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SAVE LEGACY AWARDS

SAVE LEGACY AWARDS!!! savelegacyawards@gmail.com www.legacyawards.net ECONOMIC CRISIS FORCES CLOSURE OF LEGACY AWARDS City Loses 46 year old small business and community legacy After 46 years of distinguished service to New York City, Legacy Awards is forced to close its doors on March 30, 2009. The economic crisis and an unyielding landlord has left Legacy Awards without a home. Please help rebuild this institution in the community. Email your friends, family, colleagues and share h...

National Black Writers Conference

For more info: http://www.mec.cuny.edu/spcd/caddi/cbl_nbwc.asp     The National Black Writers Conference Bi-Annual Symposium will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2009, 11 AM - 5 PM at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn.  This year’s theme is “Celebrating the Life and Work of Octavia E. Butler".  Butler is considered a master storyteller in the genre of speculative fiction.  Her work explores themes such as race, gender, power, sexism, and spirituality.  This symposium is dedicated to exploring her...

via  Never Leave Brooklyn  

More Info on Crown Heights CSA

There will also be a meeting at the Franklin Park bar and beer garden at 618 St. John's Place b/w Classon and Franklin Thursday March 12, at 6:00 pm  for folks who are interested in taking on a core leadership role in the  CSA. If you have time and interest to devote to the CSA in this coming year then please try to come on Thursday. Original Message We are very excited to report that we officially have a farmer and will be meeting with him in a couple of weeks! We will be working with...

Best Brooklyn Based Blog

Now that The Times Local has taken on Brooklyn, it's well worth asking, what is the best Brooklyn Based Blog?

What A Difference A Week Makes

IMG_0319.JPG Originally uploaded by nostrandpark To think just a week ago this is how Brooklyn looked. Schools were shut, businesses were closed and weather forecasters were predicting armageddon, or whatever it is that meteorologists talk about these days.

NY Times Local Blogs

  Last week Myrtle Shuffle posted about the Times' venture in hyper-local blogging with two new blogs covering Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Brooklyn and Maplewood, NJ.  Shuffle's assessment appears spot on:  To read the posts, you’d think Fort Greene/Clinton Hill = Park Slope i.e. brownstoners and the stroller brigade. Puh-leeze.  One can argue that contrary to Andrew Neiman's declaration on Brian Lehrer last week, Fort Greene/Clinton Hill is saturated with blogs.  Therefore while the Times' foray i...

Glass Shop, Classon Ave

Glass Shop, Classon Ave Originally uploaded by Arancia Project via TimeOut Glass Shop Kathryn Weatherup, owner of the eponymous Prospect Heights cocktail lounge, has gotten into the coffee game. Choose among La Colombe Torrefaction espresso drinks and sandwiches, including a sardine and mint-caper aioli number. 766 Classon Ave between St. Johns and Sterling Pls, Crown Heights, Brooklyn (no phone yet)

Crown Heights CSA

via Not Eating Out & Brooklynian: What? Crown Heights doesn't yet have its own CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture). A CSA is a group that buys “shares” in a farmer’s crop – when you buy a share, you’ll get a box of fresh ORGANIC produce delivered every week to Crown Heights by the farmer. Who? We're Crown Heights residents interested in access to fresh, local veggies, and we're seeking other Crown Heights residents to join our CSA -- we'd also welcome people ...

Snow Day

IMG_0316.JPG Originally uploaded by nostrandpark