Stories from Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn

The Park Slope Dog Dash is coming! On June 9th, Foster Dogs NYC is sponsoring a family-friendly (and dog-friendly!) scavenger hunt around Park Slope to benefit Foster Dogs NYC, whose goal is tofacilitate the foster process with shelters and rescue groups around the NYC area. They also organize adoption events and help animal shelters improve [...

Anna-Katrin Tize, a film critic and Park Slope local, filed this special report about Saturday's Great Googa Mooga in Prospect Park. Due to rain, the event was cancelled on Sunday. The NOT SO Great GoogaMooga is back in Prospect Park with the same false information as last year. It is beyond the pale that after [...

Anne-Katrin Titze, a film critic and Park Slope local, filed this special report about Saturday's Great Googa Mooga in Prospect Park. Due to rain, the event was cancelled on Sunday. The NOT SO Great GoogaMooga is back in Prospect Park with the same false information as last year. It is beyond the pale that after [...

I used to call Assemblyman Vito Lopez the Darth Vader of Brooklyn politics-and that was before I knew about the sexual harassment allegations. Many have charged that he is a Democratic kingmaker, a real old school party boss that rules the roost and is almost never challenged. Tish James told the New York Times in [...

Join me for an evening of South African Story, Song and Savory Cuisine at Madiba Restaurant on June 5th at 7PM. The event is FREE but there's a delicious $35 three-course prix fixe meal available, as well as Dinner and a Book for $50. There will be free appetizers and wine from 7-8PM. Novelist and [...

Have you seen Bklynr? It's a brand new web magazine offering quality journalism about Brooklyn. Founded by Raphael Pope-Sussman, who you may remember from the Park Slope 100 for his blog The Audacity of Pope, and Thomas Rhiel, it is gorgeously designed and it features stories, smart and deep, about immigration reform, barber shops, the [...

Thanks to all the Edgy Moms 2013. It was a great night . I think we delivered on our promise of funny, poignant, frank and fresh writing about motherhood and mothers. It was truly a great night.

Thanks to everyone who came to Edgy Moms 2013 last night. I think we delivered, as promised, funny, poignant, shocking and fresh writing about mothers and motherhood. And now for something else. I hope you'll join me on May 23rd for a pop-up reading at Babeland in Park Slope. In collaboration with Edgy Moms, Brooklyn's [...

Thanks to DNA Info for the shout-out about Edgy Moms (May 9 at 8PM). Here's an excerpt to their story called "Park Slope Reading Celebrates 'Edgy Moms' for Mother's Day" and a link: Forget breakfast in bed and a bouquet: some moms will celebrate Mother's Day this year by sharing wine-fueled true confessions about the [...

On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Congregation Beth Elohim, an all-night event called "Shavuot Across Brooklyn" will take place in honor of the holiday of Shavuot, which commemorates the giving of the Ten Commandments. Starting at 8PM with a choice between Orthodox, Traditional Egalitarian, Reform, and Meditation Services, the night will transition into a festive [...

Because I was feeling nostalgic and compulsive I decided to compile a list of the all the Edgy Moms from 2007 through 2013 (That show will be on Thursday, May 9 at 8PM at The Old Stone House). EDGY MOMS 2007 Susan Gregory Thomas, author of Buy, Buy Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Mothers and [...

Started in 2007, Edgy Moms is an annual reading of funny, poignant, shocking, and fresh writing about mothers and motherhood at The Old Stone House in Park Slope (presented by Brooklyn Reading Works). This year it's on May 9 at 8PM. The Edgy Moms Manifesto, which I wrote, is read at the beginning of each [...

Last night's mayoral forum, organized by the Park Slope Civic Council and other local civic groups, was set within the grandiose beauty of Congregation Beth Elohim's sanctuary. Esteemed WNYC radio journalist Andrea Bernstein sat on the bema (stage) at a round table with a blue tablecloth...

How's this for an interesting way to spend a Friday morning? A NYC photo walk that's great for tourists and die-hard New Yorkers. Capture some of New York's best and most accessible art in its gritty concrete "gallery" as we take to the streets and explore the unique applications and vibrant renderings of the urban [...

The Ground Floor Gallery opened last month in a storefront on Fifth Street just steps from Fifth Avenue. Krista Saunders and Jill Benson, already hot names on the short list of interesting Brooklyn art impressarios,have the honorable goal of connecting local, emerging artists to residents of Brooklyn and beyond through curated solo and group exhibitions [...

I hate blog comments spam. Hate it. Those of you without a blog probably don't realize that bloggers are constantly besieged with blog comments spam. This spam is a form of advertising, an attempt to sneak a particular company or website link onto a public page. It's written in English, sometimes bad English and sometimes [...

Wanna hear the mayoral candidates discuss parks, schools, transporation , development? Indeed, this could be a good opportunity to hear the candidates on issues of interest to Brooklynites. WHAT: NYC Mayoral Candidates Forum WHEN: Monday, May 6, 2013, at 7:00 -9:00 p.m.(doors open at 6:30 p...

Last night Maddie on Things launched at Powerhouse Books in DUMBO and I hear the line was out the door because a whole lot of people wanted to meet the dog that has already been featured in People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and elsewhere. When photographer Theron Humphrey discovered that the dog he rescued from a [...