prison on Friday is all the rage. "There is so much demand for that poncho. Everyone wants to make it," says "Stitch and Bitch" author, Debbie Stoller. The poncho was a going away present from a fellow inmate who knits 12 hours a day. She told Martha: "Wear it in good health." This and more city news is in the Daily News.
BROOKLYN BEAT: Drunk driver hits crowd at school. A man charged with drunk driving after he plowed into a group of people outside PS 10 in Park Slope Tuesday morning, police said. A mother, her son and two other children were injured in the accident, just before 9 a.m. Witnesses say the driver, Jose Gonzalez was trying to pull out of a parking space when he backed into the small group. None of the injuries is considered serious. This and more Brooklyn news at Brooklyn Bomb Shelter.
IT’S THURSDAY: Tonight: "Eat Drink and Be Literary:"
Dinner and a Reading at the BAM Cafe. Author Walter Mosley and moderator
Wendy Wasserstein. $38. includes dinner and wine. 6:30 p.m. 30
Lafayette Avenue (718) 636-4100. It may be sold out. But please check the box office.
CLEAN YOUR CLOSETS FOR A GOOD CAUSE: Comb your closets and
toy bins for the PS 321 Winter Carnival rummage Sale. Children’s
clothing, toys, games — must be in good condition. Collection bins
will be in the main lobby at PS 321 beginning Monday 3/7.
WORTH TAKING A LOOK: The second grade art show at Starbucks. Seventh Avenue between 1st and
Garfield Place. The children’s Romare Bearden-esque cityscape collages
will be up all month.
THIS SOUNDS COOL: The New York Public Library has opened a digital gallery of images.
Check it out: the NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000
images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the
collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated
manuscripts, historical maps,
vintage posters,
rare prints and
photographs,
illustrated books,
printed ephemera, and more.
NEW SNEAKERS: Jack Rabbit’s beginner and intermediate running
workshops are starting up in March. Great coaches, great people, great
motivation: the course will, without
a doubt, improve your running. Think about it. See Brooklyn Fitness on
the side panel.
Slope Sports sponsors a
weekly group run on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. Meet at the Grand Army
Plaza entrance of Prospect Park. They will be running the
Bridge-to-Bridge Run, which goes over the Brooklyn Bride to Chinatown.
And back to Brooklyn by way of the Manhatttan Bridge. This scenic route
is approximately 9-10 miles
Registration for the Brooklyn Half-marathon on March 19th is now open.
TASTINGS: At the South Slope’s Big Nose Full Body wine shop: a Pinot/Merlot face off Part Deux. From France, a
Pinot Noir from Burgundy and a Merlot from Bordeaux. 382 Seventh Avenue. 4 – 6 p.m. Saturday March 12th.
HEAR/SAY: "Business wasn’t brisk, but it paid the rent and utilities. And
all day long I could do the thing I loved best