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This month, Brooklyn writer Kristopher Jansma is releasing his debut novel “TheUnchangeable Spots of Leopards” (Viking; On-sale: March 25, 2013). … Full Article

Acclaimed Brooklyn author Jennifer Cody Epstein will appear at BookCourt on Wednesday, March 13, to read from her latest novel “ … Full Article

It started as storm debris and ended up as a Valentine to New York City. … Full Article

Green jackets, berets, and scarves were once again seen in front the Kings County Supreme Courthouse at 360 Adams St. this past Friday as the Brooklyn Supreme Courts celebrated their 19th annual St. Patrick’s Parade on the snowy morning. … Full Article

Jill McCorkle, author of nine previous books, is coming out this month with “Life After Life” – her first novel in seventeen years. … Full Article

Congregation B’nai Avraham, which celebrates its 24th anniversary this coming week, has grown from a young rabbi’s vision to a vibrant Modern Orthodox synagogue with an outreach that benefits the neighborhood and beyond.
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Alice Davidson Outwater has followed up her 2011 “82 Remsen Street” with a new collection on what it was like to grow up in Brooklyn Heights in the 1930s and early ‘40s.  As with the first book, the stories in “ … Full Article

This Friday, as the City Council holds a preliminary hearing on the Mayor’s proposed library budget, a group called  … Full Article

I am a regular patron at the Brooklyn Heights library at Cadman Plaza West. Every morning there are herds of people waiting for the doors to be thrown open, and like hungry cattle we all rush in, anxious to grab a seat. … Full Article

This summer, a three- to four-story “post-disaster housing complex” made of shipping containers will be set up across the street from the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) in Downtown Brooklyn. … Full Article