Excelsior Bike Shop - 694 Franklin Ave

Franklin Avenue has a new bike shop,  Excelsior Bike Shop!

Excelsior located @ 694 Franklin Ave., btw Park Pl & Prospect Pl., is a full service shop that sells & repair bikes.

They also sell an array of bike related accessories.

Excelsior is part of 9th Street Cycles in Park Slope

They staff is friendly and knowledgeable and the service is A+++.

They were able to fully service my  Xooter Roma, which is not even a bike, so just imagine what they could do for a bike that needs a lil’ TLC.

They have a wide selection of bikes on site for the beginner to the serious bike enthusiast.

Stop by.

Excelsior Bike Shop

694 Franklin Ave – between Park Pl. & Prospect Pl.

1 – 718 – 789 – 2502

On Dec. 3, 2011, a benefit – reunion was held at The Red Lotus Room in Brooklyn – to help raise funds to help secure a permanent home for The Starlite Lounge.

The video above is from that wonderful night!!!

The Starlite Lounge Family, Management, Staff & Owners -  in conjunction with the filmmakers of the documentary on Starlite – We Came To Sweat – hosted an amazing event full of performances, karaoke, a delicious buffet..,

Guest Deee-Jay Lady Miss Kier started the dance floor pumping & the Legendary Starlite DJ’s, Carlos Sanchez, Donna Edwards and others kept it moving all nite long!!

Now, Starlite Project: Seeking archival material from the community!

If you or someone you know has photographs or video from the inside or outside of the Starlite, or imagery of the neighborhood from a different time we would like to offer you credit in the film or monetary compensation for your efforts to dig them out of storage or where ever they may be.

Please call Kate @ 212-363-0166 or

Email us at: thestarliteproject@gmail.com

INFO ON STARLITE LOUNGE

“The historic Starlite Lounge- the oldest black-owned gay bar in Brooklyn was founded on a principle of non-discrimination in 1959, in Crown Heights Brooklyn.

For over five decades, from civil rights to gay liberation to AIDS activism, the Starlite Lounge has been a a cherished meeting place for social change, for all people from all walks of lie.

And sadly, in 2010, Starlite Lounge was victim to the negative change of rapid gentrification in central Brooklyn. They were pushed out of their Nostrand Ave. location by a new landlord who wanted to carter to the “new” people moving into the community.”

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Brooklyn Girl Film Festival -

On Thursday, March 29th @ 5 PM, Launchpad kicks off  the Brooklyn Girl Film Festival’s first annual, 3 day festival & reception!

Launchpad is located at 721 Franklin Ave.,  between Sterling Pl. & Park Pl, 646-494-7211.

Take the 2,3,4, 5 or S subway to Franklin Ave. and walk 3 blocks North of Eastern Parkway.

The festival is the brainchild of filmmaker April Mosqus, who’s goal is to: “to showcase the work of women filmmakers from around the globe.

Whether their work is a serious documentary or a lighthearted comedy, Brooklyn Girl Film Festival seeks to empower women and their unique and relevant interpretation of the world around them and strengthen the community of women filmmakers.”

Besides showing a wonderful variety of short films, feature films and documentaries, there will also be guest speakers from the film industry.

Amy Greenlaw – a film- marketing and social network guru, who will show you how to execute a DIY Marketing campaign.

Filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff – will lead a discussion about her journey from short filmmaker of the award-winning “Twitch” to feature film director on her DIY labor of love film, “Unicorns.”

Frances Lozada – the Master of Ceremonies -  is an accomplished Television, Film & Stage Actor and Producer.

Frances is also the founder of the Cinema Night Film Series.

Tickets and more information on The Brooklyn Girl Film Festival, can be found here.

This sounds fun …

ZUMBA!
with Mariko Masaoka-Drew

WEDNESDAYS, AUGUST 3 – 31
6:30 – 7:30PM
@ Force and Flow (www.forceandflow.com), 1102 Dean St. #4 between Franklin & Bedford Ave’s

RSVP REQUIRED: info@forceandflow.com

First class is FREE for Nostrand Park Readers

Mariko Masaoko-Drew
Let Mariko and the spirit of Zumba lead you to a fit and fun lifestyle! Zumba combines Latin and International music with a fun and effective workout system. Whether you are an exercise fanatic or just looking for some summer fun, Zumba is designed to encompass all levels of dance and fitness experience. The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat, and most importantly, having fun! Mariko brings 20 years of formal dance training in ballet, modern, hip hop and Latin to her unique and vibrant Zumba classes. Let’s get it started!

Copyright - Anderson Zaca

Brooklyn Photo Salon and The ARTGROUPIENATION

Present BLOCK PARTY – SOUL OF SUMMER ART EXHIBITION – An exhibition by Anderson Zaca
Celebrating New Yorkers across race and class, sharing regional pride from different neighborhoods.

Anderson Zaca: Block Party Soul Of Summer Art Exhibition

Opening Reception
Thursday, August 4, 2011 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM
Exhibition through August 2011
1158DEAN Gallery – 1158Dean Street, Brooklyn | NY 11216

Closing Reception
Saturday, August 20, 2011 from 5:00PM to 10:00PM
Walt Shamel Community Garden
1093-95 Dean Street, Brooklyn | NY 11216

Nostrand Park is seeking the assistance of a couple of talented artists, calligraphers, and/or graphic designers to volunteer their skills in helping us create vibrant window displays along Nostrand Avenue.

If you haven’t seen the media coverage, basically, on Saturday, June 25th, Nostrand Park will be launching its exciting new initiative, “Destination Nostrand” – creating a pop-up store installations in vacant storefronts along Nostrand Avenue, in Crown Heights Brooklyn.

We would like to work with a couple of artists to create a simple window decal  for each of the stores.  (Maybe something like the below, but snazzier).

If you are interested, please contact us:

Raphael Niles
Masai Marketing
Principal
www.masaimarketing.com
info@masaimarketing.com
646-552-2774

OR

Laurel Brown
Nostrand Park
Director of Community Planning
info@nostrandpark.org

Nostrand Park – in collaboration with VAMOS Architects, Masai Marketing, NYC Dept of Small Business Services, and desigNYC – is excited to announce the launch of its new pilot program, Destination Nostrand, intended to beautify, promote, enliven, and enhance Nostrand Avenue:

If you are interested in participating, showing off your artwork, opening up your commercial space, have a business idea that you would like to test out, or if you just want to help make sure that Nostrand looks great on the day of, just let us know: http://nostrandpark.com/destination-nostrand/

Special thank you to DANIEL GERGLEY, NICOLE MACIAS, JENNIFER MACCHIARELLI, and GroundUp Designers for their tremendous marketing and promotional assistance!

To view some of the design concepts for DN, check out our gallery below. Since the project is in its pilot phase, we will only be launching 3 of the concepts, but feel free to let us know which ones you like best:

PLG Arts Production of “Daydream”
A 45 minute, family friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Friends of Brower Park would like to invite you to come out to Brower Park to enjoy the live PLG Arts production of
“Daydream”
Two Saturdays in June
June 11th 2011 and June 18th 2011
3:30 PM

Seating is on the ground so bring a picnic blanket or something to sit on!

PLG Arts is a local Brooklyn organization that promotes the arts, supports local artists and builds community through celebrating the vibrant creativity of the residents of Brooklyn.  The PLG Arts Summer Theater Project brings free live theater to the public and creates an opportunity for local professional actors, directors and theatrical artist to collaborate and share their talent.

For more information about the show visit www.plgarts.org

Hope to see you there!