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Kicking Butt With Sensei Beverly

Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch

Sensei Beverly Bradley is a woman of action. When a friend reported a terrifying experience involving an unknown man trying to force his way inside the bathroom in Fort Greene Park last winter, Bradley decided to do something. "If you raise your voice,... »

MEADOWS OF SHAME: Vandals torch trees, kick down fences in Fort Greene Park

The Brooklyn Paper

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Kate BriqueletThe Brooklyn PaperA mysterious saboteur torched some leftover Christmas trees in Fort Greene Park on Sunday night — an incident that park watchdogs say is part of a recent spree of vandalism in the v... »

Jan. 7-8: Erik Mongrain at BAMcafé

Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch

1. Guitarist Erik Mongrain, master of a technique called "lap tapping," which involves placing the guitar in one’s lap and playing it like a piano, will grace the BAMcafé stage Saturday at 9 p.m. According to BAM, Mongrain's music evokes "a luminous, i... »

Uniting Fort Greene, Old and New, Through Food: [VIDEO]

Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch

Scholars say that Leonardo da Vinci got his inspiration from his concept of the divine. In Ernest Hemingway's case, the magic often came in a potent brew of absinthe. And though Fort Greene filmmaker Jonathan Mann hasn't quite reached those artistic he... »

Recycle Your Christmas Tree!

Bed-Stuy Patch

We know, it feels like you just put up your Christmas tree, but the holiday’s are over and its time for the old tannenbaum to come down. But what do you do with your old tree? On January 7 and 8, the Parks Department will hold their annual MulchFest at... »

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Upcoming Nature Trips

The City Birder

Below is a list of upcoming nature trips within NYC's five boroughs for the weekend of January 28, 2012 - January 29, 2012: Audubon Center in Prospect Park (Brooklyn) Saturday, February 4, 2012 Introduction to Birdwatching Every Saturday, 12 – 1:30 p.m... »

Dog of the Day: Cheers to Slainte

The Local Fort Greene

Jane Kuntzman Raise a glass to a great pit bull, Slainte. We didn’t even have to search for today’s Dog of the Day; his booming bark found us as we ambled near the Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park on Sunday. Slainte is a 6-year-old pit-American Sta... »

Fort Greene Park Changes Hands in Latest Redistricting

Brownstoner

The redistricting action in North Brooklyn may not be as kooky as some other parts of the state (see today’s Observer post for some rich examples) but there were some changes to Joe Lentol’s turf worth mentioning. Most notable, is the loss of Fort Gree... »

The Aftermath of Mulchfest Lingers On

The Local Fort Greene

Repairs have not made Fort Greene Park whole from the Mulchfest fire. »

CB 2 Committee Asks DOT to Study Lafayette Avenue Bike Lane

Streetsblog New York City

It only took Hilda Cohen and Ali Loxton ten weeks to collect 1,600 signatures supporting a traffic-calming redesign, including a bike lane, for Brooklyn’s Lafayette Avenue. Yesterday evening they took their petition to the transportation committee of C... »

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