Associated Supermarket Shares New Floor Plan

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Take a look at Associated Supermarket’s post-construction floor plan. It includes space for internally located shopping carts and expanded and prominently positioned fresh salad bar, produce, deli and baked goods sections.

Associated Supermarket will be closed by the end of the month, temporarily but long-term as owners begin contruction to redevelop the entire lot.

Connect with Associated Supermarket on Facebook and Twitter for updates.

Associated Supermerket is located at 492 Myrtle Avenue between Hall and Ryerson.

Myrtle Eats Fresh at the Just Food Conference 2013

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The 2013 Just Food Conference is happening now! If you aren’t there already you can come tomorrow! Saturday, March 30th 8AM-6:30pm at the Food & Finance High School, 525 West 50th Street.

Join us from 10:30-11:45AM for the Myrtle Eats Fresh Farm to Neighborhood panel discussion with local chefs, farmers and businesses that bring local food products to our community.

The Farm to Neighborhoodprogram works to connect regional farmers with neighborhood food outlets. The mission is to support our regional agriculture economy as well as our hyper local economy. Attendees will hear the experiences of farmers, merchants, chefs, and MARP staff about how connections are being made in the Fort Greene & Clinton Hill communities.

Speakers include:
Aaron Grosbard, FarmersWeb
Bryn Roshong, Winter Sun Farms
Consulting Executive Chef at Cornerstone Restaurant Danielle Saunders
Andrew Braddock, Clawhammer Farm
Courtney Durfee, J. Glebocki Farms
Kallie Weinkle, Farmigo
Moderated by: Kassy Nystrom, MARP

Buy your tickets TODAY by clicking HERE

We hope to see you there!

Open House at Unity Preparatory School on Sat., 3/30

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Unity Preparatory School to hold an open house event on Saturday, March 30th from 11:30am until 1pm. Location: 432 Monroe Street, in the school auditorium.

Searching for a middle school? Stop in to learn more about the school’s academic, co-curricular and civic engagement programs.

To RSVP or find out more, please contact: info@unityprep.org or 212.437.8372.

4th Annual Biz Expo at St. Joseph’s College is April 6th — mark your calendars!

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The 4th Annual Brooklyn Business Expo is quickly approaching– Thursday, April 4th from 11p-4p. It will be held on the campus of St. Joseph’s College (Tuohy Hall–245 Clinton Avenue).

Sponsored by St. Joseph’s College and The Brooklyn Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, this year’s theme is “Rebuilding Business, Weathering Hard Times.”

The Expo is absolutely FREE of cost to attendees. Geared toward small business owners, aspiring entrepreneurs and the firms that serve these groups, the Expo will feature interactive workshops, panel discussions, vendor exhibitions, and networking opportunities for small business entrepreneurs. The Expo offers participating businesses and entrepreneurs the opportunity to meet and discuss products, services and the issues involved with running a small business.

Join us for the day, meet with your neighboring businesses, exchange ideas and showcase your business!

The Fourth Annual Brooklyn Business Expo is being held on the campus of St. Joseph’s College in Tuohy Hall, 245 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205 on Thursday, April 6, 2013 from 11 – 4 pm and is expected to draw participants from across the five boroughs.

In collaboration with: SBDC of Brooklyn, Fort Greene SNAP, Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, The Office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Office of Council Member Letitia James.

Call 718.940.5857 or email Mamie Summers at msummers@sjcny.edu for further information.

Myrtle Tree Guard Spotlight: “Squiggly”

Today, we take our first look at one of the student-designed panels, “Squiggly,” by Vera Arno from Greene Hill School.

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Says Vera: “When I was first trying to create a design, I sat down with my purple marker and paper and the idea just came to me and I started making some squiggly lines. I made it because it was simple and it was something that I thought of at the moment. I like it that it’s simple and I enjoyed creating it. I really didn’t think I would win, I was just doing it because it was fun. I’m glad that I get to share my art with the neighborhood so that everyone can see it and enjoy it. I think it’s cool that anyone who comes to the neighborhood and passes by will get to see something that I made! “

Locations for “Squiggly”: Bench is near the new Pharmacy at 355 Myrtle @ Adelphi; Guard is near DC Optics at 390 Myrtle between Clermont and Vanderbilt.

