Finishing Touches Being Added to the Triangle Junction Mall Applebees.

I fanageled my way into a pre-opening visit of the new Applebees in the Triangle Junction Mall this morning. The development of the Triangle Junction was reported throughout the past year by the Brookyn Junction Blog. As you can see from the images, the construction is nearing completion as workman put the finishing touches on the monster chain restaurant.

Now Brooklyn can enjoy the same American standards as such high-brow cities as Deluth, Dayton, Tulsa and Hartford! And you know how us Brooklynites aspire to be just like everyone else!

Navigating the Fiscal Crisis in New York City:A Forum for Non-Profits 12.17.08

We Are All Brooklyn
And
Project CARE

Invite you to attend

Navigating the Fiscal Crisis in New York City:

A Forum for Non-Profits

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Office of the Brooklyn Borough President

209 Joralemon Street – Courtroom

RSVP: Contact Hoi Chan at 212-983-4800 x136

or

ChanH@jcrcny.org

or

www.waab.org

In cooperation with:
CAUSE-NY/JCRC – COPO – Crown Heights Community Mediation Center – Flatbush Development Corporation – Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition – Sovereign Bank – Independence Community Foundation

This forum is generously underwritten by Sovereign Bank.

We Are All Brooklyn and Project CARE receive technical and coalition consultation from CAUSE-NY, the intergroup relations division of the Jewish Community Relations Council-NY. The JCRC is a beneficiary of UJA-Federation of NY.

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Gloria Steinem to Speak at the Chilsolm Exhibit at the Brooklyn College Library

Brooklyn College Library announces the opening of the exhibit:

Shirley Chisholm

"A Catalyst for Change"

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

5:00 pm

Woody Tanger Auditorium

Keynote Speak

Gloria Steinem

"It is important right now to pay tribute to shirley and what she pioneered."

Brooklyn College Library

2900 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11210

WAYNE HODGE

JOANNA MALINOWSKA

JESSICA ANN PEAVY

November 22, 2008 - January 4, 2009

Artists' Reception: Saturday, November 22, 5-8 pm

Smack Mellon is pleased to announce solo exhibitions for three exciting and innovative artists working in performance and video.

Wayne Hodge

The Original Comedy

Joanna Malinowska

Les aventures dans le code § 120.45

Jessica Ann Peavy

Rituals of Consumption: Leviticus rowed the boat ashore

This exhibition is made possible with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and with generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Eve Sussman and Smack Mellon's Members.

Smack Mellon also receives generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, City Council Member David Yassky and the New York City Council, Bloomberg, Brooklyn Arts Council JPMorgan Chase Regrant Program, Fifth Floor Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Greenwich Collection Ltd., Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Independence Community Foundation, Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., Judith and Donald Rechler Foundation Inc., Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc., Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Inc., The New York Community Trust, The Pinkerton Foundation, The Robert Lehman Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc., The Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation, The Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation, Inc., and William Talbott Hillman Foundation.

Space for Smack Mellon's programs is generously provided by the Walentas Family and Two Trees Management.

Featured Brooklynites of the Week!

After a long hiatus, I've been inspired to resurrect the old "Featured Brooklynite of the Week" series by what would be the 108th birthday of one of Brooklyn's most undeniable greats; Aaron Copeland.

                                                                    Image courtesy of www.mansfieldisd.org

November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990

A city kid with a western heart,

From Buckaroo Holiday to Hoe-down

Your tempos evince you as 

a true "Urban Cowboy"

r.i.p.

Another Issue of "Now Don't Go Telling Your Manhattan Friends": They say you pay for a view but...

Their view:

Image from the Brooklyn Paper

Our view:

Image from the Brooklyn Paper

Ha Suckas!

Brooklyn TKTS Now Open Saturday!

Image by McBrooklyn

Visit the McBrooklyn blog for more info:

McBrooklyn Reports Brooklyn TKTS Booth Now Open Saturdays, Closed Mondays

Meet your favorite Brooklyn authors and illustrators at the Brooklyn Museum 11/15, 1-5.

Meet your favorite Brooklyn authors and illustrators.

Children's Book Fair
Saturday, November 15, 1-5 p.m.
The Rubin Pavilion of the Brooklyn Museum

Autographed books available as holiday gifts for family and friends.  Hands-on art activities.  Light refreshments available.

Readings

1:30 p.m.:       

Phil Bildner

Author of Turkey Bowl

2:30 p.m.      

Selina Alko

Author and illustrator of Greetings from the 50 States

3:30 p.m.      

Mike Herrod

Author and illustrator of Comics to Go!

Other Participating authors and illustrators:
Selina Alko, Gail Ablow and Kathy Osborn, Phil Bildner, Sophie Blackall, Jim Burke, R.Gregory Christie, Miriam Cohen, John Michael Cummings, Philip Dray, Keith DuQuette, Buket Erdogan, Melanie Hope Greenberg, Dennis Hasely, Mike Herrod, Paul Hoppe, John and Wendy with Nancy Krulik, Yukiko Kido, Laura Ljungkvist, Kam Mak, Meghan McCarthy, Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash, Sean Qualls, Sergio Ruzzier, Mari Takabayashi, Lauren Thompson, and more.

The Brooklyn Musuem

200 Eastern Parkway 

Brooklyn, NY - 11238

2 or 3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum

Tango Fire & Chava Alberstein Grace the Stage of The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts This Weekend!

Tango Fire

Tango Fire features ten torrid dancers in a seductive journey through the history of tango, from its origins in the red light district of Buenos Aires to the dazzling world of contemporary ballroom. Accompanied live by the fiery Quatrotango, the ensemble sets the stage ablaze with its passion and precision.

Date: November 15, 2008
Time: 8 PM

TICKET INFO
Gold: $75*
Single Ticket: $45, $30
Multibuy Price: $40, $26

For Tickets go to:
http://www.brooklyncenteronline.org/

*Gold seating constitutes the first ten rows of the center
orchestra - Multibuy and other dicounts do not apply.

Chava Alberstein

With over 50 recordings since the late 1960s, many of them now gold or platinum, Chava Alberstein is undoubtedly one of Israel’s greatest singers. She brings her warm, soulful sound to Brooklyn Center in a program of Yiddish, Hebrew, and English songs ranging from traditional Jewish melodies to her own poignant originals.

TICKET INFO:
Date: November 16, 2008
Time: 2 PM
Single Ticket: $25
Multibuy Price: $22

For Tickets go to:
http://www.brooklyncenteronline.org/

This Weekend at BC: Support Student Artists!

BC Art Department MFA Open Studios

11.14.08 6:00 - 10:00 pm

&

11.15.08 2:00 - 8:00 pm

5th Floor Boylan Hall

2900 Bedford Ave

11210