Join us at the first of three #farm2nabe events on Tuesday, June 4th 5-7PM at Maggie Brown– 455 Myrtle – featuring house-made ricotta on salted toasts made with milk from a Milk Not Jails dairy farmer, a Moscow Mule cocktail with Brooklyn Republic Vodka and more delish menu items that are sure to become a favorite of all foodies! While tasting and sipping you’ll get the opportunity to meet Lauren Melodia, founder of Milk not Jails, and hear more about the “brilliance of mobilizing people with the idea that you can change the prison system by eating more ice cream.” Also meet Mark of Brooklyn Republic Vodka and learn about his family owned distillery right around the corner in the Wallabout neighborhood.

Buy your ticket today!

At all events, you’ll taste each chefs local flavors, meet some of their regional producers & support two local farm education programs that bring farming education and nutrition awareness to Fort Greene & Clinton Hill youth – City Growers & PS 20 Farms!

LuLu & Po – 154 Carlton
June 11th – 6-9PM
Featuring Anthony Nappa Wines, Brooklyn Grange & Feather Ridge Farm

Putnam’s Pub & Cooker – 419 Myrtle
June 18th – 5-7 PM
Featuring Hudson Valley Harvest, Stinky Bklyn , and local beer and spirits.

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This free, casual party will be a bring-your-own-lawn-chair (or blanket) hangout — a great way to meet Co-op members, learn how to become a member and enjoy some fresh air and fresh ingredients. It’s a potluck so bring a food item to share. Beer and wine for sale — cash bar.

Where: 18 Putnam Ave, 11238
When: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Time: noon-4PM

For more info / to help email: events@greenehillfood.coop

Award-winning restaurateur, Colin Devlin is opening a new dining establishment at 458 Myrtle between Washington and Waverly, at the site of the former Anima Italian Bistro.

Colin is owner of popular restaurants, DuMont, DuMont Burger and Michelin-rated Dressler. The new restaurant will offer delicious “American fare” in a casual environment.

The yet unnamed restaurant (Colin says it won’t start with a ‘D’) is expected to open in July.

The Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project LDC (MARP) was honored this past week by the Historic Districts Council (HDC) with a 2013 Grassroots Preservation Award. Each year, HDC grants awards to organizations and individuals “who have worked tirelessly for their neighborhoods and communities, and have strove to better our city through their efforts.” Over the years, MARP has been involved in several local preservation projects, including the advocating for several historic districts in Wallabout, producing the Wallabout Homeowner’s Preservation Manual , and providing grants through the New York Main Street program to property owners on Myrtle Avenue to rehab their historic buildings. We are proud of these past successes and are excited to continue to use historic preservation as an important tool in revitalizing the neighborhood.

Thank you HDC for the award and congratulations to all of this year’s award winners! Please visit HDC’s website to learn more about the impressive organizations and individuals who also received awards.

MARP’s preservation efforts were also honored this past December with a NY State Historic Preservation Award from the New York State Historic Preservation Office at their annual meeting in Albany.

Hey neighbors! Are you following us on Twitter and Instagram? Do you like us on Facebook? We’d love to connect with you to share the latest Myrtle Avenue and other local news! Help us spread the word–tell your friends and family.

We’ve got something special brewing for our 1000th Facebook follower: two tickets to one of the #farm2nabe food events (if we reach 1000 in time for any these June events) OR a gift certificate to a Myrtle Avenue business.

Here’s how you can win: like us on Facebook AND also become a follower on Twitter, Instagram, or both!

Thank you, we look forward to connecting with you!

Pratt announced last week that the PrattSTORE, the Institute’s 15,000sf art supply store located at 550 Myrtle Avenue between Steuben and Emerson, will soon be the new home ofthe school’s Film/Video Program, complete with screening room, sound stages, recording studio and mixing rooms, according to Jacki Ochs, chair of Pratt’s Film/Video program.

The PrattSTORE will close on June 30th. The building is expected to undergo a major overhaul before the Film and Video Program opens at the site in 2014.

Here is more of the story from DNA Info.