Myrtle’s tree guards are both functional and durable, and offer a ‘canvas’ that reflects local creativity. They were created with a modular design so that each set of panels can have a unique, laser-cut design, meeting the Partnership’s goal of creating more opportunities to incorporate local public art into the streetscape. The newest tree guard panels were designed by 24 local artists, who were selected through an open call for public art.

Stay tuned for more spotlights…

Associated to close temporarily, construction to take one year

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Associated Supermarket at 492 Myrtle Avenue between Hall and Ryerson will close by the end of March. This closure will be temporary but long-term while construction takes place. Construction is scheduled to last approximately one year. Both property and store owners have confirmed the store’s return upon construction completion. The plan includes both residential and commercial development, which in the end will include a renovated 13,000+sf Associated commercial space plus residential development. The entire lot is zoned R7A which allows for an up to eight story building, but we will report the details or extent of the construction as soon as we know more. Please stay connected for updates.

Associated Supermarket is working earnestly to make this period, which will be rough for all, as easy as possible under the circumstances. Associated will offer free delivery and pickup services starting April 15th and will also run a shuttle bus for at least a month from Myrtle Avenue to their other two locales: Associated at 367 Waverly Avenue between Lafayette and Greene Avenues and Brooklyn Fare at 200 Schermerhorn Street between Hoyt and Bond Streets. Connect with Associated Supermarket via Facebook (Associated Supermarket 492 Myrtle Ave) or Twitter (@492MyrtleAve) for updates. As Associated prepares to close their doors for now, they are offering big sales on groceries, 20% off beginning today.

Other businesses that were once located in this lot now slated for redevelopment include: Bergen Bagels (now at Myrtle Hall, 536 Myrtle Avenue); T-Mobile (reopening in less than a month in its new space at 436 Myrtle); Yes Cleaners (relocating to 570 Myrtle Avenue); New Grace Kitchen (now at 545 Myrtle Avenue).

Please stay connected to the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership website for Myrtle Avenue business information. Connect to Associated Supermarket via Facebook or email them at 492Myrtle@guzmancorp.net for updates on store renovation and reopening information.

PS 20 Arts Showcase on March 22!

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PS 20 is opening its doors to the whole community to share the creativity and talent coming out of the school’s band, chorus, art and farming classes! Head over on March 22 if you’d like to enjoy a night of music, performance and fine art! It’s just $4, and supports great programs at a local public school!

Thursday, March 22, 2013
6:30pm
225 Adelphi Street (betw. Dekalb & Willoughby Aves.)
$4

4 Encore Performances: A History of Launching Ships RETURNS, 3/14 thru 3/17 !

 

Beginning tonight, A History of Launching Ships returns to the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s BLDG 92for four encore performances. Performance dates are March 14-17 at 8pm, including a Q&A with the playwright and director + artists whose work is currently on display in BLDG 92’s current “Reflections on Rosie” exhibit after the March 15th performance.

Purchase tickets through SmartTix by clicking here.

Here’s more about A History of Launching Ships from the website:

“A History of Launching Ships is the first-ever theatrical production at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This site-specific production will lead audiences through the three-floor museum over the course of the performance, stopping to watch scenes among BLDG 92’s exhibits. The Yard’s spirit and elements of its history act as seeds for the play’s mysterious story of four women isolated together inside the gates of a Naval Commandant’s home on the banks of an unnamed bay. Playwright Avi Glickstein has used the story of real-life Revolutionary heroine Elizabeth Burgin and archival materials from BLDG 92’s collection, as well as the gothic New York tales of Washington Irving, as a jumping-off point to create a uniquely American, ghostly tale of his own that echoes the Yard’s history as a center of innovation, reinvention, and sacrifice in service of a larger purpose.”

In the winter of 1779, a woman named Elizabeth Burgin defied New York City’s British occupiers by helping hundreds of patriots escape from prison ships anchored offshore of what is now the Brooklyn Navy Yard. With a bounty on her head, she fled the city. A History of Launching Ships, a new play by Avi Glickstein, joins Burgin during her flight from the British and places her in the middle of a fantastical tale that echoes the gothic stories of Washington Irving. The play, commissioned by Polybe + Seats and written for the unique environment of The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92, tells the story of the three women who take Burgin in and hide her. Each woman seeks an escape from her own reality, and, together, they realize that the only way to freedom might be on a ship they build themselves.

