At 7 PM on Thursday, Jan 29, Roger Rosenblatt, the New York Times best-selling author of "Making Toast" and "Kayak Morning", returns to the Dweck Center at the Brookyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, to talk about "The Book of Love", an exploration of love in all its moods and variations — romantic love, courtship, battle, mystery, marriage, heartbreak, fury, confusion, melancholy,
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Roger Rosenblatt on "The Book of Love" at BPL
Posted on 4:41 PM by ram
At 7 PM on Thursday, Jan 29, Roger Rosenblatt, the New York Times best-selling author of "Making Toast" and "Kayak Morning", returns to the Dweck Center at the Brookyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, to talk about "The Book of Love", an exploration of love in all its moods and variations — romantic love, courtship, battle, mystery, marriage, heartbreak, fury, confusion, melancholy,
Highlights from La Traviata at Trinity Lutheran Church
Posted on 3:47 PM by ram
At 7 PM on Saturday, February 7, Trinity Lutheran Church, at 9020 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge, will host the La Forza dell'Opera Company performing highlights from the Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata.
Admission is $20 at the door.
The event is the first of a four-concert series titled "Opera Highlights," with narration aimed at providing audiences a better understanding of both the opera and
Malliotakis Queing up Her Next Run?
Posted on 12:04 PM by ram
Staten Island Live reports that State Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis (R-64th AD) has changed her voting address from Rosebank to the western end of Bay Terrace.
The move keeps her in the same Assembly district, but moves her from State Senator Diane Savino's district into State Senator Andrew Lanza's.
Coming just after Richmond County District Attorney Dan Donovan beat her out as the
Who's Next?
Posted on 8:29 AM by ram
The Daily News reports that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s warning, after bagging Shelly Silver, that more corruption arrests are coming, has Albany very nervous.
Announcing Silver’s arrest on Thursday, Bharara commented that the prosecution goes to the "very core of what ails Albany: lack of transparency, lack of accountability and lack of principle — joined with overabundance of greed,
Friday, January 23, 2015
"Brooklyn for Sale: The Price of Gentrification" at BRIC House
Posted on 12:55 PM by ram
As the final event in its "Brooklyn in Transition" initiative, Brooklyn Independent Media (BRIC) will present "Brooklyn for Sale: The Price of Gentrification", a live-broadcast, town hall-style discussion, at 7 PM on January 28 at BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn.
This free, public panel discussion, hosted by BRIC senior producer Brian Vines, will delve into the complex
22nd Annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade
Posted on 12:26 PM by ram
The 22nd Annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade will kick off at 1 PM on Sunday, March 22 at Marine and 3rd Avenues, and will follow a route along 3rd Avenue to 67th Street.
Journal Ads are due on Wednesday, February 11; and the Parade's annual Dinner Dance is scheduled for Saturday, March 7.
In addition to its website, the parade now has a Facebook page.
For more information,
Prospect Heights Neighbors Raise Money for Bassam Awad's Family
Posted on 10:51 AM by ram
Two days ago, Bassam Awad, owner of the Haifa Deli at Flatbush and St. Marks Avenues in Prospect Heights, died in a fast-moving fire in an upstairs apartment that left his wife, his mother and two of his children -- one of them special needs -- hospitalized. Awad couldn't make it through the flames to the fire escape.
The massive fire started when Flatbush Hardware, located in a building
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Gentile: Brunt of MTA Fare/Toll Hikes Falls on New York City Commuters
Posted on 12:09 PM by ram
In a media release responding to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board's announcement yesterday that it has approved universal fare and toll hikes as of March 22, City Council Member Vinnie Gentile scored the MTA for using New Yorkers as "ATM machines."
On March 22, an MTA single fare card will go from $2.50 to $2.75; a weekly MetroCard will go from $30 to $31; and a monthly card
On March 22, an MTA single fare card will go from $2.50 to $2.75; a weekly MetroCard will go from $30 to $31; and a monthly card
Preet Bharara's Bold Move
Posted on 6:38 AM by ram
As the New York Times reports, Speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver was arrested today on federal corruption charges stemming from an investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office into his unreported income from a Manhattan law firm.
According to Brooklyn Magazine, the five-count complaint alleges that Silver took millions in bribes, kickbacks and "attorney referral
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
CAMBA Seeks Volunteers for Pop-up Shelters
Posted on 1:38 PM by ram
If you are caring, friendly and dependable and your New Year's resolution calls for giving back to the borough, Flatbush nonprofit CAMBA, at 1720 Church Avenue, is seeking volunteer staff for its Respite Bed Program, a system of small overnight adult shelters hosted by faith-and-community-based organizations in Brooklyn and Queens.
