The holiday season is upon us, and that means one thing: it’s time to party, Community Board style.
Brooklyn’s community boards are celebrating the holidays in ways as diverse as the neighborhoods they represent — some are planning absolutely nothing, others are planning to raise the roof. Here’s how your community board measures up.
• Community Board 2, which covers Fort Greene, DUMBO, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, and Brooklyn Heights, isn’t doing much of anything.
“We do a small reception after the full board meeting on Dec. 13,” said District Manager Rob Perris. “There’ll be cheese and crackers and crudites.”
• Community Board 6, which encompasses Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus, and Cobble Hill, will eschew the raw vegetables in favor of a “Whiz-Bang Blowout Holiday Extravaganza” at Park Slope’s Union Hall.
“Whiz-bang,” of course, refers to explosives used during World War I, but we’re assured that this party has no military theme.
District Manager Craig Hammerman promises that there will be peaceful activities like bocce-playing, door-prize giveaways, hors d’oeuvre-eating, and plenty of drinking at the cash bar.
And here’s a bonus:
If you get tired of seeing CB 6 chairman Jerry Armer with a lampshade on his head, you can head to the Union Hall basement where Jane magazine is having its own holiday shindig.
• Neither Community Board 10, which represents Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, nor Community Board 11, which represents Bensonhurst, is hosting an open party.
“We have a very small staff and the board members have so many other things to do, we didn’t want another obligation for them,” explained Howard Feuer, the district manager for CB11.
CB 10’s 50 members and their significant others will party at an undisclosed location — but this soiree is so exclusive that it’s “invite only,” said District Manager Josephine Beckmann.
Community Board 2 holiday “party,” Dec. 13, 6 pm, St. Francis College’s Founder’s Hall (180 Remsen St., between Clinton and Court streets). Call (718) 596-5410 for information.
Community Board 6 holiday party, Dec. 20, 6 pm, Union Hall (702 Union St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues). Tickets $30. For information, call (718) 643-3027.
