By Ed Shakespeare
Cyclones: Bobby Ojeda, Cyclones’ pitching coach in their first two seasons, is well known as a key pitcher on the 1986 World Champion New York Mets.
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By Ed Shakespeare
Play’s the Thing: Two’s company, three’s a crowd, and four
well four’s a baseball team.
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Take refuge from
the summer heat on Brooklyn’s beaches and in the borough’s public
pools. The beaches at Coney Island (pictured), Brighton Beach
and Manhattan Beach are open and free to the public from 10 am
to 6 pm, through Labor Day, Sept. 1.
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By Paulanne Simmons
Ten minutes may not seem like a lot of
time. But you’d be surprised just how much a playwright can do
in that one-sixth of an hour. If you’d like to find out, don’t
miss this month’s play tournament in Park Slope.
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The Brooklyn
Children’s Museum is offering an exciting slate of free concerts
on their rooftop every Friday.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
This year, Brooklyn’s Genie Foundation
has chosen the non-profit Leave Out ViolencE (LOVE) as the beneficiary
of its biannual fundraiser, to be held at Gargiulo’s Restaurant
in Coney Island on Aug. 1.
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By Tina Barry
If you want a good Caribbean meal, go to
JRG Restaurant Bar and Fashion Cafe in Prospect Heights. But
eat a little something before you go. And don’t plan on seeing
a movie afterward.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
It’s summertime. And that means Brooklynites
are piling in cars for much-anticipated getaways. And that means
road rage is not far behind.
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By Tina Barry
Three years ago,
Raphaella Giugliano began baking organic dog treats as a healthy
alternative to her pet, Biki’s, junk-food habit. Allergy-prone
friends of Biki enjoyed the treats for their wholesome flavor
and chewy texture.
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By Kevin Filipski
"I can understand why people play
Mozart and Schubert - it’s great music and people enjoy it -
but I think people enjoy hearing something different," says
Thomas Kemp, artistic director of Chamber Domaine.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
Even under a sky darkened by clouds heavy
with rain, they’ll arrest your attention and keep you lingering
longer than you should. More than two dozen sculptures by Brooklyn
artists are now ensconced in Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park on
the East River as part of the 21st annual Brooklyn Waterfront
Artists Coalition sculpture show, "What’s Going On."
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