Volunteering around Clinton Hill

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This is the first in a series on ways families can make a positive contribution to our community through volunteerism.  Our fair borough offers so much to its residents, and here’s a chance to give something back to Brooklyn while teaching our kids to be responsible world citizens. In celebration of the crocuses, tulip shoots and forsythia blooms I’ve seen emerging in the last week or so, this set of volunteer opportunities has a hooray-for-spring theme:

First off, the Fort Greene Association is sponsoring an initiative called “Green Fort Greene & Clinton Hill.” Part of this effort includes putting up signs that say “Do not place unsolicited advertising materials on this property” at neighborhood residences. Children and/or their parents can become block chiefs, going door to door on a block to get signs put up. If you’re interested in getting involved, contact info@greenfgch.org, call Marcus Attorneys at (718) 643-6555 or stop by 13 Greene Avenue. You can read more about Green Fort Greene & Clinton Hill at www.greenfgch.org.

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Also in keeping with our spring theme, a group called 21st Century Plowshare aims to “sow wildflower seeds on every single patch of abandoned soil in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bed Stuy this April. By early summer, there should be so many wildflowers growing in the untended treepits, vacant lots, half-built developments and other tiny scraps of neglected soil in Bed Stuy that the whole neighborhood effectively turns into a meadow.”  This mission caught the attention of Bed Stuy Blog a while back (http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2009/03/09/the-bed-stuy-meadow-project/). I like the concept of a flower-blanketed Bed Stuy so much that I thought it bore repeating here.  If you’re interested in getting involved, check out www.21stcenturyplowshare.com.  And, come to think of it, there are some empty lots in Clinton Hill/ Fort Greene that could use beautifying too…

Or, you could combine community service, recycling and spring cleaning by making a donation to the Salvation Army.  Drop off is at 22 Quincy Street, right near the Broken Angel site.  Don’t forget to get a receipt—there’s nothing wrong with getting a little tax deduction while performing a good deed!  It’s open most days, but you may want to call 1-800-SA-TRUCK before heading over.

And lastly, now that warmer weather is headed our way, the days of stoop sales and lemonade stands will soon be upon us.  Why not help your kids run one of these and donate the proceeds to a good cause?

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Pratt Institute Green Week

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photo by campra This week, Pratt Institute holds its annual Green Week celebration. There will be several free events open to the public, including lectures, informational sessions, and giveaways. Especially of interest to the community may be a few events on Tuesday and Friday of Green Week:

  • Tuesday is going to be a FREE HELMET giveaway from the NYC DOT. This giveaway is intended to not only encourage more sustainable and green modes of transportation such as skateboarding and bicycling, but also to encourage keeping your own safety in mind. As good quality, well-fitted helmets can be expensive, the DOT has agreed to distribute and custom fit helmets free of charge! This may be particularly interesting to parents because children's heads grow so rapidly that it often gets quite expensive to keep buying a new helmet every few years. Pratt will be offering all helmet sizes - including toddler! The giveaway is from 11am-3pm in front of Pratt Studios on the main campus located at 200 Willoughby Avenue. Anyone under the age of 18 must have a parent of guardian present to sign a waiver.
  • Additional events on Tuesday include: a performance by a solar-powered band, Solar Punch. They will be performing from 12-2pm in the same location during a ribbon cutting ceremony for newly-installed, student-made bird feeders and bird houses. Light snacks will be served.
  • On Fridays, both a Free Market and a Green Market hosted on the campus. From 11am-6pm there will be vendors from various local organizations selling green and sustainable foods. Adjacent to that event will be a Free Market co-hosted by In Our Hearts. This event will include free services, entertainment, and lots of clothing, canned goods, art supplies, etc. All participants should feel free to bring items of their own, and expect to find some treasures to take home with them.