The one and a half hour performance will involve some walking and standing on the part of the audience; ramps and elevators will be available.

Show your program and get 10% off post-performance dinner and/or drinks at Putnam’s Pub & Cooker at 419 Myrtle Avenue (at Clinton Avenue).

 

 

photo credit: Stephen Yang

Survey: Help Plan Events in the Future Plaza

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Please take a few minutes to fill out this online survey*. It will help us plan events in Myrtle Avenue’s future plaza, between Grand and Emerson.

The Myrtle Avenue plaza will create 25,000 square feet of new pedestrian space by reconfiguring two blocks of the four-block service road. Enhancements include: improved crossings, new bus stops, dozens of new trees, large planters with ornamentals, game tables, a water fountain, a permanent art installation, moveable tables and chairs, and more. The plaza will also provide space for community programming. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer and will last over a year.

For more information about the plaza design, see this blog post .

NYU graduate students completing their Capstone project are helping us plan for programming.

Thank you for your time.

*This online survey is closed.

‘Brooklyn Prints’ Exhibit at St. Joseph’s College — thru 5/1. reception: 3/16.

 

Check out the Brooklyn Prints exhibit at St. Joseph’s College! Put it on your calendars: now thru May 1st.

Nine printmakers, representing a diversity of experiences, but all with Brooklyn on the brain and in the heart, have their work on display at St. Joseph’s Alumni Room Gallery at Tuohy Hall.

Artist and South of the Navy Yard Arttists (SONYA) co-founder, Kathleen Hayek, said of her work in a recent Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Local interview, “they are all simple creations, done with utter spontaneity, joy and natural forms and color harmonies.”

Artists reception and talk is this Saturday, March 16th.

 

Brooklyn Prints

March 12 – May 1, 2013

Artist Reception & Talk – Saturday, March 16, 12 – 3 pm

 

St. Joseph College

Alumni Room Gallery, Tuohy Hall

245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Gallery Hours: Wed. 5 – 7 pm and Sat. 12 – 3 pm

Featured Artists: Jessica Baker, Alfonse Borysewicz, Kathleen Hayek, Sheila Goloborotko, Tommy Kwak, Marie Lorenz, Cheryl Paswater, Rob Swainston, James Waller

Curated by Maribeth Flynn

Myrtle Tree Guard Spotlight: “Groundswell”

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This is the sixth in a series of posts highlighting specific tree guard designs on Myrtle Avenue.

Since 2006, artist Deanna Lee has been making motifs of undulating lines that evoke organic forms, natural patterns like waves and wind currents, geological strata, and topographical maps. Her “Groundswell” tree guard panel design follows this motif. Says Lee: “I think the physical location of the panel, being close to the ground, reminds us of essential relationships in nature: Water and nutrients in soil feed the trees, and the trees feed us oxygen. ‘Groundswell’ conveys the energy coursing within all forms of life, our connections to nature, and a rise in protecting the presence of nature in our communities.”

Locations for “Groundswell”: Bench is in the southbound B69 bus stop, on Vanderbilt just south of Myrtle; Guard near Hardee Chinese Restaurant, 351 Myrtle between Carlton and Adelphi.

Myrtle’s tree guards are both functional and durable, and offer a ‘canvas’ that reflects local creativity. They were created with a modular design so that each set of panels can have a unique, laser-cut design, meeting the Partnership’s goal of creating more opportunities to incorporate local public art into the streetscape. The newest tree guard panels were designed by 24 local artists, who were selected through an open call for public art.

Stay tuned for more spotlights…

Your Myrtle Ave Itinerary for Dine in Brooklyn 2013

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Are there so many local options for Dine in Brooklyn that you just can’t decide where to go? Do not fear, we’ve taken all the work out of it this year and put together a handy schedule for how to most strategically eat your way through restaurant week in the neighborhood. Here it goes:

Monday, March 11: Kick off restaurant week right away with lunch at FIVE SPOT SUPPER CLUB (459 Myrtle)

Tuesday, March 12: Visit LOLA BKLYN for dinner on Tuesday and enjoy their weekly trivia night (387 Myrtle).

