News Brooklyn Boro

Brooklyn Today May 17: Bet You’ve Never Seen a Story Hour Like This Before

May 17, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
good-morning.jpg
good-morning.jpg
Share this:

Weather, Brooklyn Borough Hall (NWS): Day 86°, Night 68°, sunny

Send tips to [email protected]. Click here to sign up. 
 
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 
 

THE LEDE: Good Wednesday morning, Brooklyn! City schools are on edgeafter immigration officials pay a visit to a Queens school, and Crown Heightsmay (finally!) come to an agreement on the proposed homeless shelters in the neighborhood. Plus, BRIC TV brings in two NY Emmys, a Russian-speaking LGBTQ parade marches through Little Odessa and we bring you an argument in favor of the controversial BQX streetcar…And finally, Brooklyn Public Library presents a rather untraditional story hour. We’ll see you on the other side of the week, Brooklyn!   
 
IMPRINT: A very high stakes mix-and-match on the cover of the New York Times Magazine.

Subscribe to our newsletters

____________________________    
  
The Rundown
 

~DOES SANCTUARY CITY MEAN SANCTUARY SCHOOL?: After the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services showed up at a Queens elementary school last week, United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew warns schools to be vigilant. Teachers are asking for more training, and the city is re-issuing its protocols on how to deal with immigration officers. Meanwhile, the Department of Education maintains that all students have a right to go to school, regardless of their immigration status. (via WNYC)  
 
~THE HOMELESSNESS REPORT: Today is the deadline for the city andCrown Heights residents’ legal teams to hammer out a deal that would allow the controversial Bergen Street men’s homeless shelter to open, while holding the city accountable for it…meanwhile, families are already moving into a shelter on Rogers Avenue. This comes on the heels of a new study that reveals that the pressures of living in a homeless shelter – often in locations far from residents’ native communities – often corrode family ties, ripping apart spouses, partners and children. (via DNAinfo)   
 
~IT’S NO SECRET THAT BRIC TV HAS BEEN KILLING IT LATELY…: And now the nonprofit cable channel has received two New York Emmys at the 60th Annual New York Emmy Awards. Since its inception last year, BRIC TVhas strived to publicize and expose the lesser-known issues affecting Brooklyn. From breaking segregation in schools to LGBTQ civil rights to the effects of gentrification, “BRIC is committed to telling compelling Brooklyn stories, and to amplifying the voices of those that often remain unheard,” says BRIC PresidentLeslie Schultz. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 
 
~“THEY’RE HERE AND THEY’RE QUEER”: New Yorkers will march in the country’s first-ever Russian-speaking pride march in Little Odessa onMay 20. Many Russian-speaking immigrants who fled communist countries populate the seaside neighborhood, and the area remains traditionally conservative. Still, younger LGBTQ immigrants continue to settle in Brighton Beach. The march comes at a particularly sensitive time, with news of thegovernment in Chechnya torturing and detaining gay people. Says Russian immigrant and marcher Lyosha Gorshkov: “We are not invisible — we are here, we are queer — we live in the same neighborhood, go to same stores, go to same medical facilities and you have to respect our rights.” (via Brooklyn Paper and the BBC) 
 
~OPINION//WHY THE BQX STREETCAR WILL BRING A BETTER CITY:“With this proposal, the city has the opportunity to help create a more equitable community,” argues Tucker Reed of real estate firm Totem. “This is a big idea that should be applauded, one that lays the groundwork for growth for decades to come. Mayor de Blasio may face some heat for it today, but our children and grandchildren will thank him for it in the 22nd century.” Here are the reasons why. (via The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and The Bridge) 
 
~BET YOU’VE NEVER SEEN A STORY HOUR LIKE THIS BEFORE: It takes a certain something to be a good storyteller: enthusiasm, timing and a flair for the dramatic. Performers at a children’s story hour at a New York City library have all that and then some — they’re drag queens. About once a month since last fall, the Brooklyn Public Library has been presenting Drag Queen Story Hour, where performers with names such as Lil Miss Hot Mess andOna Louise regale an audience of young children and their parents. (via the AP and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

 ____________________________    
 
Staff Picks     
 

LONG READ: On attending high school with white supremacist iconRichard Spencer. (via The Atlantic)   
 
WATCH: A NYT reporter heads to Turkey and witnesses “the decline of a democracy.” (via the NYT) 
 
LOOK: Walt Whitman wrote a nearly 2,000-word poem about a ferry ride between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and now a Brooklyn-based cartographer hastransformed his words into a map of the borough. (via Big Think) 
 
CULTURE: The Brooklyn Art Book Fair debuts May 19-20. (via Hyperallergic)  

 
____________________________    
 

NATIONAL BULLETIN: James Comey’s notes reveal that Trump urged him to end the Michael Flynn inquiry, raising new questions of whether POTUS crossed any legal lines in pressuring the FBI…It may soon be easier to carry concealed guns nationwide, thanks to a convergence of state and federal laws…For the first time ever, an act of violence against a transgender person ispersecuted under the federal Hate Crimes Act…And after seven years,Chelsea Manning will be released from military prison today. (via WaPO, the WSJ, the NYT and the AP)
 
FOREIGN FLASH: Chanel creates a $1,325 boomerang sporting its classic double C logo, and gets a lot of flak for it…The murder of a prominent journalist rocks Mexico, as risks to the press escalate…Security researchers reveal clues indicating that North Korea may have been involved in last week’s massive cyberattack…And Nepal angles to establish itself as a major Asian electricity source using hydropower. (via the NYT, WaPo and the WSJ)  
 ____________________________    
 

 ROYAL WATCH: The hottest party of the season? The kids’ bash at Buckingham Palace, of course. (via ET Online)

____________________________    
  
BROOKLYN TONIGHT
 

6:30pm – Sinica Podcast Live at China Institute: Jerome A. Cohen on Law in China at the China Institute. Details.
 
6:30pm – Manga in America: How English Editions Are Born at Japan Society.Details.
 
6:30pm – Gowanus’ Triple Bypass: Change Through Art, Design, and the Environment at Brooklyn Historical Society. Details.
 
7:00pm – Book Launch: Melodie Winawer: The Scribe of Siena at PowerHouse Arena. Details.
 
7:00pm – And the Spirit Moved Them: The Lost Radical History of America’s First Feminists at Book Culture. Details.
 
7:00pm – Columbus: David Oshinskly on Bellevue. Details.
 
7:00pm – Wag the Dog! at Alamo Drafthouse to support the Brooklyn Book Festival. Details.
 
7:30pm – Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis: Christian Louboutin at 92nd Street Y.Details.   
 
7:30pm – Film Screening: Pitching Tents at Cobble Hill Cinemas. Details.   
 
8:00pm – Mystic Braves with The Creation Factory at Union Pool. Details.
____________________________    
 

 ON THE PITCH: What was once seen as a marquee matchup between theNew York Red Bulls and Los Angeles Galaxy is now viewed as flat. Here’s a look at why and how the rivalry has dwindled in recent years. (via the NYT)


Leave a Comment

Related Articles

Leave a Comment