For more detailed and comprehensive information about events going on during Pratt's Green Week, you can visit the website at www.sustainablepratt.org/greenweek

Call for Music/Band Submissions

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It’s no secret that our neighborhood is full of talented musicians, artists and writers. As a new CHB contributor interested in focusing on music and culture in the hood, I would like to start profiling local bands and music projects. Do you live in Clinton Hill, Fort Greene or Bed Stuy? Do you have a band? A free jazz trio? A hip hop group? An experimental electronic noise project that incorporates the sounds of 60s Brazillian Tropicalia? I want to hear about it!

Send information, mp3s or links to a place where I can hear your music to justonesweetsong at gmail dot com. Be sure to let me know if I can post an MP3 or if you have a show (in the hood, or otherwise) coming up.

Frank White: Reincarnated

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Good news - Frank White hasn't left us after all! I just received the following email:

Sunday March 29, 2009 5:00 pm EDT

For all things to grow, they must evolve.

This axiom has become the primary motivation behind Frank White’s transition from café to full- fledged gallery/design space.

Situated just a few doors down from our original location, we’ve streamlined our space and refined our mission to provide a creative outlet for emerging and established artists, authors, lecturers, brands, products, and events.

What to expect:

Exhibitions (art + graphics + product) Film Screenings Open Discussions Fashion Exchange Art Lessons (adult + children) Intimate Performance

The space will also house the offices of Sun in Leo marketing|pr| events, soulwerx design/media, and RoaringBull Publishing and provide the following services: art licensing, Loft paintings, murals, publishing, brand strategy, marketing, P.R., and product design.

We extend our deepest gratitude and acknowledgement to our friends and family who have made Frank White an award winning venture and please know that although the waffles are gone for good, Frank White will continue as THE social and artistic destination for the progressive and global in Brooklyn.

Stay tuned to the spring 2009 re-launch and calendar of events.

Reminisce with images from our past: http://gallery.me.com/suninleony Visualize the future.

Frank White Design Gallery 926 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238 718.622.0840

I'm very excited to see what the new space will be like.  It did seem as though their strength was fun film, media and cultural events, so perhaps they've found their groove and are moving forward.  Though I wouldn't be opposed if they decided to bring the waffle bar and the wallpaper with them!

Memorial for Bob Guskind

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Several dedicated Brooklyn bloggers have been working together on a memorial event to remember and honor Bob Guskind, founder of Gowanus Lounge.  Details are now available:

A memorial gathering to honor the memory of Robert Guskind will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm Saturday, April 4 at the Brooklyn Lyceum, 4th Avenue between Union and President Streets in Park Slope.
Please RSVP if you can. (There is an opportunity to sign up to speak.)
If you’d like to make donations in Bob’s memory, four charities have been designated.
For updated information, please check Gowanus Lounge.
Bob, we will miss you and your enthusiastic dedication to the borough of Brooklyn.

PS011K's 2nd Annual Silent Auction

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Working in arts/education I am reminded everyday by two things that NYC public school's seriously lack: money and the arts.  However, something that makes any school better (and my job easier) is a dedicated P.T.A. While walking on Waverly the other day, I noticed a poster on the door of PS011K advertising their second annual silent auction that is sponsored by their P.T.A.  Well, I decided to spread the word via CHB in order to help out 11K and their wonderful P.T.A.  Schools, just like everyone else right now, are feeling the hurt in their wallets and it's evident when speaking to some teachers.

Recently, at work, I spoke to a teacher of a school that the non-profit I work for has partnered with for a couple of years.  When I asked her if they were going to continue with more programming this year she vehemently (and as new yorkerly as possible) informed me that they had no money and that I should call Bloomberg and ask for relief.

Anecdotes asside, here are the details for the event and it sure does sound like a good time:

PS011K PTA's 2nd Annual Silent Auction April 24th 6-9pm Lafyette Presbyterian Church 85. South Oxford st.