Wednesday, March 13: Stay in with some dinner at home.

Thursday, March 14: Spice up the end of the week with some Latin fare from LUZ (177 Vanderbilt).

Friday, March 15: Take a friend’s recommendation on another participating restaurant.

Saturday, March 16: Start Saturday off with a soul-food filled brunch at FIVE SPOT SUPPER CLUB (459 Myrtle).

Sunday, March 17: Head back to LOLA BKLYN (387 Myrtle) to sample their brunch menu on this lazy Sunday.

Monday, March 18: Dust off the Monday blues at MAGGIE BROWN (455 Myrtle), and dine before 7:30 to enjoy happy hour.

Tuesday, March 19: Let yourself take a break for one day before the final push.

Wednesday, March 20: Take a long lunch or enjoy a lively dinner at MOJITO CUBAN CUISINE (82 Washington Ave).

Thursday, March 21: Enjoy a relaxing dinner at the cozy PUTNAM’S PUB & COOKER (419 Myrtle) to congratulate yourself on successfully taking advantage of yet another Dine in Brooklyn Week. Try to snag even more deals at Putnam by catching happy hour from 3-7pm, where drinks start at just $2!

Dine in Brooklyn Week 2013: March 11-12

As Boro Prez Marty Markowitz likes to say at this time of the year, “Foodies, the wait it over.” Brooklyn’s Restaurant Week: Dine-In Brooklyn kicks off MONDAY! Dine-In Brooklyn is a 10-day affair, March 11 thru March 21.

This are six Myrtle Ave area restaurants offer brunch, lunch and dinner deals during Dine-In Brooklyn Week. Brunch will cost $20.13 for two, lunch is $20.13 for one, and dinner will be $28 for one. Beverages, tax, and tip not included in prices. Please note whether restaurants are participating in brunch (B), lunch (L) or dinner (D). Participating Myrtle Avenue area restaurants include:

LOLA BKLYN (B, L, D) 387 Myrtle Avenue (Clermont & Vanderbilt) (718) 858-1484www.bistrolola.com

FIVE SPOT SUPPER CLUB (B, L) 459 Myrtle Avenue (Waverly & Washington Avenues) (718) 852-0202 www.fivespotsoulfood.com

LUZ (D) 177 Vanderbilt Avenue (Myrtle & Willoughby) (718) 246-4000www.luzrestaurant.com

MAGGIE BROWN (D) 455 Myrtle Avenue (Waverly & Washington) (718) 643-7001www.maggiebrownrestaurant.com

MOJITO CUBAN CUISINE (B, L, D) 82 Washington Avenue (Park & Flushing) (718) 797-3100 www.mojitocubancuisine.net

PUTNAM’S PUB & COOKER (D) 419 Myrtle Avenue (Vanderbilt & Clinton) (347) 799-2382www.putnamspub.com

The State of Menswear: Thursday @ Myrtle Hall!

For the final Black Artstory Month event, we’ve got something for your inner fashionista! We are thrilled to present the lecture “The State of Menswear” by Randal Jacobs, providing a critical analysis of the traditional and modern “Dandy”, “Prep” and “gender neutral” clothing trends and how they currently affect and influence menswear styles on a global scale.

Event details:
Myrtle Hall
536 Myrtle Avenue
(Entrance in rear facing Willoughby Avenue, access through parking lot or Myrtle gates. It is situated on the back side of a building housing a Bergen Bagel and Khim’s grocery store.)
Thursday, February 28, 2013
7pm – 9pm
The event is free and open to the public! Please bring a photo id to enter building.

About Randal Jacobs:
Randal Jacobs calls the small parish of Gadsden, Alabama, home. Mr. Jacobs began his career in fashion while attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. While studying business management, he began to sell vintage apparel from the basement of his home. His vintage sales blossomed into a weekend boutique called “1131”. 1131 was the driving force behind his decision to pursue his fashion career and cross register at a neighboring university enrolling in a Fashion Show Production class. Using his business and leadership skills, he was able to become Director of the Spring Show and went on to produce one of most phenomenal and well orchestrated shows in the history of the university.

