Subject: October Meeting Update is canceld: Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 From: 66 Precinct Community Council <66precinctcc@gmail.com> To: 66 Precinct Community Council <66Precinctcc@gmail.com> We wanted to inform you that there will be no meeting scheduled for the month of October due to the observance of the Jewish holidays.
Our next scheduled meeting will take place on November 21, 2024. Please mark your calendars accordingly.
Wishing you a fantastic year ahead, filled with happiness, success, and good health!
Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to seeing you in November.
Best regards,
The Board
KARMABrooklyn Blog
Monday, October 14, 2024
66TH PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL OCTOBER MEETING CANCELED
Sunday, October 13, 2024
FALL FEST AT P.S. 130 IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
- bounce houses,
- face painting,
- crafts,
- games,
- pony rides,
- live music and performances,
- tasty treats.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
HOUSING NOT HIGH-RISES: A SPECIAL FUNDRAISING EVENT
From Housing Not High-Rises:
Fundraiser At The Lonesome Club
October 22 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Donation SuggestedPlease join us at The Lonesome Club on Tuesday October 22 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm for a special Housing Not High-Rises fundraiser!
- Complimentary appetizers
- Cash bar with a variety of drinks available for purchase
- Insider updates from the team
- Great company and a chance to support a meaningful cause!
We’re excited to share some in-depth updates about the work we’ve been doing. This is a unique opportunity for our closest supporters to get an insider’s look at the impact you’re helping create.
We encourage you to join us and bring your questions—and your generosity—to help continue this vital work!
We kindly ask attendees to consider making a donation to Housing Not High-Rises to support our fight for contextual and affordable housing in our neighborhood. Don’t forget to bring your checkbook! Suggested contribution $100 – $500.
RSVP Now to housingnothighrises@gmail.com! Space is limited, so please let us know you’ll be joining.
We look forward to seeing you there and making a difference together!
The Lonesome Club
1674 10th Avenue (at Prospect Ave), Brooklyn
Tue, Oct 22, 6:00 pmIf you can’t attend but would still like to support our cause, you can make a donation online at housingnothighrises.org.
We support changes to zoning policy through a comprehensive, considerate process – like City of Yes -not Arrow Linen’s one-off, development-rights cash grab.
That’s why we’re urging our neighbors and elected officials to support sustainable, contextual, affordable housing – not high rises.
We are available as a resource to other communities that find themselves in a position where they need to understand more about the rezoning process, how it impacts their neighborhoods, and how to organize effectively."
Friday, October 11, 2024
TWO-DAY HOLIDAY VENDOR FAIR
OPEN HOUSE AT FDNY FIREHOUSES AND EMS STATIONS (FREE)
On Saturday, October 5th, and Sunday, October 6th,
the FDNY will host the 5th free annual Open House program in various neighborhoods throughout New York City.
More than 200 firehouses and EMS stations will open their doors to the public from either 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The locations of the Open House are listed on FDNY’s interactive map.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
COSTUME SWAP AND HALLOWEEN PARTY (FREE)
HOPS HARVEST FESTIVAL AND MUSIC (FREE)
Monday, October 7, 2024
HALLOWEEN: TRICK-OR-STREETS (FREE)
Trick-or-Streets returns for a third season in 2024! NYC DOT partners with Open Streets, plazas, and other corridors in October and on Halloween to add pedestrian space during one of the busiest nights of the year.This month NYC DOT will host more than 100 car-free events across all five boroughs.
Our 10 signature events will take place throughout the month of October leading up to Halloween. These premier locations include Halloween-themed programming and performances. Programming will include live music, circus acts, comedic clown performances, jugglers, and more.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
COMMUNITY BOARD 7 OCTOBER PUBLIC MEETING (WINDSOR TERRACE, GREENWOOD HEIGHTS, SOUTH SLOPE, AND SUNSET PARK
Following is the proposed agenda:
B) Public Safety Committee (Vote required) –
12. Chairperson’s Report
13. District Manager’s Report
14. Old Business
15. New Business
16. Public Comment (3 minutes to speak on any topic)
17. Adjournment
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
FALL CLEANING SALE AT LOFTY PIGEON BOOKS
Lofty Pigeon Books will hold its first Fall Cleaning Sale on Sunday, October 13th, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Get 10% off everything in the store and take advantage of clearance items, $5 and $8 discounted damages, and a galley giveaway.
Lofty Pigeon Books, which opened in 2023, offers many free events, including a book club, a twice-weekly storytime, comedy nights, interviews of authors, and readings, Q&As, and signings of newly-published books by their authors.
The
bookstore's open hours are Mondays through Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to
7:00 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
FINAL WEEKEND OF OPERATION GIG'S PORCH CONCERTS IN 2024
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Superbone
Sat Oct 5, 4-6 PM
473 e 18th St (Ditmas)
Superbone is a dynamic ensemble featuring five trombones and rhythm section. Playing everything from bebop to hip hop, they deliver original arrangements that defy genres and showcase the versatility of the instrument.
The Anita-Mae Quartet
Sun Oct 6, 4-6pm
131 Buckingham Rd
Anita-Mae is a classically trained cellist exploring the language of Jazz with her father, Adam Kahan on bass, Alejandro Florez on guitar, and Cook Broadnax on drums.
