via Sheepshead Bites
Gas Pipeline Fight Intensifies
Opponents to plans to run a gas pipeline under Jamaica Bay are calling for a presidential veto of the project.
Place: Brooklyn
Barbers Boost Voter Headcount
A group called Barbers for Obama is helping register voters in time for the Nov. 6 presidential election.
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Author Comes Home Again to Brooklyn
Jeffrey Eugenides, who lived in Brooklyn when he began writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Middlesex,” returned for a reading of his latest work.
via Narratively
Sideshow 101: Good to be a Freak
The Coney Island Sideshow School seeks to pass on the art to new generations.
Arena Spurs Hopes of a Net Gain
Cheers inside and boos outside greeted the ribbon-cutting ceremony heralding the arrival of Brooklyn's Barclays Center, the new home of the Nets.
Brooklyn Artists GO Public
Artists recently opened their studios as part of the GO project, a Brooklyn-wide art event in which visitors could vote for pieces to be included in a Brooklyn Museum exhibition.
via Voices of NY
Pediatrician Rarely Sees His Kids
Brooklyn pediatrician Leonid Isakov was recently honored during Immigrant Heritage Week. But the Uzbekistan native misses spending time with his family.
Churches Fight for Survival
Changing demographics place new pressures on houses of worship in the Brooklyn neighborhood.