There’s a new group in town who are working towards getting the Fort Greene Park tennis courts renovated. They’re also focused on providing active recreation for public health.
We’ll speak to them in depth in the next week or so, but in the meantime they’re having a fundraiser tonight at General Greene:
I’m digging their logo.
It’s that time of year once again to show your special someone how much you care. If you’re going to participate in the holiday, here are some options for keeping it local:
FULTON
Greene Grape and GG Provisions:
Fondue tastings and wine tastings, Friday and Saturday
Aqualis Grill
773 Fulton Street (between S. Portland and S. Oxford)
$55/person four course and champagne and/or wine included
Dajeh Restaurant and Wine Bar
919 Fulton Street (between Clinton & Waverly)
Caribbean-Influenced, Wine-Paired Tasting Menu for Valentine’s Day.
5-course tasting menu $129 per couple. Each of the five courses is
paired perfectly with a different wine in collaboration with Wine
Consultant Veronique Fitzgerald, DWS. (the price without wine: $105.00
per couple).
Stonehome Wine Bar
87 Lafayette (between S. Elliott and S. Portland)
4 courses for $65 per person, with wine pairings add $40 per person.
Seatings at 6, 7, 9 and 10pm
For Reservations, call 718-624-9443
Cure Beauty Bar:
Valentine Special: Basic Mani/Pedi/ 1 Dozen roses/glass of sparkling
wine – $90 or for couples $165 (which can be friends/Spouses/sibling
etc.) Runs from Feb. 12th -14th. Must make a appointment and pre-pay
by Feb. 11th 2010
Social Therapy Group
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Prepare for Valentine’s Day by getting better at loving. Explore
where you are with love and friendship and create more intimacy in
your all your relationships. Come to a social therapy group and work
at making your Valentine’s Day more loving. Come alone or bring your
loved one –whether it’s your friend, your partner, your mother or
lover. We will help you get better at creating loving conversations.
Saturday, February 13, 2010, 11am – 1pm. Fee: $30/person or
$50/couple or twosome. Contact: Ann Green, 718-797-3220 ext. 319 or
agreen@socialtherapygroup.com
DEKALB
iCi:
Brunch from 9am to 4pm and a $45 5-course-prix-fix Menu for Dinner from 5.30 to 11pm
Chez Oskar:
$36 Prix Fix menu Sunday evening
MYRTLE
Tamboril:
$25 Prix Fix 5:30-11 on Saturday
Jazz music at 7 and 9pm on Sunday
Chez Lola:
$32 Prix Fix menu Sunday evening
A few readers have emailed asking if Kif restaurant on DeKalb is closed. Apparently, it’s been shuttered for two weeks. I did a walk-by on Monday and saw people having beers at the bar, but when I called later no one answered the phone. There are no signs on the door that point to a closure. What gives?
Kif has the most gorgeous back yard area, so I am hoping they’re just on vacation.
January’s Artwork at Tillie’s:
January 4 – February 6, 2010
Reception
Friday 1/8/10, 7 – 9 p.m.
Brooklyn-based artist David Macaluso achieved international recognition last year with his portraits of Barack Obama painted with used motor oil, a medium he’s been using since 2005. He regards this technique, one of many at his disposal, as a means of recycling while also serving as a metaphorical undercurrent in his work. The portraits prompted ExxonMobil to become a client. In October 2009 the “Barack Obama: Made in Motor Oil” portraits were published in a hardcover edition called Hope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints.
The artist states: “I regard my work as part of a vast and enigmatic evolutionary continuum, a verse in a powerful play. Each work I create, and the body of my work as a whole, seems guided by some overarching vision which is hard for me to define and is often fragmentary. My work rarely seems to fit neatly into any distinct category, but is more like an urge, one that is simultaneously constructive and deconstructive, pushing toward a deeper awareness.”
David Macaluso has studied at Hunter College, the New School, and Parsons School of Design. He has shown his work at the Athens Institute of Contemporary Art in Athens, Georgia; at the Deborah Martin Gallery in Los Angeles; and at Artists Space, the Paula Barr Gallery, and Art Gotham in Manhattan. He was featured in the Saatchi Gallery online and is a member of the Brooklyn Arts Council.
I’m trying to come up with a catchy name for my recurrung series of checking up on other local blogs. Anyhow, here’s what else has been going on:
- Myrtle Ave Holiday Window contest winners announced! [Myrtle Minutes] (My favorite window won second place!)
- Red Bamboo to start serving meat, rename self Poppa’s Place [The Local] (There are plenty of places for meat-eaters (me) in the ‘hood, so this is neither here nor there for me. But I will say that I am generally not a fan of non-meats overseasoned and masquerading as meats, so I will def be trying their new menu.)
- Pratt Coffee Shop reno ongoing [Brownstoner] (Strangely, I had never been in the Pratt Coffee Shop. Guess I always assumed Mike’s was superior based on the lines out the door.)
- Images for Life moves to Myrtle Ave [Myrtle Minutes] (CHB first wrote about them when they were on Franklin Ave)
(Mike’s Coffee Shop)
What’s in this locked steel box on the corner of Classon and DeKalb?
It looks like lovely vintage boutique Blue Bass Vintage has closed (Classon at DeKalb). Their website is still operating, although the header and footer are filled with random ads.
The store opened back in 2006 and I had made a few key purchases here. Sad to see them go.
(DeKalb Ave)