Each pop-up shelter provides a welcoming, home-like overnight
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Kamins Lands on His Feet
Posted on 7:39 PM by ram
The New York Law Journal reports that criminal defense firm Aidala and Bertuna, helmed by Bay Ridge criminal defense attorney and Fox News commentator Arthur Aidala, has added retired state Supreme Court justice Barry Kamins' name to the masthead.
Kamins is only one of a group of new attorneys at Aidala, Bertuna and Kamins, P.C., which is expanding into commercial and civil litigation, real
Pols Lobby the City for More Rainforest Hardwoods
Posted on 4:34 PM by ram
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, in a speech during climate talks in Bali in 2008, announced:
"New York, like many cities, uses tropical hardwoods -- in our case for...extensive beach boardwalks and...the walkway on the...Brooklyn Bridge... I've asked my Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to work to...present me, within the next 60 days, with a plan for reducing our
Free Narcan Training at McKinley JHS
Posted on 3:24 PM by ram
At 7 PM on Thursday, January 28, City Council Member Vinnie Gentile will host an important free training on the use of the emergency antidote Naloxone (Narcan), used to treat accidental overdoses of heroin and other opioids, at William McKinley J.H.S. at 7305 Fort Hamilton Parkway in Dyker Heights.
Those who attend will learn how to prevent an overdose and how to deliver a dose of Narcan, an
Monday, January 19, 2015
New Right of Way Law Underutilized
Posted on 10:21 PM by ram
Gothamist reports that the city's new "Right of Way Law" (Code 19-190), which took effect on August 31, 2014, has so far resulted in the misdemeanor arrests of just 12 drivers for the traffic violation most deadly to pedestrians: failure to yield.
All but two of the 12 cases were investigated by the NYPD's new Collision Investigation Squad, which gets involved only when the crash is serious or
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Jimmy Van Heusen Tribute at Hunter's
Posted on 10:10 AM by ram
From 7-10 on Thursday, January 22, vocalist Martin McQuade, accompanied by pianist Pete Sokolow, will toast legendary composer Jimmy Van Heusen, the favorite of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, at Hunter's Steak and Ale House, 9404 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge.
For more information, call Hunter's at 718- 238-8899.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Demolition-by-Neglect Trumps Landmarking at Former 68th Pct. House
Posted on 4:16 PM by ram
Former 68th Pct. Hse. (Nathan Kensinger photo)
With the landmarked former 68th Precinct House at 4th Avenue and 43rd Street in Sunset Park a fast-ripening demolition-by-neglect scenario, the Daily News reports that the city Landmarks Preservation Commission has again threatened to sue the building's owner, the nonprofit Brooklyn Chinese American Association.
When the organization bought
Friday, January 16, 2015
4th Annual Children's Choral and Arts Festival of Peace
Posted on 5:23 PM by ram
At 3 PM on January 31, Union Church of Bay Ridge, at 7915 Ridge Boulevard, will host the Annual Children's Choral and Arts Festival of Peace, a "children helping children" fundraiser for New York City's estimated 25,000 homeless youth and a recognition of youthful Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
Rooted in the universal appeal of singing and art-making, the Festival is a
DHS Recruiting Volunteers for Homeless Count
Posted on 10:49 AM by ram
The city Department of Homeless Services is recruiting 3,000 New Yorkers age 18 and older as volunteers to canvass parks, subways and other public spaces on January 26 as part of "HOPE 2015", the DHS annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate.
The count will be used to estimate the number of people who are living unsheltered in New York City.
To volunteer for HOPE 2015, click here.
O'Hara Files Motion to Vacate in Illegal Voting Case
Posted on 9:18 AM by ram
Legendary woman suffrage advocate Susan B. Anthony and attorney John O'Hara, a Bay Ridge native, share the absurd misfortune of having been the only two Americans ever criminally prosecuted for the act of voting.
Anthony was prosecuted for voting while female, and fined. O'Hara? Well, it was a lot more complicated, and frankly, the long, thickly-encrusted fact pattern would try the
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Art on the Corner Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Good Shepherd
Posted on 7:32 PM by ram
At 4 PM on February 7, local not-for-profit Art on the Corner will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a fundraising concert featuring returning favorite performers at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 7420 Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge.
The lineup will include cellist Mary Robb; pianist Keiko Asakawa-Golden; violist Eva Gerard; harmonica virtuoso Jiayi He; percussion ensemble ‘ensemble
Bay Ridge Democrats State of the Union Watch Party at Longbow
Posted on 2:46 PM by ram
At 8 PM on Tuesday, January 20, local Democratic club Bay Ridge Democrats will host its annual State of the Union Watch Party at Longbow Pub, at 7316 Third Avenue in Bay Ridge.
