A Brooklyn woman found a dog and just happened to thrill two people: the upset owner and a Fort Greene cafe owner. The dog, which was lost on Sunday and found through Petlink, an online tracking database, is a 10 month-old Labrador-mastiff mix. Basquali, who only goes by one name, offered a reward for one [...]
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Mark Henegan offers a taste of his native South Africa in Fort Greene.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
After-school programs at PS 295 and PS 282 in Park Slope, along with the summer program at IS 113 in Fort Greene are being eliminated by the Department of Youth and Development as part of budget cuts across the city. A spokesman told the Brooklyn Paper that the programs are being continued only [...]
Friday, April 2, 2010
By Nate Rawlings Taj Mcintyre emigrated from Jamaica with a student visa. He was 21 when he left his family behind. He put himself through school and was a hard worker. There was one small incident where he was caught stealing from a clothing store. He was young, admitted his guilt, and attended classes in lieu [...]
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Landmark Preservation Commission is putting its foot down. In a sad day for Brooklyn Brownstones, the demolition of 348 Clermont Ave is underway today in Fort Greene, reports Brownstoner. The building was built in 1865, and is described by the New York Landmarks Conservancy as “a classic Italianate brownstone,” which put it on its [...]
Thursday, February 4, 2010
In 2010, we all have an opinion of the proposed Atlantic Yards Barclay’s Center, but how many people are aware that Brooklyn already had its own multi-venue sports and social center over a hundred years ago? Fort Greene was home to the Clermont Avenue Rink, one of the most important events places in late 19th [...]
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Fort Greene parishioner and jazz musician Carla Cook prepares a hearty meal in her studio apartment to feed the homeless at the Sacred Heart Men's Shelter.
Monday, December 7, 2009
The famed American Ballet Theater, which was once directed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, announced a five-year partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of Music last week. The troupe will premiere The Nutcracker on Dec. 23, 2010. Share
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
On Day 3 of a Brooklyn literary outlet's experiment in Twitter micro-publishing, the Ink speaks with author Rick Moody and publisher Andy Hunter of Electric Literature.
Monday, November 30, 2009
A literary anthology based out of Gold Street in Fort Greene, Electric Literature, began publishing a new short story by Rick Moody, renowned author of The Ice Storm, via Twitter today. Using its Twitter handle @ElectricLit the literary outlet announced the coming of “Rick Moody’s Microserialized Twitter Fiction Project,” which is titled ‘Some Contemporary Characters,’ and [...]
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