With his fashion palette yet quenched, he decided to follow his passion and move to London to study Fashion Marketing. While in London, Mr. Jacobs received a greater understanding of the fashion industry by interning at GQ (UK) and working at M.A.C. Models as a Booker and Creative Director. Immediately upon graduation from American Intercontinental University, he landed a job as a Fashion Journalist; Trends and Accessories writer for Fashion Windows in Milan, Italy. While working with Fashion Windows, Randal reviewed International Fashion Presentations in Milan, New York, London and Paris. During his tenure in Milan he began to manage models independently and gained experience as a stylist for Glamour (Italia) and Grazia (Italia).

Since living abroad, Randal re-located to New York and began his NY career with Polo Ralph Lauren in the Womenswear and Advertising Department. Randal presently works as a freelances for Polo Ralph Lauren, MadeWell, Donna Karan Home, Belk and a growing list of clients.
This lecture is sponsored by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership and is a part of Black Artstory Month taking place throughout the month of February on Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Brooklyn. For more information, please click here.

Photo Credit: BlackBookMag.com.

Help PS 20 Expand Their Urban Farm Program

PS 20 Farms, at Brooklyn’s PS 20: The Clinton Hill School, located on Adelphi Street between Willoughby and DeKalb Avenues, is gearing up to expand and they need your help!

The farm was founded in 2010 as a PTA created and funded initiative. In 2011 the farm provided the opportunity for kids in two classes to get their hands dirty and learn about urban agriculture. In 2012 the program expanded to provide instruction to four classes. This year, with help from the community, they plan to build beds surrounding the school so that ALL of their 14 classes, over 300 students in Pre-K to 5th Grade, will have the opportunity to get their hands in the dirt and learn about urban agriculture!

To learn more and donate to the cause visit their IOBY site here.

Black Artstory Month concludes: the Wiz, MoCADA, fashion

The first annual Black Artstory Month celebration wraps up this week with films and lectures hosted by Brooklyn Young Filmmakers and MoCADA, and a talk on menswear by Randal Jacobs. Make sure to check out Myrtle Window’s Gallery’s “A Patchwork Story” before it comes down next week!

Last Tuesday Film Club: “THE WIZARD OF OZ vs THE WIZ” 
Tuesday, February 26, 7pm – 9pm
Trilok Fusion Center for Arts and Education 143 Waverly Avenue
($5 suggested donation)
These two classic films were developed from the same source material but took very different approaches to telling their stories, with THE WIZ adding an urban Black point-of-view. The facilitators will compare the two films and the history of their making. You do not need to have seen the films to enjoy and join in the discussion. Presented by Brooklyn Young Filmmakers, who is featured as the Brooklyn Arts Council’s arts organization of the month!

MOCADA’s Public Exchange Series: “Middle of Nowhere” 
Ingersoll Community Center, 177 Myrtle Avenue
Wednesday, February 27, 6pm
A feature-length narrative film about a woman coping with her husband’s incarceration. Presented by MoCADA and the Ingersoll Tenants Association.

Randal Jacobs: “The State of Menswear” 
Thursday, February 28, 7pm – 9pm
Myrtle Hall, 536 Myrtle Avenue (Entrance in rear facing Willoughby Avenue, access through parking lot or Myrtle gates)
A critical analysis of the traditional and modern “Dandy”, “Prep” and “gender neutral” clothing trends and how they currently affect and influence menswear styles on a global scale.

A Patchwork Story: Myrtle Windows Gallery
February 1 – February 28
Connecticut Muffin (423 Myrtle), Karrot (431 Myrtle), Green in BKLYN (432 Myrtle), Mark’s Gourmet Burgers (441 Myrtle), Anima (458 Myrtle), Kum Kau (462 Myrtle), Miracles Unisex Barber Shop (473A Myrtle), and Soketah (563 Myrtle).
Drawing inspiration from African American quilts, artworks incorporate elements of collage, storytelling, explorations of personal identity and cultural heritage. Featuring works by Melissa Godoy Nieto, Amber Doe, Sophia Dawson, Tony Wells, Jose Baez, Cara Lynch, R. Steve Mosley, Steven J. Mosley and Arlene Jones. To purchase artwork in this exhibit, contact us at (718) 230-1689. Curated by Daonne Huff of MARP.