Raffles, Food, Drink Babysitting Provided Live Entertainment

Wine Tasting by Gnarly Vines

$10 at the Door $20 for Wine Tasting

Some Place Like Home

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movie I recently attended a screening of “Some Place Like Home: The Fight Against Gentrification in Downtown Brooklyn,” a documentary produced by Families United for Racial & Economic Equality (FUREE), a downtown-based community group fighting for accountable development. Over 100 people attended the screening at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, which marked the debut for this 40-minute long film narrated by activist and author Kevin Powell. Similar to Isabel Hill’s film “Brooklyn Matters,” which documents opposition to the Atlantic Yards project, this film seeks to explain what’s been happening in downtown Brooklyn over the last several years, as numerous business owners and residents have been displaced to make way for high-rise luxury condos and more big chain stores on Fulton Street.   Hardly anyone who’s ridden a bus down Fulton Street Mall lately can fail to have noticed the shocking changes:  “Going Out of Business” signs have been posted everywhere, and there’s a gaping hole where the Albee Square Mall use to stand.  By using interviews with local residents and business owners, the film does a great job of capturing the effects of this rapid and seemingly unfettered development, which has especially hurt immigrant small business owners and low-income Brooklyn communities of color.

As the Rev. Clinton Miller of Brown Memorial Church on Washington Avenue says in the film, development is the economic phase of the Civil Rights Movement, which still continues on.  Obviously he is not opposed to development per se.  He just prefers a fairer process that involves a triangular relationship between the local community, the city, and developers.  As the film successfully documents, this is not what occurred in downtown Brooklyn.  And as the performance at the screening by rapper Hasam Salaam of his song “Someplace” made clear, this type of unjust gentrification is occurring all over the US, from Newark to Detroit to New Orleans.

The 2004 Downtown Brooklyn Rezoning and Redevelopment Plan, which covered some 60 square blocks of downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene, loosened restrictions on building heights and allowed residential buildings in former commercial districts.  Then the Bloomberg administration enlisted a public-private partnership called the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership to spearhead and promote this rapid wave of economic development.  Arguing the need for more retail “diversity,” i.e., chain stores(!), that was evidently similarly used in Harlem in the 1980’s, they colluded with the Planning Commission to push through development requiring the displacement and destruction of local businesses and long-time residents through the use of eminent domain.  The shocking results:  more than 90 businesses have been evicted from Fulton Street Mall; all of the businesses along Willoughby and Bridge Streets were evicted (and given only 30 days’ notice without any relocation assistance from the city); all of the businesses in the Albee Square Mall, the epicenter of young black music culture in Brooklyn for decades, were evicted, and the building and adjacent parking garage were razed; and, as the opening scenes of the film so poignantly show, all of the essential stores along Myrtle Avenue for residents of the Whitman and Ingersoll Houses--from the closing of their only supermarket in the summer of 2006 to the ice cream shop that used to be near Flatbush--have been destroyed. Thus it is little wonder when one of the residents interviewed in the film declares that the “heart of downtown Brooklyn” has been ripped out by all of this destruction.

Given the recent economic downturn and credit crunch, much of the pending development downtown is on hold, and many of the luxury condos are vacant. Unfortunately some of these developers are using the economy as an excuse for not fulfilling their affordable housing commitments.  Despite all this, what can people do to get involved?  You can support FUREE’s work, particularly its main Campaign for Accountable Development, which includes the following goals: 1) Immediate restoration of services, including affordable supermarket, pharmacy and laundry, to Myrtle Avenue; 2) REAL affordable housing that is based on actual earnings of community residents; 3) A displacement fund, affordable space and long-term protections for small businesses; 4) An Abolitionist Museum that incorporates the 227 and 233 Duffield Street Houses; and 5) Real community input and leadership in urban planning decisions.  And of course see the film and spread the word on Facebook and beyond!

For information about how to set up a screening of the film or how to purchase a copy of the DVD, once it becomes available, contact FUREE at http://furee.org/ or call (718) 852-2960, x301.