The community is invited to join the Club as President Obama delivers his 6th State of the Union Address. According to club president Justin Brannan, these parties are a budding local legend.
Flu Shots Now Mandatory for City's Young Children
Posted on 2:26 PM by ram
As of December 31, 2014, the New York City Department of Health, as authorized by the City Charter, required that all children enrolled in school, preschool or day care be vaccinated against influenza every year.
The new requirement is intended to reduce the rate of influenza infection among children under five years of age, who now account for as much as 40% of influenza infections.
Gentile Proposes $7.3 M for Bulletproof Vests
Posted on 11:24 AM by ram
A City Council Coalition that includes Council Member Vinnie Gentile and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito today proposed to allocate $7.3 million in the FY 2016 preliminary budget, with additional funding in coming years, for updated bulletproof vests for NYPD officers.
The funds will ensure, Gentile said, that NYPD can buy the most advanced, effective new technology, at a per-unit
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Study: Sea Level Rise Outpaces Predictions
Posted on 11:33 AM by ram
Climate change-driven level rise is washing away shorelines from Miami to Shanghai, and in cities like Jakarta, is aggravated by coastal subsidence -- or sinking.
A recently-released study by the journal "Nature" found that, in the last 20 years, sea level rise has outpaced scientific projections, and now threatens inhabitated coastal areas around the world.
Re-assessing readings from 600
Free Tax Prep at Marty Golden's Office
Posted on 10:02 AM by ram
From February 15 through April 13, State Senator Marty Golden will again host the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, offering free income tax preparation services to qualifying district residents.
According to Golden's office, your annual income must be under $30,000 a year to qualify for the free service.
Tax preparation is available by appointment only. Appointments are being
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Brecht, Weill and the Weimar Republic at Greenlight Bookstore
Posted on 3:35 PM by ram
At 7:30 PM on Wednesday, January 14, author Pamela Katz will read excerpts from her upcoming book "The Partnership", which portrays the tempestuous collaboration of renegade poet/playwright Bertolt Brecht and gifted composer Kurt Weill, at the Greenlight Bookstore, at 686 Fulton Street in Fort Greene.
Excerpts from the book will be interspersed with Brecht and Weill's signature songs,
NYC Football Club Signs Norwegian-American Mix Diskerud
Posted on 11:55 AM by ram
Mix Diskerud, Sporting Dir. Claudio Reyna
The upcoming, Bronx-based New York City Football Club, the City's first American Major League Soccer (MLS) team, has signed Norwegian-American USMNT midfielder Mix Diskerud on a free transfer.
The Club, which became the league's twentieth franchise in 2013, plays its first MLS season this year alongside Orlando City SC.
Based at Yankee
Monday, January 12, 2015
Lutheran Health Care Offers Expanded Pediatric Services in Brooklyn
Posted on 1:45 PM by ram
Through a new clinical partnership with NYU Langone Medical Center, now based in Cobble Hill, Sunset Park-based Lutheran HealthCare system is dramatically expanding its pediatric services and programs. As part of the expansion, Lutheran will begin offering pediatric specialty services at its Sunset Park campus and providing access to complex sub-specialty care at NYU Langone.
The new
Sunday, January 11, 2015
KCC Offers Free Crisis Intervention Training
Posted on 8:47 AM by ram
The Northeast Resiliency Consortium (NRC), partnered with the Office of Continuing Education at Kingsborough Community College, is offering free crisis intervention training to eligible health care workers in the following jobs:
CASAC (Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor);
EMT/Paramedic;
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant;
Certified Nursing Assistant; and
Community
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Brooklyn Preservation Council Meets
Posted on 3:53 PM by ram
Coat of Arms: The Maryland 400
The Brooklyn Preservation Council will meet at the Scotto Funeral Home, at 106 First Place in Carroll Gardens, on Wedesday, January 14 21 at 6:30 8 PM 6:30 PM.
On the meeting agenda are the Second Avenue Parole Center, the Sunset Park Historic District, the Carroll Gardens Landmarking, and the Marylander Memorial Park Plan, which has expanded to include at least
Domino's Hiring PT Delivery Drivers, Assistant Managers
Posted on 7:57 AM by ram
Through Sunday, January 11, pizza chain Domino’s is accepting applications for 500 part-time delivery drivers and 100 full-time assistant managers at 51 of its locations in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
You can apply online via this link: www.careers.dominos.com.
The 2015 Kindergarten Application Process
Posted on 7:36 AM by ram
The 2015 kindergarten application process for children born in 2010, which began on January 7, closes on February 13.
