PLG Arts Presents: "Daydream" -A Fun Kiddie Version of Shakespeare in the Park!

Looking to have a little fun with the kiddies? PLG Arts (Prospect Lefferts Gardens Arts) has just the thing! Attending the group's annual FREE production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream entitled Daydream is a really enjoyable way to spend a summer afternoon! I was fortunate enough to attend the opening performance this past Saturday expecting only to catch a little puppet performance. I was pleasantly surprised by perrformance as well as the post-performance activities. The kids were engaged from the first line of the script until the end of the post-performance activities.

The cast graciously posed for a pigeon photo session

Remaining Performance Dates: 7/5, 7/6, 7/12, 7/13, 7/19, 7/20
Time: Saturdays at 11 a.m. & Sundays at 3 p.m.
Location: Imagination Playground (Q or S train to Prospect Park, exit to Lincoln Road. Enter the park from Ocean Avenue between Lincoln Road & Parkside Avenue)
Admission: Free! Including post-show activities for children, no reservation required, seating is on the ground.

Cast Members: Amy Chang, Laura Frenzer, Sean Kenin*, Lynda Kennedy*, T. Scott Lilly*,Siobhan O'Neill, Orlando Powers (*Actors appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.)

Daydream 2008 funded in part with a grant from the office of State Senator Eric Adams. Post-show children's activity funded with a New Yorkers for Better Neighborhoods award from the Citizens Committee for New York City.

Here's a sample of the post-performance fun including puppet making and bubble extravaganza.

Future post-performance activities are scheduled as follows:

Sat. 7/5 11:00 PUPPET-making

Sun.7/6 3:00 DANCE/FACE PAINTING

Sat. 7/12 11:00 DRUMMING

Sun 7/13 3:00 SCULPTURE (with special quest Otto Neals, sculptor of the Peter and Willie Statue)

Sat 7/19 - 11:00 DRUMMING (with Leslie Ward)

Sun. 7/20 - 3:00 MAGICAL FLOWER DRAWING (with special guest Lydia Romero, set designer for the show)

A great day in the park!

Flatbush Comedy Shows!

Crystal's Bar and Lounge 1458 Flatbush Avenue (btwn Glenwood and Farragut) is hosting a comedy show with the hottest comics around every Wednesday night. Doors open at 6PM, dinner is available, showtime is 9 PM. Crystal's back yard garden is open every night for drinks, dinner and socializing with friends.

For more info call: (718) 859-2141

http://www.crystalsbar.com

Old Stone House Outdoor Summer Events

Old Stone House Outdoor Events!
Join us in July for FREE Outdoor Programming in JJ Byrne Park: Music! Film! Theatre! Dance!

Old Stone House of Brooklyn
www.theoldstonehouse.org
336 3rd St
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Sunday, June 22
Zeemeeuwsic III

Eclectic Concerts Upstairs at OSH
Robert Secrist/Classical Guitar
Jane Byaela/Poetry & Music for voice and guitar
2 pm. $10. Drinks and Erica's Rugelach!

**Ok. So, this one is indoors.

Summer Concerts Outdoors OSH!
Tuesdays in July!
Opening Night : Opera on Tap
Sponsored by The Gate
Tuesday, July 1
6 pm. OOT Jr. 8 pm. OOT
www.operaontap.com

Brooklyn Film Works
Wednesdays in July!
Opening Night: 1776
Wednesday, July 2
Sponsored by Greg's Express
8:30 pm.

Summer Concerts Outdoors OSH!
Tuesday, July 8
In Partnership with Park Slope Parents
Astrograss
6 pm.
www.astrograssmusic.com

Brooklyn Film Works
Wednesday, July 9
Reelworks Film Festival
8:30 pm.

Piper Theatre at OSH
Thursday, July 10
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Join us for our fantastic Coney-Island-themed Equity Showcase
8 pm.

Piper Theatre at OSH
Friday, July 11
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Join us for our fantastic Coney-Island-themed Equity Showcase
8 pm.

Piper Theatre at OSH
Saturday, July 12
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Join us for our fantastic Coney-Island-themed Equity Showcase
8 pm.

Opera on Tap
Sponsored by The Gate

Tuesday, July 15
6 pm. OOT Jr. 8 pm. OOT
www.operaontap.com

Brooklyn Film Works
Wednesday, July 16
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
8:30 pm.

Piper Theatre at OSH
Thursday, July 17
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Join us for our fantastic Coney-Island-themed Equity Showcase
8 pm.

Piper Theatre at OSH
Friday, July 18
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Join us for our fantastic Coney-Island-themed Equity Showcase
8 pm.

Piper Theatre at OSH
Saturday, July 19
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Join us for our fantastic Coney-Island-themed Equity Showcase
8 pm.

Silver Brown Dance Company
Sunday, July 20
4 pm.

Summer Concerts Outdoors OSH!
In Partnership with Park Slope Parents
Tuesday, July 22
Buzz Universe
6 pm.
www.buzzuniverse.com

Brooklyn Film Works
Wednesday, July 23
The Mouse that Roared
8:30 pm.