BK Restaurant Week

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valentine's dishes at chez lola It's that time of year again, folks- participating restaurants in Brooklyn offer a specially-priced menu ($23!) from March 23-April 2.

It's a great time to check out any Brooklyn restaurant you've been curious to try, or revisit an old favorite.  Here are the participating restaurants in the 'hood (plus Fort Greene and Bed-Stuy):

B=brunch L=lunch D=dinner

Clinton Hill

Anima Italian Bistro - BD Italian 458 Myrtle Avenue 718-422-1122

Autour du Monde - D French 860 Fulton Street 718-398-3500

Five Spot - D Soul 459 Myrtle Avenue 718-852-0202

Graziella’s - LD Italian 232Vanderbilt Avenue 718-789-5663

Il Porto Ristorante - D Italian 37Washington Avenue 718-624-0954

Maggie Brown Restaurant - D American 455 Myrtle Avenue 718-643-7001

Mojito Cuban Cuisine - D Cuban 82Washington Avenue 718-797-3100

Tamboril Restaurant - D Latin 527 Myrtle Avenue 718-483-2152

Fort Greene

Bonita - BD Mexican 243 Dekalb Avenue 718-622-5300

Caffe eVino - LD Italian 112 Dekalb Avenue 718-855-6222

Chez Lola - D French 387 Myrtle Avenue 718-858-1484

Chez Oskar - D French 211 DeKalb Avenue 718-852-6250

Dajeh Restaurant - BD American/Caribbean 919 Fulton Street 718-857-1616

iCi - D French/American 246 Dekalb Avenue 718-789-2778

Kif - LD French Moroccan 219 DeKalb Avenue 718-852-7273

La Stalla - D Italian/Mexican 499 Myrtle Avenue 718-636-6125

Loulou Restaurant - D French 222 DeKalb Avenue 718-246-0633

Luz Restaurant - BLD Latin American 177Vanderbilt Avenue 718-246-4000

Madiba Restaurant - BLD South African 195 Dekalb Avenue 718-855-9190

Mullanes Bar & Grill - D Irish/American 71 Lafayette Avenue 718-797-7606

Olea Mediterranean Taverna - D Mediterranean 171 Lafayette Avenue 718-643-7003

Scopello Ristorante Bar - BD Italian 63 Lafayette Avenue 718-852-1100

Sushi D - LD New Japanese 207 DeKalb Avenue 718-858-0058

Thomas Beisl - BLD Viennese Bistro 25 Lafayette Avenue 718-222-5800

And the following: TWO meals for $23!

The General Greene - L 299 DeKalb Ave 718-222-1510

The Smoke Joint - LD 87 South Elliot Place 718-797-1011

Rice - LD 166 Dekalb Avenue 718-858-2700

Smooch - B 264 Carlton Avenue 718-624-4075

Bed-Stuy

Peaches Restaurant - D Southern 393 Lewis Avenue 718-942-4162

Soule Restaurant - BD (FYI, this is still Clinton Hill) West Indian/American 920 Fulton Street 718-399-7200

Sugar Hill Restaurant and Supper Club  - BLD Southern 609 DeKalb Avenue 718-797-1727

Clinton Hill Foodie offers a rundown of some of the places he's been here.

I suggest making the following a priority:

Smoke Joint General Greene Sushi D Luz Il Porto

How come Locanda Vini e Olii never participates?

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The Cats of Clinton Hill

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Strays cats are different than the usual city pests. Roaches are scary and move quickly and generally are a sign of a dirty building. Mice leave little pieces of excrement behind and need to be caught (and killed). Cats, on the other hand, don’t come inside and for some people, myself included, are a fuzzy reminder of the cuteness that exists in the world. On Gates Avenue on the southeast end of Clinton Hill, where I live, there are a few neighborhood strays. Some are notorious, like scary big gray, as I call him (or her). SBG has no ears and some of the gnarliest fur I’ve seen on an alley cat. SBG can be seen crossing Gates Ave. between Franklin and Classon all the time. He/she often hangs in front of buildings and in the big church parking lot on the middle of the block, if you want to come take a peek.