Placement offers will be distributed in early April and pre-registration at schools starts in April.
As last year, families have the option of applying online here via NYC.gov; over-the-phone by calling (718) 935-2400 between 8 AM and 6 PM Monday through Friday; or in-person
Friday, January 9, 2015
Cuban Vocal Sensation José “Pepito” Gómez at WMI
Posted on 4:51 PM by ram
At 8 PM on Saturday, February 7, World Music Institute, under the artistic direction of Par Neiburger, will open the 3rd season of its "World to Brooklyn" series with "Cuba to Brooklyn', a night with Cuban vocal sensation José “Pepito” Gómez, at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn.
"World to Brooklyn" is an exotic dance party with cocktails, DJ’s, dance teachers, and visiting
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Fastelavn at the Danish Athletic Club
Posted on 6:15 PM by ram
From 2-6 PM on Sunday, February 22, the Brooklyn Sons of Norway Lodge and the Scandinavian East Coast Museum will jointly host a celebration of Fastelavn (Danish Mardi Gras) at the Danish Athletic Club, at 735 65th Street in Bay Ridge.
Costumes are strongly encouraged. Play hit the barrel; sample delicious homemade Danish food, including Fastelavn boller (cream buns) for dessert; and join in
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Danish Chamber Choir at Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Posted on 6:21 PM by ram
At 7:30 PM on Saturday, January 17, the Scandinavian East Coast Museum will present an hour-long concert of choral music by the 20-member University of Southern Denmark Chamber Choir, conducted by Saul Zaks, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ovington and Fourth Avenues in Bay Ridge.
Admission is $15 at the door.
The Choir's wide-ranging repertoire spans multiple languages and musical traditions
Mobile Mammogram Clinic at Gentile's Office
Posted on 11:24 AM by ram
From 9 AM to 4:30 PM this Friday, January 9, City Council Member Vinnie Gentile and the American Italian Cancer Foundation will jointly host free mammography at the AICF mobile care clinic at Gentile's District Office, at 8018 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge.
The van will offer free digital mammograms and clinical breast exams to all women in the district ages 40 and older. There are no co-pays or
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Regina Opera's "Salute to Broadway" at OLPH
Posted on 4:07 PM by ram
Soprano Michelle Pretto
At 3 PM on Sunday February 1, the Regina Opera Company will present "Salute to Broadway", a 2-hour concert of Broadway show-stoppers and popular tunes featuring Regina Opera soloists, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help auditorium, 5902 6th Avenue in Sunset Park.
(N/R or B-9/B-63/B-70/B-11/B-64 to 59th Street.)
Featured soloists are: soprano Elana Gleason; soprano
Golden Endorses Donovan
Posted on 9:03 AM by ram
The Observer reports that Republican State Senator Marty Golden, passing over Nicole Malliotakis, the ambitious young Republican/Conservative many see as his protegee, has fallen in behind the Staten Island Republican Committee by endorsing Richmond County District Attorney Dan Donovan for Michael Grimm's now-vacant congressional seat in the 11th CD.
Noting that Donovan has held elected
Monday, January 5, 2015
Laura Nyro Tribute at the Old Stone House
Posted on 4:36 PM by ram
At 8 PM on Thursday, January 15, Brooklyn Reading Works will present: "New York Tendaberry: The Iconic Songs and Life of Laura Nyro", at the The Old Stone House, 336 Third Street in Park Slope. (F to Fourth Avenue/R to Union.)
Lauren Fox, Amy Burton, Ina May Wool, Janie Barrett, Don Cummings, Erika Amato, Nancy O. Graham, Jennifer Lewis Bennett, Tim Moore, and Debbie Deane will perform
State Senate Convenes Hearings on Police Safety
Posted on 2:18 PM by ram
Update:
On Wednesday, January 28 from 10AM to 2PM Golden will convene the first public hearing on police and public safety in the Senate Hearing Room on the 19th floor at 250 Broadway.
According to an email blast today from State Senator Marty Golden (R-22nd District), four Republican-chaired State Senate committees will convene joint public hearings on police safety this month, in the
Back to 1992?
Posted on 11:58 AM by ram
At 7:30 PM on Wednesday, January 21, Prospect Heights Democrats for Reform will host a neighborhood discussion of police-community relations at JACK, 505 1/2 Waverly Place (between Vanderbilt and Washington and Atlantic and Fulton) in Brooklyn.
