[This is the first profile in our new series, Upstarts!: Parents Raising Children, Building Businesses] Pete Sinjin Heitmann and Kira Smith founded Hootenanny Art House in 2007, or maybe it found them. In 2006 they had… Read More »Upstarts! Parents Raising Children, Building Businesses: Hootenanny's Pete and Kira
Review courtesy of Brunch With My Baby We were driving this weekend to have brunch at Diner in Williamsburg (I was quite intrigued by the eggs with pea puree and cornbread crumbs on… Read More »Restaurant Review: Egg (Williamsburg)
By: Joyce Szuflita, “the school lady” The DoE announced late last week that they are changing the kindergarten application process up in a big way. The old way that families would apply to various kindergarten programs… Read More »Giant Sea Change in Kindergarten Application Procedures
One would think DUMBO is the most fertile place in New York City with all the baby bumps and strollers out there. Having places like Brooklyn Bridge Park and P.S. 8 in its backyard, and… Read More »New Pre and Postnatal Yoga Classes Come to DUMBO
(Sponsored) I have been looking for a more engaging, creative movement class for my daughter. A class that will really tap into her imagination and encourage her to discover what talents she may have within… Read More »MOVE. SING. DRUM. DANCE! Cumbe’s Children’s Program
I am certainly not wishing this beautiful weather away but I am excited to learn that there will be ice skating in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park this winter! The new destination, which is called Lakeside, has… Read More »Ice Skating is Back in Prospect Park This Winter
We are happy to help spread the word that groups are now forming for the fall session of Subway Sleuths, the Transit Museum’s renowned after-school program for children ages 7-11 on the autism spectrum. The… Read More »The Transit Museum’s Subway Sleuths After-School Program Returns
Christine Dehne, Brooklyn-based mom, educator and multimedia artist, has found great things in this new app created right here in Brooklyn: Learn With Homer. I was recently asked to check out the newly released Learn… Read More »Keeping Your Kids Appy: Learn with Homer, a new LOCAL learning app!
Isabelle Dervaux will be bringing us her monthly reviews, accompanied by her beautiful photos, of Brooklyn businesses she finds fascinating, unique, or just plain cool! This month she brings us a sampling of community and… Read More »Summer Urban Farm Field Trips
I recently received an email from Anna Sang Park about the film project she’s finishing with her husband Eric McGinty, titled Wallabout after the industrial district between DUMBO and Williamsburg. She’s the producer and he’s… Read More »Resident Dad: In Conversation with husband/wife filmmaking team Anna Sang Park and Eric McGinty