This pretty black and white cat, pictured, is also a regular. While scary big gray terrorizes the neighborhood, (he walks down the block like he/she owns it), this pretty spotted cat prefers to lounge.

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Wandering around Clinton Hill, I found that people’s perceptions of the neighborhood cats were pretty similar. If the cat doesn’t bother me, why would I bother the cat?

(Of course, there was some dissension. One person called cats a “hazard” while another mentioned the importance of capturing and spaying feral cats so that they don’t reproduce, which in the wild, happens constantly.)

Sandra Pigott has lived on Ryerson St. for more than 15 years. Her block has three abandoned lots, which for cats is as appealing as a freshly opened can of Friskies. See the picture below of two of the adjacent lots. Ms. Pigott said a whole “family” of cats lives on the block.

dsc_0084 dsc_0070 “There’s a black and white, what do you call, a tuxedo cat, there’s big black, who is always on my deck, there’s a gray and white one and a little orange and white one,” she said, adding that three black kittens had also been around lately.

A group of cats that travels and lives together is called a colony. According to the New York City Feral Cat Initiative there are “tens of thousands” of cats living in the wilds of NYC.

Ms. Pigott said the neighbors tried to get rid of the cats a few years ago but then they realized that if the cats were gone, the rats came.

“We have our own free exterminators,” she said.

Some residents, including Jason Corace, hardly ever see cats.

“I’ve lived here for seven years and I can’t remember seeing a stray,” he said.

The majority of cats seen live in close proximity with abandoned lots, which means there are more cats on the outskirts of the neighborhood than on the interior, more "desirable" blocks.

In one lot on Franklin Avenue, near Lexington Ave., pictured, there is a lot that serves as a home for a popular neighborhood cat, Brooklyn.

One resident of more than 10 years who lives on the block, Melvin Sinclair, said Brooklyn was a friendly tiger cat that “everyone” knew.

Unfortunately for me, Brooklyn was nowhere to be found. But evidence of his existence was. (See the picture below.)

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On the corner of Grand Ave. and Gates Ave., I was speaking with another resident, Charles Anokam, who has lived in Clinton Hill for six years.  Just as he was telling me that the only time he sees cats is at night, a black cat with white legs bolted across the street. Like any good New Yorker, the cat was fast and wove in and out of the oncoming traffic like a pro.

Mr. Anokam laughed and said that stray cats were just a part of life.

If you have any good cat stories leave them in the comments!

Brownstone Brooklyn Garden District Party!

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From the folks at BBGD: We hope you are planning to attend our Spring Cocktail Party this coming March 22. Enjoy a 3D slide show by Greg Dinkins, jazz by Zach Layton, wine and hors d'oevres by Greene Grape/Provisions,and a spring installation of live flowers and trees by Gowanus Nursery!

For discounted admission, please buy tickets at Brownpapertickets.com (type in Stereoscopic Garden Party), or purchase at Greene Grape/Provisions. Tickets at the door $20.

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German Beer Garden – Der Schwarze Koelner -- Opening in Fort Greene Early this Summer!

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When my husband and I first moved to Fort Greene from the East Village a few years ago, we quickly developed a wish list of places that we missed from our old neighborhood, that we couldn’t find replacements for in Fort Greene. Among these places were: a butcher, an Ethiopian restaurant (we used to love going to Ghenet on Mulberry), and a beer garden a la Zum Schneider, on Avenue C. I’m happy to say that many of our wishes have already been granted (Provisions, Bati), and now, we’re going to have the beer garden we’d hoped for 7-minutes walk from our apartment! Der Schwarze Koelner will soon occupy 710 Fulton (as rumored on Brownstoner and originally on the Real Fort Greene in January. Dale, a Mancunian who lived in Cologne, Germany for 15 years and his girlfriend Randi, a native German from Stuttgart, will be opening the beer garden come late June or early July. I had a chance to talk to them about their plans:

Can you describe the beer garden? We’ll have communal tables, sidewalk seating, and a small garden out back, and we’ll offer snacks and full meals. The food will be inexpensive -- we plan to price 80% of our meals under $10. We really want to focus on inexpensive food – we live here and it’s hard to go out to eat for 2 for under $40.

