35th District City Council Member Laurie Cumbo, seen during a summer push to win her current seat on city council. (Photo by The Nabe)

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Cumbo to Hold Inauguration Party at Ingersoll Community Center

  • January 10, 2014

35th District City Council Member Laurie Cumbo will hold an inauguration party at the Ingersoll Community Center this weekend, when New York Senator Chuck Schumer will administer a symbolic oath of office.

Olanike Alabi, a candidate for the 35th District City Council seat, hands a campaign flier to a commuter outside the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue subway station on August 14, 2013.

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35th District Candidate Profile: Olanike Alabi

  • September 9, 2013

Olanike Alabi, a candidate for the 35th District City Council seat, brings an affinity for international affairs to her interest in local issues.

Fort Greene artist Richard Lebenson stands in front of his home on Clermont Avenue. His recent paintings convey his interest in light, shadows, and reflections on the buildings and streets of the nabe. (Photo by Philippe Theise)

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Artist Profile: Fort Greene Artist and Illustrator Richard Lebenson

  • August 20, 2013

Fort Greene artist and illustrator Richard Lebenson came to the nabe in 1962 to study at the Pratt Institute and never left. This summer, he showed recent oil paintings, many of local architectural subjects, at Hadas Gallery on Myrtle Avenue, and an older selection of prints at Baguetteaboudit! on Vanderbilt Avenue.

New York Writers Coalition facilitators and students respond to pictorial prompts during the coalition's summer youth workshop in Fort Greene Park on Saturday, August 3. (Photo by Philippe Theise)

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Young Writers Look Forward to Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival

  • August 19, 2013

The New York Writers Coalition’s Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival takes place on Saturday, August 24. Students between the ages of 6 and 17 attended the coalition’s series of summer youth workshops in the park, practicing their writing and preparing for the festival.

It's a multi-generational crossing in the nabe. (Photo by Francisco Daum.)

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The Day: Free Bike Helmets, Brooklyn Past and Present, and Local Theatre

  • August 9, 2013

We’ve got the details of a bike helmet giveaway at the Walt Whitman Houses, links to a series of photographs that show New York City then and now, plus information about a theatrical work that examines incarceration and young adults.

Umbrellas are out today in anticipation of soaking storms through this afternoon. (Photo by Francisco Daum)

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The Day: A Report on Forest City Enterprises, a Local Publishing Party and a Ballin’ Fab Friday

  • August 8, 2013

A local blog looks at a report about Forest City Enterprises, a Fort Greene publishing house has an event at Greenlight Bookstore, and it’s hoops, beats and beads at tomorrow’s Fab Friday event at the Putnam Triangle Plaza.

Fort Greene resident Shannon Plumb speaks with Dan Nuxoll, left, the program director of Rooftop Films, and an audience member after the screening of her feature film, "Towheads," at Trilok Fusion Center for Arts and Education on Thursday, July 25. While introducing the film, Nuxoll recalled the day he first watched it among his coworkers. "Rarely do I have to leave because I am laughing so hard and disturbing their work," he said. (Photo by Ausrine Plioplys)

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Fort Greene Video Artist Talks about Her First Feature, “Towheads”

  • August 2, 2013

Shannon Plumb, a video artist and feature filmmaker, talks to The Nabe about “Towheads,” a film she made with her husband and two children about a middle-aged mother’s struggle to express her creative self.

It's going to be a beautiful day in Fort Greene Park. (Photo by Francisco Daum)

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The Day: Trouble at Interfaith Medical Center, a Live Film Score and a Documentary

  • August 2, 2013

Interfaith Medical Center needs financial support to remain open, Silver Process plays a live film score at Jack on Waverly Avenue, and a documentary about Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz opens at BAM. Get these updates in our morning news round-up.

A child enjoys a cool ride in Fort Greene Park earlier this month. (Photo by Brien Foy)

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The Day: A Health Care Plan, a Find Waldo Party and a Local Art Show

  • July 31, 2013

Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio releases a plan to help Brooklyn hospitals, a local “Where’s Waldo?” contest ends with a party and an annual show of local artists stays up through tomorrow.

Members of Whale Belly, playing in front of a projection of themselves, warm up the crowd before Rooftop Films' screening of

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The Day: A Pedestrian Plaza Near Pratt, Ideas for a New Soccer Field and a Gallery Event

  • July 26, 2013

Construction will begin on Myrtle Plaza this fall, a proposal emerges for a soccer field inside Commodore Barry Park and the E Gallery hosts an arts and entertainment event tonight.