Nostrand Park

FIVE MYLES GALLERY: Strange Intersections

EXTENDED TO FRIDAY 2-5-2010 Strange Intersections New Work by Engels The work in this exhibition by the Haitian born artist Engels shows an artist’s sure eye for details that, when combined on a canvas or a piece of plywood, become a unit. These solid constructions have the authority of a finished work; they none-the-less reveal the process of how they came to be this way. For Engels they resemble a journey, still ongoing and not afraid of detours. Engels describes his work as ...

SUPERFRONT GALLERY: MAKING SPACE

3 January – 27 March 2010 MAKING SPACE: THE FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF THE ARCHITECTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM Pawel Niedzwiecki, “Koi Tail”, 2009 and Francisca Benitez with Alena Adams, Takiera Dominguez, Imani Gibson, Lynee Jacobs, and Giselle Nieves, “Independence Community Center’s Entrance”, 2009 As Architects-in-Residence, both practitioners have responded to SUPERFRONT’s spatial identity at the gallery’s storefront location in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.  Whether at the scale of the physical walls o...

Franklin Park Reading Series

On Monday, January 11th, The Franklin Park Reading Series returns with its monthly installment featuring some of the finest liteary voices in New York City.  This Monday's short fiction night features two Crown Heights writers, Courtney Elizabeth Mauk and Victoria Cho, and one Bed Stuy author, Alexios Moore. The headliner, Hannah Tinti, is the author of the bestselling novel The Good Thief, which was named a New York Times Notable Book in 2008 and the story collection Animal Crackers and she's t...

Will/Would You Send Your Child to Public School in Crown Heights?

Update 2/15/10: For more details about local public school options, see comments section below.

What is the Best Brunch Spot in Crown Heights?

What is the best brunch spot in Crown Heights?(opinion)

Happy Holidays

Dear Readers, We at Nostrand Park want to wish you and yours a happy holiday season, and a prosperous New Year. We will be on hiatus for the next week and a half, but look forward to returning to sharing more of Crown Heights with you in 2010. All the best, NP Staff,

J.Period & Nneka Present: The Madness (Onye-Ala)

Imagine that you are a DJ, a mixtape DJ whose mission is to keep the over-saturated mixtape game fresh.  Now imagine that you've already created genre-elevating works with Lauryn Hill, The Roots and Mary J. Blige, just produced a critically acclaimed mixtape with Q-Tip, and followed that up with the epic Messengers series featuring the up-and-coming K'Naan reworking various works of Fela Kuti, Bob Marley and Bob Dylan. You'd be imagining that you're J.Period and you would have a problem. ...

The Public Option

A few years ago while visiting some family members in Haiti, one of my aunts and I got into a discussion about public education on the island.  My aunt was surprised that my brother and I had managed to find jobs and be successful after receiving most of our training at public institutions.  This was in direct contrast to our cousins who were all attending private schools and who were all taking the next step forward rounding off their educations in college, whereas their parents stopped in high...

Idle Warship (Talib Kweli, Res & Graph Nobel) – Party Robots

Party Robots, a mixtape by the group, Idle Warship, a collaboration featuring Talib Kweli (Brooklyn), Res (Philly), and Graph Nobel (Toronto).  This blend of rock, rap, and 80's/90's synth/pop tracks, includes stand outs "Momma", "Metro", "L.A. Famous", "Bedroom Lites" and "Fyah." The group describes its origins on its Myspace page . . . "Idle Warship started as an idea to make a dance song for fun. It has since morphed into a full blown labor of love, with it's own identity. We no longe...

Joey’s Gourmet Lunchboxx

Seven months after their awning went up it looks as if Joey's Gourmet Lunchboxx will soon open for business.  We spoke to one of the proprietors last week who said the shop should be open with a week or so and will serve gourmet sandwiches, salads, etc... More word to follow.