The much loved Pop-Up Pool at Brooklyn Bridge Park will open Wednesday, June 27, for its final season. The new Squibb Park Pool won’t be completed by next summer, so the park will be without a swimming hole for a while.
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Donate Children’s Books to the 84th Precinct This Weekend
A message from Officer John Kenny: Patrol Borough Brooklyn North will be rolling out its new literacy initiative on Monday, June 25, 2018. Each precinct will dedicate a small area as a free children’s library. This library will be available to any child who wishes to read or keep these books as a way of promoting […]
Willowtown Fair This Saturday, May 19
The annual Willowtown Fair will take place on Saturday, May 19 on Willow Place (between Joralemon and State streets) from noon to 5:00 p.m. This year’s fair will include: food from Iris Cafe; live music by the Willowtown Bluegrass Band; face painters; a plant sale; a baked goods table; games (including a three legged race […]
P.S. 8 Middle School Responds to “Biased” NY Post Article
On Sunday May 6th, The New York Post ran an article by Sara Dorn and Susan Edelman featuring P.S. 8 parents who have chosen to send their children to a local charter school rather than M.S. 8. (The Robert Fulton School is a K-8 school). The detailed response was jointly signed by the PTA Executive Board and […]
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PS8 Student Art Premiers at Guggenheim Museum
From the “It’s never too late to report good news” files… On the evening of April 26th the Guggenheim held an opening reception for A Year of Children 2018, an annual exhibition featuring student work from the museum’s teaching artist’s residency program, Learning Through Art. Per the Guggenheim website, “the program sends experienced teaching artists into […]
Some Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Tomorrow (Saturday, May 5) Brooklyn Bridge Park will be host to a kite festival, to be held on Pier 1’s Harbor View Lawn from noon until 2:30 PM. Admission is free. BYOK, or buy or make one there. There’s more information here. (Photo by C. Scales from 2013 festival.) Alert reader Andrew Porter has compiled […]
PS8 Camp Expo This Saturday
The weather outside may be frightful but it’s once again time to register for summer camp! Parents are in luck because PS8 is holding their annual Camp Expo, this Saturday, March 3rd from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. PS 8 Gym, 37 Hicks St., Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201 – enter through Poplar Street. Click HERE For a […]
Grace Church WinterFair Saturday, February 3
This Saturday, February 3, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Grace Church, 254 Hicks Street (between Grace Court and Joralemon) will hold its annual WinterFair. On sale will be men’s, women’s, and kids’ clothing, books, CDs and DVDs, housewares, furniture, plants, toys, and other goods. There will be a luncheon and a kids’ cafe.
NYC Schools Open Tomorrow; Alternate Side Rules Suspended Through Saturday
Update: Alternate side rules are now suspended through Wednesday, January 10. New York City public schools are open tomorrow (Friday, January 4), including for all scheduled after-school activities. Packer, Brooklyn Friends, and Brooklyn Heights Montessori remain on regular Winter Break. We suspect St. Ann’s does, too, but they’ve yet to update their January calendar. Having […]
This Saturday, Shakespeare for Your Wee Bards
Do you have a budding thespian on your hands? Mary Frost of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports Child’s Play NY, an ensemble of classically trained actors and teaching artists “will perform a free performance of “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” on Dec. 2 in Brooklyn Heights at St. Francis College. The performance will be followed by […]
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