Brooklyn Reading Works presents SIDE STREET, a staged reading (with actors) of a play by Park Slope’s Rosemary Moore directed by Ian Morgan of the New Group. A woman discovers that her dead mother has been living in a studio apartment on the Upper East Side for the last 30 years. And she’s still the … Continue reading TOMORROW NIGHT: SIDE STREET BY ROSEMARY MOORE
Barbara Ensor, author of Cinderella (As If You Didn’t Already Know the Story) is impressive with paper and scissors. She will make a custom silhouette for you of anyone you want. She is also selling gorgeous ready made silhouettes at Brooklyn Mercantile. Interested? email Barbara at barbara(at)barbaraensor(dot)com
I got this yesterday from a Park Sloper parent, who’s child is in remission from neuroblastoma. She is part of a volunteer effort called, Cookies for Cancer, to raise money for the development of a desperately needed new treatment. Organized by the Sloan-Kettering Neuroblastoma families, they are selling homemade gourmet holiday cookies (recipe from the … Continue reading COOKIES FOR CANCER: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO FIGHT NEUROBLASTOMA
Diaper Diva was fit to be tied. We stopped for lunch at the Clam Bar on the Montauk Highway. I noticed it first: note on the menu blackboard and in the menu as well that said: A condition of service at the Clam Bar: all children must stay in their seats.” Frankly, it made sense … Continue reading CHILD UNFRIENDLY IN THE HAMPTOMS
I just read on Design Sponge, that Rena Tom, a Park Slope shopkeeper and blogger is opening a San Francisco branch of her lovely Seventh Avenue shop, Rare Device. From the sounds of it, she’s moving to San Francisco but will be heading back east to Brooklyn frequently to check on her shop. Grace Bonney … Continue reading RENA TOM OF PARK SLOPE’S RARE DEVICE OPENING BRANCH IN SAN FRANCISCO
Hepcat and I used to watch Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow Show, which was replaced by Dave Letterman’s “The Late Show” on WNBC back in the 1980’s. Tom Shales has a nice piece about Snyder in today’s Washington Post with this quote from a CBS colleague. “The big man is gone,” said CBS News Vice President Steve … Continue reading TOM SNYDER IS DEAD
Small tomatoes are growing in OSFO’s garden, which is just a large plastic terra cotta colored window box in the front yard. She planted them about two months ago and we finally have a harvest. A baby sitter, who works in this building, donated roots of thyme leaves, as well. The flower pots are filled … Continue reading A TOMATO GROWS IN OSFO’S GARDEN
WHO: Council Members Bill de Blasio, Simcha Felder, and Domenic Recchia; Community Activists, ORGANIZATIONS WHAT: Rally to Support Petition to Restore Express Service on Brooklyn’s F line WHEN: 2 pm, Thursday, June 28, 2007 WHERE: Church Avenue Station; Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, New York—Council Members Bill de Blasio (D-Park Slope, Carroll … Continue reading F-TRAIN RALLY TOMORROW: CHURCH AVENUE STATION
Word is spreading. Tomorrow is the day. June 23rd: day or night; on your stoop or sidewalk. The essence of Stoopendous is making connections big and small between yourself and your nighbors. Between yourself and your community. Between yourself and the solar system. Micro. Macro. Light a candle. Blow a kazoo. Invite some neighbors over … Continue reading THE DAILY STOOPENDOUS: TOMORROW
BRINGING TOMORROW is an amazing five-day, fast and furious theatre workshop created by, for and about teens, led by theatre professionals, and ending with a performance by the teens of the unique theatre piece they’ve created. If you’re considering having your child participate, or if you know kids who might be interested, here are … Continue reading BRINGING TOMORROW: FIVE DAY THEATER WORKSHOP FOR TEENS
This from Kensington Blog: We’re pretty happy about the press our local peeping Tom has received. Because of the post done here both channel 9 news and Courier Life (June 8th print edition) have completed stories on the "Tom". We think its great that the word has gotten out and hope the guy gets caught! … Continue reading NUDE PEEPING TOM: KENSINGTON BLOG SPREADING THE WORD
MAY 19th IS: IT’S MY PARK DAY IN JJ BYRNE PARK On Saturday May, 19th at 1 p.m. Old Stone House celebrates ten years of great programming with a free concert by Tom Chapin you won’t want to miss. Bring the whole family. Adult albums and kids’ albums, contemporary folk and pop, Tom Chapin’s music … Continue reading TOM CHAPIN AT THE OLD STONE HOUSE
The Brooklyn Blogfest. is TOMORROW: Thursday, May 10th at 8 p.m. IMPORTANT NOTE: Only 110 people can fit in the Old Stone House. A seat will be held for everyone who has RSVPed until 8:05. Your name will be on the list at the door. After that, we will let everyone in until we … Continue reading TOMORROW: THE BROOKLYN BLOGFEST
If you really want to convince someone to stop smoking, check out what the The NYC Health Department is doing. You can send your friends an audio/email of Ronaldo, the trachiotomy guy featured in NYC Dept. of Health anti-smoking ads on television. "Smoking gave me throat cancer at 39. Now I breathe through a hole … Continue reading WANNA STOP SMOKING: LISTEN TO THE TRACHIOTOMY GUY
Infromation and quotes from Yahoo News: As a big JetBlue booster, I am shocked and upset about their hideous performance this past week. I see they are attempting damage control. Wonder if they can really turn this around .Jet Blue was the airline that made it possible for me to fly weeks after 9/11. It’s … Continue reading JETBLUE: CUSTOMER BILL OF RIGHTS
THIS FROM NEW YORK 1: With midterm elections tomorrow, it looks more and more like it’s going to be a big day for Democrats both in New York State and nationwide. Democrats are trying to take control of the House and Senate. Candidates on both sides of the aisle around the state and the nation … Continue reading TOMORROW’S THE BIG DAY: VOTE
