Farmers Market Caps Season of Green
The Bushwick farmers market brings organic and locally produced food to a neighborhood plagued by obesity.
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via The Brooklyn Eagle
Writers Group Gives Voice to Seniors
The writing workshop for elderly women held at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Clinton Hill has spawned two books.
via The Local
Artists Barter for Medical Care
Woodhull Medical Center allows local artists, photographers and storytellers to work in the hospital in exchange credits they can use for medical care.
Seeking a Cure for Jonah
Jonah Weishaar is in a race against time. The two-year-old Brooklyn boy has a rare, incurable disease. His parents are helping organize a study that they hope will lead to a cure.
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Final Rest for a Voice From the Past
The speed of sound is 340.29 meters per second, but it took more than 100 years for Eugenia Farrar’s voice to get back to Brooklyn.
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Art’s the Heart of Therapy Approach
A naked woman sits in a wooden chair that rests on a cloud amid a blue sky…
via The Local
Digging Into Community Garden Plan
Local gardeners are trying to figure out what proposed new rules could mean for their patches of paradise.
via The Local
Penny Poet Offers Streetwise Prose
Robert Samuel Snyderman types up original poems on the spot in return for donations.