It's been 22 years since the NYPD staged its last public protest against the Mayor of New York: a City Hall demonstration against David Dinkins, the
Sunday, January 4, 2015
The Moreland Commission's Posthumous Gift
Posted on 5:24 PM by ram
Koch-era appointee to the New York City Tax Commission Arthur Goldberg is one of the two principals in the lower Manhattan law firm of Goldberg and Iryami.
Since 2001, according to the New York Times, Goldberg and his firm have given Speaker Sheldon Silver, the 20-year ruler of the State Assembly, a total of $7,600, most recently, $1,800 in February, 2014.
Goldberg and Iryami is a tax
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Bay Ridge Democrats at the Bridgeview
Posted on 2:39 PM by ram
The Bay Ridge Democrats will host their first monthly meeting of the new year at 7:30 PM on Thursday, January 8 in the banquet room at the Bridgeview Diner, at 9011 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge.
Members and guests are welcome to order dinner, dessert and coffee during the meeting.
The meeting's "much to discuss" no doubt includes the expected special election to replace Congressional
"Women and Children First" at Good Shepherd
Posted on 12:30 PM by ram
At 3 PM on Saturday, January 24, The Park Slope Singers will present "Women and Children First," a light-hearted concert featuring traditional and contemporary songs about women and children, at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd at 7420 Fourth Avenue (@ 75th Street) in Bay Ridge.
Song selections include "Animal Crackers.,'' "Cluck Ol' Hen," "Nelly Bly," "Fair Phyllis," and the
Isn't This Illegal Now?
Posted on 12:03 PM by ram
Looking for a new home for your old electronics? Try this link.
Richmond County GOP Committee Anoints Donovan
Posted on 8:11 AM by ram
Days after disgraced Congressional Representative Michael Grimm surrendered his seat, Staten Island Republican Chair John Antoniello has publicly endorsed Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan as Grimm's replacement, citing Donovan's integrity and decades of public service.
In the run-up to the announcement, Antoniello and other GOP elected officials in Staten Island were thought to be
Friday, January 2, 2015
Grace Chorale Presents "Luminous Night" at Good Shepherd
Posted on 2:00 PM by ram
At 3 PM on Sunday, January 11, arts ministry Art on the Corner will host “Luminous Night”, the annual winter concert and local debut of Grace Chorale of Brooklyn, at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 7420 Fourth Avenue (@ 75th Street) in Bay Ridge.
The suggested donation is $10 per person.
The diverse program of choral music includes Ludwig van Beethoven's "Elegischer Gesang";
Nicole Malliotakis Addresses Brooklyn Young Republicans at Hunter's
Posted on 11:55 AM by ram
State Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis is guest speaker at the Brooklyn Young Republican Club's next meeting, from 12:30 to 2:30 PM on Sunday, January 18 at Hunter's Steak and Ale House, at 9904 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge. (Transportation: R to 95th Street; B8 or B63 to 95th Street; S79 and S53 to 92nd Street.)
Light refreshments will be served.
Malliotakis took the 60th AD seat by defeating
Thursday, January 1, 2015
After a Talk with Boehner, Grimm Resigns
Posted on 6:38 PM by ram
After pleading guilty on December 23 to one count of felony tax fraud, Congressional Representative Michael Grimm (R-11th CD) announced on Monday that he will step down from Congress as of January 5, the day before the next session begins, saying he didn't believe he could continue to be "100% effective."
Grimm's sentencing hearing is set for June 8. He faces up to three years in prison.
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Fight Night Round III: Pietro vs. DMD
Posted on 3:44 PM by ram
On Thursday, March 12, Pietro's Fight, a local charity founded by the parents of Pietro Scarso, a young boy battling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, will host "Fight Night! Round III" at the El Caribe Country Club, 5945 Strickland Avenue in Mill Basin.
The event begins at 7 PM with a cocktail hour, followed by dinner, an open bar, a DJ, raffles, and a silent auction.
Entertainment by the Star
"Police Families Matter" Benefit at No Quarter Tavern
Posted on 3:08 PM by ram
From 6 PM to 9 PM on Saturday, January 10, No Quarter Tavern, at 8015 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge, will host "Police Families Matter", a benefit for the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which is raising $275,000 to pay the mortgages of slain NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Raphael Ramos.
Admission at the door is $10, which entitles you to a free shot, food, raffles, and a 50/50. All
American Masters Profiles Sheepshead Native Ricky Jay
Posted on 11:46 AM by ram
Ricky Jay
The 29th season of PBS series American Masters launches at 9 PM on Friday, January 23 (check local listings) with the national premier of "Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice," the series' first profile of a magician.
The inimitable Ricky Jay, a Sheepshead Bay native who grew up the New York metro area, is regarded as one of the greatest conjurers in the world. He is also a best-selling
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