Brooklyn Today October 10: Celebrate Friday the 13th at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival This Weekend
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IMPRINT: America’s never-ending nightmare appears on the latest cover ofTime.
The Rundown
~SOUTHERN BROOKLYN ISN’T SOUTH BROOKLYN: It’s not likely someone would differentiate between South Brooklyn and southern Brooklyn, but some old-timers native to the borough might. While many consider the shore-hugging neighborhoods to be South Brooklyn, the original namesake referred to the area around Gowanus. The name comes from the Italian district that was the southern part of the original City of Brooklyn, long before it was a borough of New York City. When Brooklyn absorbed the Towns of Flatbush, New Utrecht and Gravesend in the 19th century, its geography changed to reach the Atlantic Ocean. Just like that, South Brooklyn became geographically inaccurate. “Today, South Brooklyn and southern Brooklyn are the same, the communities along the South Shore along the Atlantic Ocean,” said Brooklyn historian Ron Schweiger. But amateur historian Brian Merlis thinks South Brooklyn should be preserved for the oldies. (via NYT)
~HOW CAN BROOKLYN RESIDENTS HELP PUERTO RICO AFTER MARIA?:The city’s efforts to provide emergency aid to Puerto Rico have shifted intohigh gear, with the mayor and officials calling on residents to drop off donations at locations including firehouses and EMS stations, NYPD precincts, transit agency and police service areas. The city asks that people donate only batteries, diapers, feminine hygiene products, first aid supplies and baby food. Relief efforts are also being led by Brooklyn officials including CouncilmembersCarlos Menchaca and Mathieu Eugene, among others. Menchaca said that neighbors are banding together in areas like Sunset Park and Bushwick to make donations. “At a moment when our federal government is failing the people of Puerto Rico, I’m proud our city is setting an example of how New Yorkers offer real care and support for those in need,” Menchaca said. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
~WOODY ALLEN’S WONDER WHEEL TRAILER OUT NOW: Brooklynites can easily picture Coney Island’s Wonder Wheel in their minds but Woody Allengives them the chance to see the 1950’s versions of the boardwalk’s rides. The recently released trailer of “Wonder Wheel” follows four characters that get caught up in mobster life as well as the dramas of their own personal lives in southern Brooklyn. Kate Winslet plays an actress-turned waitress in a clam house, a role she considered one of her most challenging. “There was not one single moment that I was not utterly terrified. It’s an incredibly complicated character — maybe the most complicated female character I’ve ever had the challenge of grappling with,” Winslet said. Being from the area, Allen always wanted to create a dramatic plot surrounding Coney, but wasn’t able to until new technologies cut the price of filmmaking. The film can be seen at the New York Film Festival later this month and in theaters on Dec. 1. (via Gothamist)
Bulletin Board
Staff Picks:
ANOTHER LONG READ: “How Essential Oils Became the Cure for Our Age of Anxiety” (via The New Yorker)
WEATHER: The names for the 2017-18 winter storms have been announced. Did your name make the list? (via The Weather Channel)
FICTION: Read “Stakes,” a short story about a twentysomething working at a Renaissance fair in the Arizona desert. (via Texas Observer)
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FOREIGN FLASH: Catalonia’s desire to separate revives Spanish nationalism…Canada will replace a Holocaust memorial plaque that failed to mention Jews…And a group against nuclear weapons wins the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway. (via NYT, USA Today and WaPo)
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ROYAL WATCH: Did you know that the Royal Family has bizarre dining habits? For example, the Queen has Kellogg’s for breakfast and eats out of tupperware. (via the Daily Mail)
BROOKLYN TONIGHT
10:00AM — Fashion, Science, and Exploration Symposium at Museum at FIT.Details.
10:00AM – 4:00PM — Emergency Food and Supplies Donations for Hurricane Maria Victims in Puerto Rico at Assemblyman Colton’s District Office. Details.
3:00PM – 5:00PM — Ed Center Open Hours at BRooklyn BRidge Park. Details.
5:30PM – 8:30PM — One Brooklyn Resource Fair at Brooklyn Borough Hall.Details.
6:00PM — Arts of Korea with Doryun Chong and Byron Kim at Brooklyn Museum. Details.
6:30PM — Magnetic City: Touring New York with Justin Davidson at Brooklyn Historical Society. Details.
7:00PM — NYRR Open Run at Pier 6 at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Details.
7:00PM — Art Talk: Objectify at Trestle Gallery. Details.
8:00PM – 10:00PM — deleting & tweeting: Brooklyn at Quimby’s Bookstore NYC. Details.
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EAGLE SPORTS: Mikhail Prokhorov is getting closer and closer toselling his share of the Nets. (via NBA.com)
MILESTONES
Happy birthday to Bob Burnquist, Charles Dance, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Brett Favre, Jessica Harper, Mario Lopez, Chris Pronger, Nora Roberts, David Lee Roth, Dan Stevens, Tanya Tucker and Ben Vereen!
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