Celtic Thunder Singer Emmet Cahill’s “Christmas in Ireland” Concert in Brooklyn

 Emmet Cahill, Irish tenor and principal vocalist with the Irish music show Celtic Thunder, will present a concert of seasonal favorites and share many of his childhood Christmas memories in “Christmas in Ireland” on Thursday, December 15th at 7:30 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn. The concert is open to the public.

“I’ve spent a lot of time in the New York City area over the past few years and it is truly a magical place in the lead-up to Christmas,” Cahill said in a release. “I cannot wait to make some more magical memories in such as beautiful setting as we will have at Immaculate Heart of Mary.”

Cahill’s holiday concert will feature a variety of music, including classical pieces, church hymns, well-loved Irish songs and Christmas favorites.

Seamus Brett will accompany Cahill on the piano and the organ.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church is located at 2805 Fort Hamilton Parkway in Windsor Terrace/Kensington , half a block from the Ft. Hamilton stop on the F or G line.

Ticket prices vary and may be purchased online and also at the church rectory. For more information, contact Steven Vaughan at (718) 871-1310, ext. 14.


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The Six-Hour Movie at BAM; John Street Condos in DUMBO; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Photo: MK Metz, McBrooklyn

 - There's a six-hour movie playing at BAM that features Norman Mailer, reincarnation, Egypt, a river of shit running under Brooklyn Heights, and 25 tons of molten steel. [Gothamist]

- Brooklyn broker gets $20K fine for discriminating against tenants with kids. [NY Post]

- Tell Sen. Montgomery: Of all those affected by LICH's closure, the residents of Red Hook would end up in the worst situation. [I Quant NY]

- Prices revealed for the John Street condos in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and they're not cheap. [Brownstoner]

- Sanitation workers are on 12-hour shifts during winter's numerous snowstorms. [NY1]

- Has Bill de Blasio set up another fight with Albany? [Politicker]

- Tough guys: State senators are attacking Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to fund more college classes in New York prisons.[Brooklyn Eagle]

Least plowed street in NYC has got to be the Windsor Terrace one that the former Brooklyn Borough Prez lives on. Was it ever plowed?
— Brooklyn Basics (@BrooklynBasics) February 19, 2014

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Man Stuck Between Subway and Platform; Syringe Attack; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Firefighters rescue a man who was struck between a subway train and the platform in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle 

- Where to eat near Barclays Center. Brooklyn.About

- Nightmare: Brooklyn bus driver stabbed with syringe while driving bus in Windsor Terrace. NY1

- Brooklyn Nets cheerleaders dress "street" -- “This isn’t palm trees and sunshine. It’s New York City, and it’s Brooklyn. It’s a different sensibility. We go hard." Examiner 

- Some of the interesting speakers you missed at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Brooklyn Eagle 

- Gothamist has a video of five people robbing a Brooklyn sneaker store.

- Steiner regrets not "buying up all of Williamsburg." TRD

- Romney issues a white paper saying he is going to end the housing crisis but doesn't reveal how he is going to do it. TRD


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Boerum Hill Recreated with LEGOs; Mexican Gangs; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Brooklyn man stabs mother and brother as 8-year-old sister watches. NY Daily News

- The Walgreens slated to replace the only grocery store in Windsor Terrace says it will dedicate a “significant” amount of space to fresh produce and meat. Brooklyn Paper

- Thank goodness someone finally recreated a scale replica of Boerum Hill using nothing but LEGOs. Apartment Therapy

- Fashion student seeks good Samaritan straphangers who saved her life after she fainted on Brooklyn subway tracks. NY Daily News

- Even more new funky art installed outside BAM yesterday. Brokelyn

- Mexican gangs are on the rise in Brighton Beach. Sheepshead Bites

- Hilarious reviews of a Bic pen apparently designed just for women. Gawker

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Uh Oh: Deadly West Nile Mosquitoes Have Spread to Brooklyn

By Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Now might be a good time to take that vacation, especially if you live in Brooklyn -- or Queens or Staten Island.

Potentially deadly West Nile virus has spread to mosquitoes in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Dyker Heights, Greenwood Heights, Starrett City and Windsor Terrace, the Brooklyn Eagle reports.

Several of the zip codes border the lake at Prospect Park, called by park activist Anne-Katrin Titze "stagnant lakeside pools of filthy water."

The Department of Health warns people over 50, youngsters and those with compromised immune systems to cover up and use spray, and to dump those stagnant pools of filthy water where mosquitoes can breed. More at the Eagle.

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Get Ready for Brooklyn's 4th Annual Soap Box Derby

Get ready, get set: Brooklyn's legendary Soap Box Derby takes place on August 18. Racers zoom their non-motorized handmade contraptions down 17th St.

The children's race takes place at 12 p.m. and the grownups race at 1 p.m. Check-in at 11 a.m.

Kids ages 7-15 can sign up for a workshop in Windsor Terrace to learn how to construct functional soap box racers out of recycled material. To sign up, or to register for the race contact the Open Source Gallery. (Camp is not free but racing is.)

Photo courtesy of BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn

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Harvest Fest + Soup Cook-Off at Prospect Farm, Brooklyn

Prospect Farm has almost completed its first season as a community-run urban farm. McBrooklyn just received an email inviting everyone to their Harvest Fest + Soup Cook-Off to be celebrated on October 30th (raindate October 31st) from 11am to 4pm. At the event you can learn about the Prospect Farm's work, play games and enjoy music, food, the soup cook-off with prizes, raffle, and more.

Prospect Farm is a 5,000 sq ft community-run urban farm on Prospect Ave between Seeley and Vanderbilt Sts in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. (F Train to Ft. Hamilton, exit towards Prospect Ave/Greenwood)

Enter the Soup Cook-Off: prosectfarmbk@gmail.com
Contestants must make a soup to feed 8-12 and contain one locally sourced ingredient (within 100 miles) to be brought to the Fest and judged on the 30th of October. Soups will be made available for tasting to guests for $5. Prizes for the best two pots of soup include a $75 and $25 gift certificate from Grab Specialty Food and more. Judged by Foodie Brandon Maya and Chef Joesph Brancaccio.

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Dognapped Brooklyn Maltese Returned!

Samantha, a Maltese stolen from its owner’s Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn home on Wednesday, Jan. 23, was reunited with her owner Tuesday. According to the Brooklyn Eagle and the Brooklyn Paper, two women saw the dog’s story on Channel 12 Brooklyn and contacted the authorities.

The two women say they were shopping in the Fulton Mall when a man approached them and sold them the perky white dog for $650. More here.