Food trucks and melting snow on Bond Street.
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Monday, February 7, 2011
This is so cool. Big Movies For Little Kids, the wonderful Brooklyn children's film series, is turning the table by giving neighborhood kids a chance to show their own productions as part of their very first Student Film Festival . Read on:
Big Movies for Little Kids, the celebrated classic film series for children, announces its first-ever student film festival. Short films by New York City students are now being accepted for consideration. Selected films will be screened on the BIG screen at the Big Movies for Little Kids season finale on June 6th, 2011 at 4pm, at Cobble Hill Cinemas (265 Court Street, Brooklyn)Last year, a group of fourth-graders from Packer Collegiate Institute made a short film to screen alongside our Tom & Jerry show. A live-action romp, the film was such a hit with our young audience that we’ve added an entire short film festival to our lineup!Students 18 years old and younger who attend school in New York City (public, private, home school, we don’t care) are eligible to participate.Films must be submitted in DVD format by May 1st, 2011. There are no entry fees but there is a limit of one film per student or group. Finalists will be screened and introduced by a well-known film director (TBA) at the June 6th festival. Children attending the festival will select one grand-prize winner, which will be shown at the BigMovies/Rooftop Films Drive-In Outdoor Movie Night on June 17th.
For more information on how to enter, click here.
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I recently wrote an op-ed piece for the Carroll Gardens Patch on the importance of landmarking more of our unique brownstone neighborhood in order to maintain it for future generations.
by Katia Kelly on Carroll Gardens PatchFor decades, the Brooklyn neighborhood now known as Carroll Gardens, has been a quiet residential enclave, a time capsule of beautiful mid-1800's brownstones. Its unique, charming front gardens offer a wonderful feeling of space, air and tranquility and provide a sense of relief from the turmoil of city life. The fact that today, Carroll Gardens retains much of its 19th century atmosphere and charm is a testament to the thoughtful and visionary planning by surveyor Richard Butts, who understood what made a neighborhood livable.
Today, Carroll Gardens is one of the oldest planned communities in the United States.It is therefore surprising to many that only a very small section of this unique neighborhood is landmarked.
Continue reading here
photo credit: Molly
Reader Molly recently sent me the photo above of the green "Vroom" bus that has been parked intermittently on 3rd Street for quite a long time. She writes:
"I'm curious if you know anything about the "Vroom" bus that's been parked on 3rd St. by the Gowanus Canal for well over a year now. Who owns it? Does someone live in it? Anybody know?"
I have to admit that I have wondered about the bus myself and would love to find out what its story is.
*****UPDATE*****
Just received the following email comment regarding the bus which explains everything about it. Sounds really cool. Now I want to see the inside. Read on:
Hello!! Found yr blog through random internet wandering, and noticed your post about Vroom! Vroom is currently owned and operated by the Vroom Collective - a group dedicated to transporting activists and artists around the country, namely the Rude Mechanical Orchestra. The bus is a special, uniquely-outfitted vehicle that has many cool features. It currently can run on veggie oil in the warm months and on diesel fuel (biodiesel or petrodiesel) year-round.No, no one lives there. For more information, check out:www.rudemechanicalorchestra.org
xoxojustine(snare)
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
After weeks of snow, ice and rain, Carroll Gardens seemed to awaken this Sunday. Many in the neighborhood were taking advantage of the sun and milder temperature to spend some time outdoors. Whether sitting in front of a café, skateboarding next to PS32 or taking a turn on the tire swing in Carroll Park, everyone seemed happy to chase the winter blues away, even if only for one day.
Could Chuck, the Staten Island groundhog, have been right about an early spring? Though there is probably more cold weather in the immediate forecast, the first signs of spring are undeniably in the air.
Just look at the buds on this little dogwood in Carroll Park.
And how about these daffodils beginning to pop out of the ground at the corner of Union and Bond Streets.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
All good things have to come to an end, I guess. Goodbye sun, sand and beach. It's back to reality and the cold weather for this blogger. Will be back to reporting from Carroll Gardens on Monday, so do stop by for neighborhood news along with snow pictures of Court and Smith Streets.
I wanted to thank my mother-in-law Barbara for a beautiful week. It has been a pleasure sharing paradise with you.
To Helene and Jim, thanks for the hospitality and for the very tasty cosmopolitans. So glad I got to meet you.
And to Mary Ann, thanks so much for joining us for dinner last night. Loved your beautiful house.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Can you imagine my misfortune? I am stranded on a a sunny island surrounded by beaches, citrus trees, long-necked birds, and alligators while I wait for the weather to clear in Brooklyn.
In the meantime, I am trying to deal with the warm temperature (80 degrees) and the blue skies...
Yesterday, Mr. Pardon Me took me on an 18 mile bicycle ride around the island and through a nature preserve. That's where we encountered the rather large alligator.
I'll return to Brooklyn on Friday, weather permitting. In the meantime, I'll try to manage here on Sanibel Island, Florida.
Katia
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