Rescuing Dogs, a Block Party and All around Badassery? We're IN!

Image Via Chinae Alexander

We love to see folks in the 'hood doing great things, especially when it comes to four-legged friends.

Let me tell you a little about Sara.

Sara started an independent dog rescue called Badass Brooklyn Foster Dog about 6 months ago, AND is a documentary filmmaker who lives right here in the Slope. The pups she rescues are mostly from high-kill, rural shelters in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Kentucky, and she's doing most of the leg work herself (unpaid), along with a group of other documentary filmmakers from around Brooklyn who have recently joined her. Sara typically houses 2-4 dogs in her 1 bedroom apartment in addition to her own beagle, so she needs some help. Here's how we can do our part...

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Community Bookstore Celebrates 40 Years!

Congratu-fucking-lations to favorite Park Slope staple Community Bookstore for keeping its doors open for four decades! To celebrate their greatness, CB is throwing a party! Special guests include Paul Auster, Siri Hustvedt, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, Jon Scieszka and Mary Morris. This amazing line-up of talnet will be reading from their favorite works over the past forty years. 

The event kicks off tomorrow, 9/17 @ 2PM. There will be a reading and signing at Old First Church on the corner of 7th and Carroll. This will be followed by a party at the bookstore (143 7th ave). Both events are free and open to the public. Seating is first come first sat, so better get your ass there early, folks. 

RSVP or get more info on their Facebook invite HERE.

[FIPS WAS THERE...] 'The Little Dog Laughed' at The Gallery Players

Photo by Neal Freeman | From left: Yore, Seibert, Mendes, and Verafield

We here at FIPS spend a hell of a lot of time out and about in Brooklyn, attending outdoor concerts, comedy shows and various other events. So [FIPS Was There...] is where we're gonna' talk about all this shit.

When I first discovered that Park Slope had its own theater company, I was hella embarrassed. After all, I talk a big game about how I’m on top of shit around these parts. You’d think it wouldn’t take the five years I've lived here to find the goddamn theater in the neighborhood!

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[Events]: Brooklyn Doesn't Forget

Photo by Leszek Plaskota

As the weekend approaches, Brooklyn prepares to join the rest the country in paying tribute. I’ll be honest: I’m the kind of person who prefers to spend days like this at home, away from the crowds. But I am a strong believer in the power of community, so for those of you who would like to spend it with others, any of these events would be a good choice.

 
Rethinking Memorial: Ten Interactive Sites for Remembering 9/11, DUMBO (various locations): Ten artists explore what a memorial can be by creating ten of their own for the public. (Saturday, 9/10, 11am - 5pm)

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The Taste of 5th Ave is Totally a Good Thing

Just a few weeks back, at the Tea Lounge-hosted panel discussion Food Trucks and Restaurants: Can't We All Just Get Along?, Irene LoRe, co-owner of Aunt Suzie's and president of the Park Slope Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District, suggested creating a "Taste of Fifth Avenue," an event similar to the monthly food truck rally in Grand Army Plaza.

From what I can tell, the rationale was that if food trucks get a special event one day a month, brick-and-mortar businesses, who are there all the time & simply need to serve good food & not suck to get customers, should get their special day too. Obviously.

It was either a well-placed plug or the people at Google Places, who brought you free Culture Yogurt, free Robicelli's cupcakes and a Nacho Party bus, were paying close attention. I'm just going to assume it was the latter since Google sees all.

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