Freedom Fighters Exhibition
SOCO, 509 Myrtle Avenue
An exhibition celebrating the major personalities, heroes, and icons that assisted in shaping black history in America through their philosophies, socio-political activism, art and personal sacrifices for freedom. Featuring works by Fuse Green, M. Tony Peralta, Suhail Smith, Sam Wilson, Michael ‘TTK’ Harris, and Rasu Jilani. Hosted and curated by Rasu Jilani of Coup d’etat Arts.

Remembrance: SONYArtists celebrate Black History Month 
DC Optics, 390 Myrtle Avenue
Featured artists include Kennis Baptiste, Nina Allen, June Gaddy, Thomas Kwak, Misha Tyutyunik, Jamilla Jennings. Sponsored by South of the Navy Yard Artists (SONYA).
Photo: Glass Quilt, by R. Steve Mosley

Enter the 2013 PowerUP! Competition for a chance to win $15,000

Brooklyn Library Presents: 2013 PowerUP! Business Plan Competition

Who Can Enter?

If you are 18 years of age or older, live in Brooklyn and want to start a business in Brooklyn, you are eligible. PowerUP! is a competition to help applicants start a business.

What Is the Prize?

Nine winners will receive cash awards for entering the best business plan to start a business in Brooklyn. Cash prizes of $15,000 for first place and $5,000 for two runners-up will be awarded, plus valuable business services.

What Do I Have to Do to Participate?

You must apply to the competition, get a Brooklyn Public Library Card, see a business advisor and attend a few classes.

How Can I Apply?

You must attend one of the following orientations. Details about applying will be supplied at the orientations.

Please Register for an Orientation Online at http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/business/events OR call 718.623.7000 (option 4).

P.S. 67’s history featured this month on placeMATTERS

P.S. 67, the Charles A. Dorsey School, which is located at 51 Adelphi Street, just north of Myrtle Avenue, was selected February’s ‘Place of the Month’ byplaceMATTERS.

Check out the link on theplaceMATTERS website.

The school, named for its first principal, is located on St. Edwards, next door the the historic Walt Whitman Library and across from St. Michaels-St. Edwards Church. Fort Greene Park is across the street, to the south.

placeMATTERS, a project of City Lore and the Municipal Art Society, seeks to promote and protect places that connect New Yorkers to the past, host ongoing cultural and community traditions, and keep our city distinctive.

photo credit: NYC Department of Education

Zaytoons Hookah Special

Zaytoons customer appreciation special: Free hookahs with any order of $25 or more. Special is available every night, Monday thru Thursday ’til 10pm. Check out Zaytoons online to order the fresh and delicious menu items.

Zaytoons restaurant is located at 472 Myrtle Avenue between Washington Avenue and Hall Street. For more information or to place an order, please call 718.623.5522.

Pratt Institute’s Main Building Recovery Fund

Thankfully no one was physically hurt in the fire that broke out this past early Friday morning at Pratt Institute’s main building. And at this moment of rebuilding and heavy hearts for all that was lost, here’s an opportunity to help, the Main Building Recovery Fund:

Our thoughts are with you Pratt Community.

https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1143/support.aspx?sid=1143&gid=1&pgid=337&cid=958

 

photo: from the Pratt Department of Fine Arts Facebook page.

FREE Screening of Byron Hurt’s Award Winning Documentary Soul Food Junkies

MARP has partnered with the Community Transformation Grant at Bed-Stuy Restoration to host a screening of Byron Hurt’s Award Winning Documentary Soul Food Junkies on 2/22/13 6:30 -8:30PM at the Ingersoll Community Center located at 177 Myrtle Ave (Navy/Prince).

Many screenings are being organized throughout Brooklyn on 2/22/13 in order to spark a borough-wide conversation about how we can make environmental and system changes that will improve health outcomes and access to healthy, affordable foods within our communities.

Filmmaker Byron Hurt explores “the health advantages and disadvantages of Soul Food, a quintessential American cuisine. Soul food will also be used as the lens to investigate the dark side of the food industry and the growing food justice movement that has been born in its wake.” To learn more about B. Hurt and the film visit here.