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Saturday, September 28, 2024
TWO-DAY FALL FLEA MARKET AT THE EAST FOURTH STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN
The East Fourth Street Community Garden will host its annual fall flea market on Saturday, October 5th, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and Sunday, October 6th, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Mums, pumpkins, books, clothing, toys, housewares, knickknacks, and baked goods will all be for sale.
The proceeds
will be used to fund the garden's operations and its free special events.
Friday, September 27, 2024
QUILT SHOW OUTDOORS ON PROSPECT PARK WEST (FREE)
Location
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
TWO-BUILDING-WIDE FLEA MARKET IN WINDSOR TERRACE NEAR KENSINGTON
A major flea market will take place soon. Residents
of Hamilton Co-op's two-building apartment complex will repeat their annual flea market on Sunday, October 6th, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
TWO CONCERTS ON PORCHES THIS WEEKEND
From Operation Gig!
Alida & Aidan
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 6-8 PM
1501 Dorchester Rd
This guitar/voice and accordion duo performs passionate renditions of folk songs from Latin America.
Big Lazy
Sat Sep 28, 2024, 4-6 PM
121 Marlborough Rd
Welcome
back Big Lazy for their 5th OG appearance!! These sultans of twang will
let loose their mysterious and mesmerizing sound over PPS this
Saturday. One part Rockabilly, 1 part Surf, 1 part Django, 1 part
Downtown Jazz.
HELP BRING OG BACK IN 2025We want to bring back OG for a 6th season in 2025! But to do that we MUST rebuild our Musician Guarantee Fund, which allows us to pay a minimum respectful fee when crowd donations don't suffice (often). We need to raise $10,000, which will make possible 60, yes SIXTY, concerts next year, with all money flowing directly into the pockets of working local musicians. |
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
COMMUNITY BOARD 12 MEETING TONIGHT, ONLINE AND IN PERSON
2024 Board Meetings
Next Meeting: September 24, 2024
September Board Meeting Agenda
Friday, September 20, 2024
AUTHORS WILL READ FROM THEIR WRITINGS (FREE)
Ditmas Lit is back, and in our new beautiful home, The Urbane Arts Club! Doors open at 7:30PM, show starts at 8PM.Colin Dickey is the author of five books of nonfiction, including Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places, and, most recently, Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy.Ananda Lima is a poet, translator, and fiction writer born in BrasÃlia, Brazil, now living in Chicago, IL. She's the author of the poetry collection Mother/land, winner of the Hudson Prize. Her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poets.org, Kenyon Review Online, Gulf Coast, Witness, and elsewhere. She has been awarded the inaugural WIP Fellowship by Latinx-in-Publishing. She has an MA in Linguistics from UCLA and an MFA in Creative Writing in Fiction from Rutgers University, Newark. Craft: Stories I wrote for the Devil is her fiction debut.Lena Valencia is the author of the short story collection Mystery Lights (Tin House Books, 2024). Her fiction has appeared in BOMB, Electric Literature, Ninth Letter, Epiphany, the anthology Tiny Nightmares, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2019 Elizabeth George Foundation grant and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is the managing editor and director of educational programming at One Story and the co-host of the reading series Ditmas Lit.Olivia Wolfgang-Smith is the author of Glassworks, which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and the forthcoming Mutual Interest. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Florida State University and lives in Brooklyn with her partner.
BALKAN, OPERA, AND THE BLUES ON PORCHES THIS WEEKEND
Sedi Donka Balkan Band
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 6-8 PM
474 E 17th St
An OG perennial favorite: Sedi Donka Balkan band is an international band playing traditional Eastern European, Balkan & Gypsy dance music. With artists from different horizons their thoroughly curated repertoire is infused with classical and jazz influences which give the Sedi Donka its unique poetic sound.
Opera on Tap
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 4-6 PM
121 Marlborough Rd
Founded in Brooklyn in 2005, Opera on Tap has fought to make opera accessible by mounting shows in unconventional locations all around NYC and the world. There are now 20 chapters across the globe.
Chris Bergson and Ellis Hooks
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 4-6 PM
1415 Dorchester Rd
On the heels of their Summer European tour including performing at France's celebrated Cognac Blues Passions Festival, singer/guitarist Chris Bergson and soul singer Ellis Hooks bring their "gut-busting NY blues" to Operation Gig on Sunday, September 22nd.
"Bergson and Hooks have become a modern-day blues-infused Sam and Dave." - Glide Magazine
"The music of Chris Bergson and Ellis Hooks is genuine Delta soul blues...The soulful voice of Hooks is reminiscent of the great soul men like Sam Cooke and Otis [Redding] and together with Chris, he turns it into a true party.” - Blues Magazine (NL)
“Bergson's guitar work is a masterclass in subtlety and sophistication..." - Blues Matters (UK)
HELP BRING OG BACK IN 2025We want to bring back OG for a 6th season in 2025! But to do that we MUST rebuild our Musician Guarantee Fund, which allows us to pay a minimum respectful fee when crowd donations don't suffice (often). We need to raise $10,000, which will make possible 60, yes SIXTY, concerts next year, with all money flowing directly into the pockets of working local musicians. |
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