BROOKLYN WEATHER: Sunny and cold. Snow flurries on Saturday. Maybe. More Brooklyn weather here.
CITY NEWS: Martha Stewart leaves prison today after a five month vacation stay.
_The Madrid bombing suspect is said to have had
pictures of Grand Central Station on his computer. But there is no
information about a specific plot to bomb Grand Central.
_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.
_A temporary art museum is to open at Pier 54 in Greenwich Village.
The Nomadic Museum is made up of 148 multi-colored shipping
containers. Inside is a multi-media exhibit by photographer, Gregory
Colbert.
_For those who don’t already know, a MTA fair hike went into effect last weekend.
The price of a $70 Metrocard rocketed up to $76. A weekly pass from
$21 to $24. The cost of a single ride remains: $2.00. Read all about it.
_A survey about the preferences of food deliverers featured in the
New York Time’s revealed that "New York’s delivery rules are pretty
basic:
Watch your dog. Have your money ready. Tip well, and do it in cash. And
wear your nicest boxers."
BROOKLYN BEAT: Jackie Robinson, former Brooklyn Dodger second
baseman and the first black player in Major League Baseball, was given a
posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor earlier in the week. Read all about it.
_Have you been wondering what that crazy/cool looking trapezoidal
structure on top of the building right next to the Manhattan Bridge
is? Well, you ain’t the only one. Dubbed the Jetsons building, it is
the work of a 32-year-old architect named Dedy Blaustein; a
rooftop addition to the building that houses the architecture firm
Scarano and Associates. And there’s even cool LED lighting with
thousands of color combinations. It’s Brooklyn’s answer to the Empire State
Building.
FRIDAY: Second Grade Art Show at Starbucks. Seventh Avenue between 1st and Garfield. Opening party from 5-6 p.m. Show will be up for all of March.
_"The End of the Moon." Laurie Anderson’s one woman with violin show at BAM. Tickets and Schedule here.
_The Wooster Group at St. Ann’s Warehouse performing "House/Lights." 8 p.m.
SATURDAY: Early morning get-together for dogs and their owners in Longs Meadow, Prospect Park. 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Free.
_Miriam Cohen, author of "No Good in Art" "Will I have a Friend?"
and "Down in the Subway" reads for kids and adults and answers
questions about writing at Freebird Books. 123 Columbia Street. 11 a.m.
Free
_First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum. The museum is free and open
until 11 p.m. There’s a one-act play about growing old in 1970’s
Brooklyn, short films, and "Weimar Cabaret" performed by members of the
Brooklyn Philarmonic. Dancing begins at 9 p.m. in the rotunda. Cha cha
cha. 200 Eastern Parkway.
_Dance Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. Fundraiser and dance party in Williamsburg at Galapagos Artspace. 70 North 6th Street. Between Kent and Wythe, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211.
TASTINGS: "Sideways" face down. Pinot Noir from Castle Rock in Monterey goes against Merlot from Waterstone in Carneros. Make up your mind which you like best. Saturday 3/5. Big Nose Full Body. 382 Seventh Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets. 4-6 p.m.
_And on Saturday 3/12: Pinot/Merlot face off Part Deux. From France, a Pinot Noir from Burgundy and a Merlot from Bordeaux. Same time, same place as above.
WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT: Design Sponge’s DIY
Contest, the best in do-it-yourself design. Design Sponge, who lives in
Williamsburg, knows ALL about great furniture, housewares, paper
products, graphic design, jewelry and MORE.
_Check out The Brooklyn Rail. Critical perpectives on arts, politics, and culture. Especially the piece by Patricial Spears Jones.
_Check out Daily Heights about life in Prospect Heights.
THIS SOUNDS COOL: The Fourth Annual Planet XX: Women in Music
in honor of Women’s History month. BAMcaf