Why Fort Greene? Why not? Best neighborhood in Brooklyn. Plus, we live here.

What does the name -- Der Schwarze Kölner – mean? It can be read a few ways – it refers to a big cathedral in Cologne, and the literal translation is “The dark Cologner” or “The dark-skinned Cologner”, which kind of describes me.

What beers do you plan to have on tap? A lot! Here is a preview: Weinstephaner, Schneider-Weisse, Hofbräu, Gaffel Kölsch, and Reissdorf Kölsch, etc. We’ll have 2 Cologne beers on draft and 1 in a bottle—right now that’s all that’s available in the U.S. We’re working with a distributor to get more from that area.

All of our beers are going to be served in a glass exclusive to that particular type of beer –for example, it’s important that a wheat beer be served in a glass big enough, so that the yeast that settles at the bottom gets mixed throughout.

And the beer won’t be expensive, either -- $4 for a small beer, $6 for medium and up to $12 for a gigantic mass, as the huge jugs of beer are called in Germany.

We’ll offer a list of good, inexpensive wines as well.

What type of food? Typical Rheinland food; in Germany you have a number of states – Bavaria, Hamburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen… We’re going to be focusing on Nordrhein-Westfalen, where Cologne is located. We’ll do lots of sausages, “Halber Hanh” which is a half chicken on a rotisserie for under $10, and currywurst, to name a few dishes. We also plan to celebrate lots of German holidays, like Fasching (German word for carnival), Oktoberfest and Advent.

What's your mission? Our mission is to provide people with a place to eat inexpensive food, drink excellent inexpensive beer and wine, and share a communal table with their neighbors. They can sit with a stranger and leave with an acquaintance. There will be NO TVs. We want the focus on conversation and community. We’re offering kids’ meals as well. Families are very welcome here.

What will make you a unique addition to the neighborhood? We really want to get involved in the community, by sponsoring events for local associations and street fairs to bring awareness to all that Fort Greene has to offer, and attract visitors to the neighborhood. We really want to advertise Brooklyn to a wider community. And though this is a Fort Greene establishment, we want to emphasize that all are welcome here – from Prospect Heights to Bed Stuy to Manhattan and beyond. We hope to be a positive addition to the neighborhood and to Brooklyn in general.

When do you hope to open? The plan is about 3 months from now, sometime in late June or early July.

Is this biergarten your only business? No; my girlfriend and I import design pieces from Germany – take a look at our site: http://www.ex49.com/products/

Dale, Randi – Good luck to you. We are very eagerly awaiting our first sip! Prost!

SCH Meeting: 3/19

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Society for Clinton HillGeneral Meeting

Thursday, March 19, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Saint Joseph’s College, Saint Angela Hall, 267 Waverly Ave. (DeKalb/Willoughby)

AGENDA

7:00     Refreshments – featuring Red Bamboo Restaurant from DeKalb Avenue.

7:30     Welcome – Jim Barnes, President

House Tour – Linda Scher - call for volunteers

7:40     Councilperson Letitia James – How the new City budget will affect our    neighborhood, and how the current economy is affecting our neighborhood       retail tenants. Q&A.

8:00     Sisters of Mercy – status report on their Classon Ave. property

8:10     SCH Annual Excellence in Interior & Exterior Restoration Awards – Brent        Porter

8:25     Sister Elizabeth Hill, President Saint Joseph’s College      Presentation of the plans, models and renderings of the newly proposed Athletic   Center to be constructed in a portion of the garden in front of the Dillon School  for Children on Clinton Avenue between DeKalb and Willoughby.