The US population is set to hit the 300 Million mark tomorrow at 7:46 a.m. Here’s the story from the New York Daily News. No one, of course, knows for certain who that baby will be, but all eyes will be on the clock in New York delivery rooms. "There will be an extra sentiment … Continue reading US POPULATION SET TO HIT 300 MILLION TOMORROW
Williamsburg’s Elizabeth Streb is in the big city Friday and Saturday night as part of the Lincoln Center Festival. Streb’s work combines gymnastics, acrobatics, athletics and dance. The company performs regularly at “Streb Slams,” held in her workshop space, the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics, in Williamsburg. John Rockwell in the New York Times thinks … Continue reading WILLIAMSBURG DANCE TROUPE AT LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
On Friday, February 13 at 7, come upstairs at the Park Slope Food Coop for an entertaining evening of short pieces by Tomas Rayfiel and Susan O’Neill. The night is free and non-members are always welcome. Refreshments will be served. Rayfiel will be reading his The Three Penny Review “Table Talk” pieces, super-short essays on varying subjects, … Continue reading Friday, Feb 13 at 7PM: Short Pieces for Long Nights at PS Coop
The Park Slope 100 is something I started in 2006. It is now a collaboration with Park Slope Stoop. I want to thank Mary Bakja for helping me continue this great tradition, which tells a nice story about our neighborhood. Kind of an archive of what goes on around here. I had fun coming up … Continue reading 2014 Park Slope 100
With a name like Two Moon Cafe and Art House, it was easy to think of cafe owners Joyce Pisarello and Danielle Mazzeo as two beautiful moons illuminating a lonely stretch of Fourth Avenue to create a cafe and arts space that would inspire community and connection. To say that they suceeded would be a vast understatement. … Continue reading Goodbye Two Moon: We Will Miss You
Today’s the day. The Modern Chemist, Park Slope’s contemporary bespoke pharmacy, opens at its brand new location on Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street. Pharmacists/owners Carlos Urriola and Par Vora with partner Juliana Porotsky will be on hand all day to introduce locals to their beautiful new shop and their personalized, one-on-one approach to healthcare. “It … Continue reading Grand Opening Celebration of The Modern Chemist Today at Noon
On Wednesday my sister called to say that Rabbi Andy Bachman would be resigning his post at Congregation Beth Elohim in 2015. As a member of the synagogue, she’d received an email from the President of the congregation. I told her to send me the email. Then I realized that in this day and … Continue reading Rabbi Andy Bachman’s Decision to Leave Park Slope Pulpit
Here it is: The 2013 Park Slope 100, the seventh annual alphabetical list of 100 people, places and things that make Park Slope a special place to live. 100 Stories, 100 ways of looking at the world. This year we had help from OTBKB readers, Facebook friends, and our colleagues at Park Slope Stoop, who will be … Continue reading The 2013 Park Slope 100
Just days before the first anniversary of the Newtown school shooting on December 14th, a group of clergy including Rabbi Andy Bachman of Congregation Beth Elohim (pictured above) and Minister Donna Schaper of Judson Memorial Church, took part in a solemn vigil outside Cerberus, an investment firm that profits from the sale of military style assault … Continue reading Local Clergy Demand that Cerberus Divest from Gun Manufacturer
Some of you may remember the inaugural Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair last year at The Old Stone House (organized by Honey & Wax Booksellers). In the afternoon, Pete Hamill read the great O’Henry story “The Gift of the Magi” and one of his own from “A Christmas in Brooklyn.” On December 7th from 11AM until … Continue reading Dec 7: Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair with Paul Auster Reading “Auggie Wren”
I received this note from the owners of Dalaga, a lovely shop in Greenpoint owned by two Filipino sisters. There is an event at Jeepny tonight. But Dalaga will be accepting donations in the coming days. Dalaga: 150 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, (718) 389-4049 Dearest Dalagas, As some of you know, my sister and I are Filipino … Continue reading Help Dalaga Help the Phillipines
This was originally published in the Brooklyn Paper in 2007: Saturday night, Smartmom, Hepcat, and OSFO found themselves at Two Boots, Park Slope’s beloved Cajun pizzeria known for its tolerance of unruly children. For a frigid January night, the restaurant was moderately crowded and the maitre d’ told them it would be three minutes until … Continue reading A Trip Through Time at Two Boots in Park Slope
On October 22 at 7PM at KGB Bar, three successful writers who give back by teaching workshops through the New York Writers Coalition, will be reading from their recently published works. The special workshops they teach are for at-risk and disconnected youth, the homeless and formerly homeless, the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated, war veterans, people … Continue reading Oct 22 at 7PM: Literary Heroes of New York at KGB Bar
Here’s a big shout out to Park Slope’s Chris Hennessy, who has Multiple Sclerosis. This weekend he will be riding his bike along with nearly 5,000 people from the tri-state area, up to 100 miles to raise money for support programs, services and research sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This year for the … Continue reading Park Slope’s Chris Hennessy: I Ride with MS