The Center for Anti-Violence Education has a mission: to help create a peaceful world. That’s a big mission but it can happens with small steps in Brooklyn. To that end, CAE is hosting PACT (Power… Read More »Free Self Defense Class for Teens
Happy Labor Day Weekend! This will be your last weekend to visit the Bronx Zoo in order to check out Lego Safari, so plan your schedule accordingly if you haven’t had the chance to check… Read More »Weekend Events: Unicycle Festival, West Indian Festival, Gowanus Block Party, and Much More!
Lacrosse is America’s fastest growing sport and Brooklyn is just catching up: we have had one lacrosse organization, Brooklyn Crescents Youth Lacrosse Club, for some time (since 2006), but this fall there is a new… Read More »New Lacrosse Club Makes for 2 in Brooklyn
Do you miss running and would like to find some other moms to run with? So did another mom: Brooklyn parent, Susan McBarnet, had a baby girl nine months ago and found herself ready to… Read More »Miss Running? New Brooklyn Babes Running Group
Summer camp may be over but the fun at Prospect Park Zoo is just beginning with their fall and winter camps registering now. Your toddlers, tykes, preschoolers and big kids can learn to hiss like… Read More »Rub Noses with a Boa at the Prospect Park Zoo
I’ve always wondered what happens when an author who digs up salacious dirt on her neighbors goes outside and faces the people who feel that their lives have been unearthed by the telling. Authors Amy… Read More »“Rabble Rouser” Amy Sohn to Appear
Sponsored Post I’ve been excited ever since the East River Ferry asked me to come up with 4 great day trips for families highlighting stops along their ferry route. It’s given me a chance to… Read More »Ferry Yourself to Wall Street/South Street Seaport for a Day Trip
What once was a garbage dump and weed garden in Clinton Hill has been remade into a lushly seeded green space with an operating plant nursery and farmers market. For the last month, locals in… Read More »Dumping Lot Becomes Nursery and Market in Clinton Hill
From soft pretzels to vegan cuisine, all foodies big and small will find a taste sure to please their palate all weekend at A Taste of Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. Friday night catch… Read More »Weekend Events: A Taste of Brooklyn, Carroll Park Kids Concert, The Battle of Brooklyn and More!
Have you been to Governor’s Island yet this summer? This is the perfect weekend to go as there will be a special Jazz Age party both Saturday and Sunday in addition to all the other… Read More »Weekend Events: Jazz Age Party, Air Force Week, Fringe Jr and Free Lacrosse