Q&A to follow.

8:45     J.P. Morgan Chase – new on Myrtle Ave.  Meet manager, Michelle Lynch- Melbourne.

8:50     Community Announcements – Sign up to make your announcement, comment  or question. (1-minute max.)  We welcome your ideas and suggestions.

Next meeting:

Thursday, May 21, 2009.  Elections. Contact Linda Scher, Nominating  Committee Chair, if  you  want to be considered for the board.

HOUSE TOUR:

Sunday, May 3, noon - 5 pm.  Advance tickets: $20. Day of sale: $25. Pick up maps on day of tour at St .Luke’s Lutheran Church, 259 Washington Avenue, between DeKalb & Willoughby.  To be a House Sitter, sign up at the meeting or contact Abby Healy at abby.healy@gmail.com.  House Sitters are important to the tour and get to purchase a reduced price ticket.

Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in Fort Greene!

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Éirinn go brách! In celebration of Saint Patrick, who cast the snakes out of Ireland, check out these local watering holes for all that is good and Irish: Mullane's Bar and Grill (71 Lafayette Ave.) is offering an Irish Favorites Menu featuring corned beef and cabbage, shepherd’s pie, Guiness Stew, and more!

(P.S. Interesting note re Mullane’s – in talking with the owner and a bartender, I realized I’ve been mispronouncing Mullane’s for the last 2 years. It’s not pronounced “mullains”, it’s pronounced “mullawn’s.”)

Brooklyn Public House (274 DeKalb) will be celebrating its 1st Annual St. Patrick’s Day, starting at noon and going into the wee hours of the night. They’ll be playing Irish music all day and night, and have some food and drink specials, too:

St. Pat’s Food Specials:

+ Bangers & mash (Irish pork sausage, garlic whipped mashed potatoes, served w/ mushroom & union gravy) $10.00 + Irish bacon & cabbage (Irish boiled ham served w/ white cabbage, mashed potatoes & creamy parsley sauce) $12.00 + Fish & chips (fresh battered haddock w/fries) $14.00 + Plus items from the regular food menu.

St. Pat’s Drink Specials:

$3 bottles of Bud, Bud-Light & Heineken-light while stock lasts.

Craic agus ceol! (fun & music in Irish)

Greene Hill Food Co-Op Meeting: 3/18

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Please join us for The Greene Hill Food Coop's March General Meeting: When: Wednesday March 18th 7pm-9:30pm (meeting will start at 7:15pm, newcomers please come at 7pm)

Where: BRIC Studio, 57 Rockwell Place b/w Fulton & DeKalb

Please take a look at our agenda for this General Meeting: http://www.greenehillfoodcoop.com/general-meetings/meeting-agenda-2009-03-18

Any size of monetary contribution is greatly appreciated to go towards the rental of the space.

Sitters Studio (www.sitterstudio.com) is providing free childcare during the March meeting. Sitters Studio is a unique babysitting agency that is entirely staffed with artists who have a childcare background. They arrive with a tote of artistic toys ready to engage the children in fun and creative play. The agency is insured and bonded. All of the sitters are reference and background checked and are CPR certified. Please email info@greenehillfoodcoop.com by Tuesday March 17th to let us know if you will be in need of childcare so that we can staff the appropriate amount of sitters.

We're happy to announce the launch of our community partners program and are thankful to the Greene Harvest CSA and the Greene Hill School for being our first partners. For more information about this program and either of these organizations, follow this link: http://www.greenehillfoodcoop.com/committees/outreach-committee/community-partners

Look forward to seeing you there! Visit our website www.greenehillfoodcoop.com for more information.

-- The Greene Hill Food Coop http://www.greenehillfoodcoop.com info@greenehillfoodcoop.com 718.208.4778