Storyboard P, dancer known for his broad knowledge in both underground/urban dance styles and contemporary movement will perform at the Whitman Houses Basketball Courts (Park and Cumberland) on Sunday, 5/26 at 2pm.

Storyboard P, who earned the name ‘storyboard’ while in film school because of his masterful skill of storytelling on paper and later as a dancer, through his body movements, is said to have one of the more unique dance styles out there, seeming to even defy the physics of balance and gravity.

Check him out in his work with Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Kanye West, Fab 5 Freddy and many others.

The performance is part of MoCADA’s public exchange series and also includes musical performances by IAMPOPULA, MosRuf and DJ Ason James.

photo credit: MoCADA

It makes perfect that the daughter of a famous set designer (her dad) and a ballerina (her mom) would produce a work that seeks to merge dance with the environment, in this case the environment is Fort Greene Park. Such is the case for dancer, choreographer and director of the Bardos Ballet Theater, Anne Stanley who collaborates with architect, Maria Sieira on this latest piece, ‘Burrow.’

The ballet performance is free to the public, begins at 7pm and take place in Fort Greene Park at the stairs of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument.

In Burrow, 12 women emerge from a mirage of World War II era styles, music and sounds. Watch the dancers construct, inhabit, & disassemble dwellings both primal & domestic. Burrow is an exciting new work that explores the role of women as architects of society while honoring those that waited on the home front during WWII. The work itself is inspired in large part by Stanleys grandmothers, who passed away within a week of one another, activities of daily life as well as burrowing animals, hence the piece’s name.

Burrow debuts in a series of free dance sneak-attacks in select NYC parks, the second of which takes place tomorrow, Friday, 5/24 in Fort Greene Park. Feel free to being a picnic blanket or a chair. Connect with the Bardos Ballet Theater on Facebook for additional information or any last minute venue changes due to weather conditions.

Hope to see you on Myrtle for pre- or post- performance dinner or drinks!

Here’s one just in time for summer, yes!

Hey neighbors: Joseph Tyler Salon now offers 15% off haircuts on Tuesdays and Wednesdays!

Whether you are in the mood for a brand new summer cut or whether it’s just time for a cut, stop by Joseph Tyler and take advantage of this special they offer to the neighborhood!

Please call for an appointment at 718.802.9200. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Joseph Tyler Salon is located at 456 Myrtle Avenue (Washington/Waverly) and can be reached at 718.802.9200.

Utrecht Art Supply Store has a new online ‘Ask the Expert’ section. Have you checked it out? Utrecht says that artists rave about their ‘Ask the Expert’ service, so check it out! Get the answers you need about the supplies and techniques you use every day. No question is too basic to ‘Ask the Experts.’

Some previous questions have included: ‘is oil on paper a sound technique?’, ‘what is mahlstick used for?’, ‘how does a printmaker avoid fingerprints on paper?’, ‘what does tint strength mean?’

Click here to submit your questions: https://www.facebook.com/UtrechtArtSupplies/app_141149985924076

Utrecht Art Supply store is located at 536 Myrtle Avenue between Steuben and Grand. The store can be reached at 718.789.0308.

Clockwise from top: golden brown to perfection, perfectly seasoned fried whiting and fried shrimp; moist, scrumptious cornbread; savory macaroni and cheese. Lunch time! 🙂

Ruthie’s recipes are based on founder/mother, Ms. Ruth West’s tried and true recipes, learned during her childhood in Bayboro, North Carolina. Her powerhouse legacy remains.

Menu items at Ruthie’s include many soul food classics, including candied yams, collard greens, macaroni and cheese and southern fried chicken. Check out the menu for a full range of delicious lunch and dinner options, including salads, soft drinks, and desserts.

Stop in for lunch or dinner.

Ruthie’s is located at 560 Myrtle Avenue between Emerson and Classon.

The Polish Bar of Brooklyn is looking to hire an experienced manicurist to join their team of beauty experts and nail professionals. Serious inquiries only. Please call the store at 718.623.5354 if interested.

The Polish Bar of Brooklyn is located at 470 Myrtle Avenue between Washington Avenue and Hall Street. For additional details or to apply, call: 718.622.5363.