To lead us in discussion following the film we welcome:

Keith Carr, City Harvest Assistant Manager to Healthy Neighborhoods in Bed Stuyvesant

Nicole Taylor, Heritage Network’s “Hot Grease“ Radio Show Host & Producer

T.I. Williams, Community Advocate and Trainer

Emceed by: Dominique Bryant, Ingersoll Resident Association President

Co-sponsors to the event are:
The Greene Hill Food Co-op
Stop by their table at the event and learn about the co-op and the benefits of becoming a member.

The Raymond V. Ingersoll Resident’s Association

MOCADA – Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts

WHERE:
Ingersoll Community Center – map
177 Myrtle Avenue (Navy/Prince)

WHEN:
Friday, February 22nd, 2013

TIME:
Film Screening at 6:30PM
Discussion at 7:45PM

Light refreshments will be served by the Ingersoll Resident Association and T.I. Williams will prepare samples of a Southern recipe with a healthy twist!

Myrtle Tree Guard Spotlight: “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”

This is the fourth in a series of posts highlighting specific tree guard designs on Myrtle Avenue.

MARP’s very own Daniel Scorse designed the “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” panel. The name was a nod to his 18-month old son, Ari, who enjoys the classic children’s song. But the design itself originated from his feelings about the first round of tree guard panels. Daniel is responsible for installing and maintaining the guards and benches, as well as planting ornamentals. “I like the negative spaces, the open spaces, in the tree guards,” says Scorse. “Additionally, I didn’t want an abstract design. So I began to think about real objects that have a lot of open space, like webs. Putting the spider in the center was a design challenge for me, but it’s a fun touch.”

Locations for “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”: Bench near Red Lantern Bicycles, 345 Myrtle between Carlton and Adelphi; Guard near Trilok’s lot, Myrtle @ Waverly.

Myrtle’s tree guards are both functional and durable, and offer a ‘canvas’ that reflects local creativity. They were created with a modular design so that each set of panels can have a unique, laser-cut design, meeting the Partnership’s goal of creating more opportunities to incorporate local public art into the streetscape. The newest tree guard panels were designed by 24 local artists, who were selected through an open call for public art.

Stay tuned for more spotlights…

Park Avenue Safety Plan Spotlight: Repaving

If you’ve spent any time underneath the BQE, you know that the pavement conditions are terrible. There are countless potholes from Navy to Steuben, some very large. In some sections, the asphalt near the raised curb is almost entirely gone. This area has been neglected. Upon our request, DOT did send a pothole crew to this area. Some potholes were filled but many more remain. Fixing this issue may require a complete repaving project.

We will keep the pressure on DOT to fix the pavement in this area. You can help, by signing the online petition and/or sharing it with friends. Including hard copy petitions, we now have nearly 900 signatures, close to our goal of 1000! Help us get there.

Stay tuned for more updates and spotlights…

Fort Greene Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration

University Settlement & the Ingersoll Community Center invite the community to join in on festivities and cheer as they light the Fort Greene Christmas Tree this Friday 12/14/12 from 5-8PM.

The tree lighting will take place at 5:30PM in the Ingersoll Garden of Eden located next to the community center at 177 Myrtle Avenue (Prince/Navy).

Inside there will be entertainment, cookie decorating, crafts and more!

For more information call 718.522.5051

Rain date will be 12/17/12

Park Avenue Safety Plan Spotlight: Street Trees

Did you know that a full street tree canopy can reduce automobile speeds by 5-10mph? It’s true. That’s why we proposed adding street trees to all available spots on Park Avenue between Navy and Steuben. As you can imagine, a wide open street without trees (like this photo) invites speeding. Trees can help. Besides adding beauty and reducing energy bills, street trees have a calming effect on drivers and vehicle speeds.

The New York City Parks Department is responsible for street trees. They received our report and asked that our proposal be refined to include each specific location where a tree can go. As you can imagine, siting street trees in NYC is not easy. In the coming months, we hope to map each location where a tree could be planted.

Including hard copy petitions, we now have over 800 signatures, close to our goal of 1000! Help us get there by signing the online version and/or sharing it with friends.

Stay tuned for more updates and spotlights…