Piper Theatre Workshop Apprentice Productions
Thursday, July 24
6 pm: Alice in Wonderland
8 pm: Lord of the Flies

Piper Theatre Workshop Apprentice Productions
Friday, July 25
6 pm: The Witches
8 pm: Dracula

Piper Theatre Workshop Apprentice Extravaganza!
Saturday, July 26
2 pm: Alice in Wonderland
4 pm: The Witches
6 pm: Dracula
8 pm: Lord of the Flies

Brooklyn Film Works
Wednesday, July 30
The Candidate

with Robert Redford
8:30 pm.

Battle Week!
August 15-24, 2008
Stay tuned for programming specifics

The 30th Annual Seaside and Martin Luther King Summer Concert Series Announced Today

The Summer Concert Series lovingly known to locals as the "Hazbin" shows have been announced!

PARTY ON, Brooklynites!

SEASIDE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
CONCERT SERIES
http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/mlk.html

You ain't nuttin' until you're a hazbin!

A Little (Very Little) More Progress on the Brooklyn College Dorm Construction

We haven't gotten a look at the new Brooklyn College dorm construction site for about 2 months when Brooklyn Junction gave us this update. I happened to be walking by there today and since the sites enclosure door was open, I snapped the following: (Looks like we have a long ways to go before the completion of this project.)

Things We Don't See Enough of in Brooklyn Anymore

Milk Crate Basketball Hoops!

A by-product of urban youth ingenuity.

Don't Forget: The Newkirk Avenue Block Party This Saturday. June 21st!

As announced by Sustainable Flatbush several weeks ago:

Newkirk Avenue Block Party, a Livable Streets celebration co-sponsored by Flatbush Development Corporation, New York City Streets Renaissance, and Make Music New York, with participation of Solar One, Brooklyn Compost Project, Council on the Environment of NYC, Transportation Alternatives, Alive Structures, Midwood Martial Arts, and Newkirk Area merchants. Join us for:

Food Vendors!
Live Music and DJ’s all day!

Traditional NYC Street Games: Handball, Skully, Hopscotch, Double Dutch, Jacks, and more!
Environmental Info and Activities: Solar Power, Composting, Green Roof/Garden Design, Cell Phone Recycling, etc., plus Recycling Games and Art Projects just for kids!

WHEN: Saturday, June 21st, 11am - 6pm, Rain or Shine!
WHERE: Newkirk Avenue between East 16th and East 17th Streets

More Info on the New Ditmas Park Health Spa - Another Neighborhood Cooperative!

I came across some info on the Flatbush Family Network Yahoo group about the new health spa clinic that I reported to my readers last week.  

Apparently, the coop group is calling the clinic "Taproot Community Health Clinic" but is has not settled on that name.  According to the responder on FFN;

"We were calling ourselves taproot community health clinic, but we are currently in the process of changing the name (any ideas?) in an effort to reach out to the community for feedback regarding healthcare, we are holding several community health forums, more about that to come if you are interested."

Here's some info from their website.  For more info visit their website directly at: http://www.taprootclinic.org 

________________________________

Taproot Community Health Clinic 

is a worker-owned cooperative opening in Brooklyn, New York in June 2008.

As an answer to the vociferous call for health justice, a group of eight yoga teachers, herbalists, acupuncturists, and community organizers have joined together to develop a socially-just and forward-thinking health clinic. Taproot Community Health Clinic will be a place for acute or chronic health concerns, preventive care and resources for informed choices in healthcare. The clinic will be accessible and inclusive regardless of race, gender, sexuality, class status, immigration status or age.

Taproot will be offering:
Yoga Classes 
Chinese Medicine 
Western Herbal Medicine 
Additional Workshops and Classes

380 Marlborough Road, 

Brooklyn, New York 11226 

www.taprootclinic.org

Contact: Jacoby 646-539-8128 

 info@taprootclinic.org

So When You Think About Brooklyn...

Is this the image that comes to mind?

Maybe it's me but I just don't get it. Why, oh why would someone choose to plant this enormous, garish structure in the middle Gravesend, Brooklyn? Really, who comes up with these ideas?  (Note: if look at this image long enough you will see Nero fiddling on one of the balconies. Really, Brooklyn's Burning!)

And, I guess if you're already in the business of building an oversized and inappropriate structure in a small scale working-class neighborhood you might as well go completely off the hook and name it "The Venetian."

Yes.  That's right. Classical Living right on Ave P.

Shot of The almost complete "luxury condominiums."

Completely out of scale with the rest of the

neighborhood of mostly modest single-family homes.

Go figure!

New Health Spa Coming to Ditmas Park?

There has been some work going on at 380 Marlborough Road just off Cortelyou Road, the former home of Butterfly Learning Center. It is rumored that the site is being transformed into a health spa according to neighbors. The center will be offering massage, yoga classes and other "spa-ish" specialties.