BROOKLYN WEATHER: Passing rain. High 41 degrees
CITY NEWS: Bill Clinton is recuperating from surgery to remove fluid and scar tissue, complications from his quadruple bypass operation six months ago. Read all about it in The Daily News.
_Teacher’s Union warns of prolonged contract battle.Read about it in the Daily News.
BROOKLYN BEAT: Jury convicts two Brooklyn men of funding Palestinean terror group. This and more Brooklyn news at the New York 1 web site.
IT’S FRIDAY: SLEEP AT THE AQUARIUM. Kids 6 – 12, and one parent are invited to spend the night with the
fish at the NY Aquarium (in Coney Island). $145. 7 p.m. until 10 a.m.
Saturday. West Eighth Street and Surf Avenue. (718) 265 – FISH.
CARNIVALE: PS 321’s WINTER CARNIVAL is on Saturday! Games for the kids and amazing craft projects. Hair braiding, great food and MORE. The kids’ll love it and so will you until the noise level hurts. Seventh Avenue between 2nd and 1st Street.
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: This Saturday afternoon: BOLLYWOOD MOVIES suitable for kids and adults at the Brooklyn Musuem!
_DAN ZANES sings sea shantys, Carl Sandburg poems and more at the Kane Street Synogogue. Sunday March 13. 3 p.m.Go here for information about Dan Zanes and info about the show.
_MAKING BROOKLYN BLOOM 2005. Saturday March 12th: Brooklyn GreenBridge’s 24th annual community spring gardneing kick-off day. Workshops, displays, and notable speakers. Learn Practical tips. Free and no registration required. But you must arrive by 10 a.m. at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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. From France, a
Pinot Noir from Burgundy and a Merlot from Bordeaux. 382 Seventh Avenue. 4 – 6 p.m. Saturday March 12th. "
HEAR/SAY: "I believe in music as a shared family experience. Not that kids have
their music and adults theirs. I hope to inspire people to go out and
make their own music. It’s easy, it’s fun, and we can all do it
together.