BROOKLYN WEATHER: In case you didn’t notice, it snowed last night. Windy and chilly. AND SUNNY. High temp: 40 degrees. More Brooklyn weather here.
CITY NEWS: FDNY allocates $1.4 million to increase diversity in the department.
_Landmark Commission to determine the fate of the interior, including the lobby and the Palm Court) of the Plaza Hotel. Good luck Eloise.
_Rockefeller Center to re-open observation deck, which has been closed for 19 years.
_Teacher’s Union warns of prolonged contract battle. Read about it in the Daily News.
BROOKLYN BEAT: Two former NYPD cops face extradition on mob activities. They were ordered Friday night back from Las Vegas to Brooklyn. Read all about it at Brooklyn Bomb Shelter
IT’S SATURDAY: PS
321’s WINTER CARNIVAL. 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 1st and 2nd Streets.
_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.
_BOLLYWOOD MOVIES suitable for kids and adults at the Brooklyn Museum!
_BAMkids Film Festival. Today and tomorrow. See Hand-Picked below.
_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.
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: 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.
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.
HEAR/SAY: "I wanted to be sitting with her in Brooklyn. Dear would be there. She
would pull shut the blackout curtains. I would tell them how the war
would end and no bombs would ever fall on Brooklyn. I would sit beside
her and listen to Frank Sinatra. I would call him "the Voice." Richard McCann. From his story "Shelters" featured in Ploughshares (pshares.org).