Celebrate the first two days of summer
with the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation’s weekend
of events, June 21-22. The in-store promotions last from noon
to 7 pm on both days and span Atlantic Avenue from Hicks Street
in Brooklyn Heights to Fourth Avenue in Boerum Hill.
On Saturday, from 6 pm to 9 pm, Art Lillard’s Heavenly Big Band,
a 16-piece jazz band – with the help of cabaret singer Mary Foster
Conklin (pictured) – will throw a dance party at the Enterprise
rental car lot, at the corner of Nevins Street and Atlantic Avenue.
(Suggested donation for the concert is $4.)
Among the enticements to reel shoppers onto this avenue known
for antiques, Middle Eastern markets and now, contemporary home
furnishings, are raffles; discounts; olive oil tastings at Sahadi’s,
187 Atlantic Ave., from 11 am to 3 pm on Saturday; sidewalk sales;
vintage fashion modeling courtesy of Care Partners Thrift Shop,
from Nevins Street to Third Avenue; informal modeling and an
opportunity to meet the designers at Kimera, 366 Atlantic Ave.;
a display of Vietnamese folk art on Saturday at Silk Road Antiques,
313 Atlantic Ave.; a display of war and prayer rugs from Afghanistan
at Kea Carpets and Kilims, 477 Atlantic Ave.; and the occasional
freebies.
For a detailed brochure of the avenue’s boutiques and restaurants,
call the Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association at (718) 852-7418.
For information about these events, call the AALDC at (718) 875-8993
or visit www.atlanticave.org.
