http://www.yourstreet.com/news/brooklyn YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Call it fate or label it luck, some musical pairings were just meant to happen. Solo, Jace Clayton ( DJ / rupture ) and Brooklyn producer Matt Shadetek have always excelled in their respective electronic pursuits. For the Barcelona-bred, now Brooklyn-based Clayton... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756159/rockin-our-turntable-dj-rupture-matt-shadetek Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:40:08 -0800 Brooklyn-based Black Gold plays next week at the Comet and you could win tickets! A few years back, after a long season of touring with M. Ward , Ambulance LTD , Rachael Yamagata , and Panic! at the Disco , Eric Ronick and Than Luu decided to put their heads together... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751908/contest-see-black-gold-at-the-comet Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:30:08 -0700 There is a nice obituary in the New York Times today. Suzanne Fiol, an impresario of avant-garde culture in New York, who founded the performance space Issue Project Room and served as its artistic rudder, died on Monday in Manhattan. She was 49 and lived in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742790/suzanne-fiol-obit-in-ny-times-avant-garde-impressario-and-artistic-rudder Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:29:08 -0700 Bright Nights is a curated program of digital artwork that celebrates the projected image, draws attention to the iconic architecture of the Manhattan Bridge, and electrifies the arts friendly DUMBO neighborhood. The program will be projected onto the Anchorage, to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742792/bright-nights-celebrating-the-manhattan-bridge-tonight Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:42:08 -0700 Neil Simon was born in the Bronx in 1927. Herb Gardner was born in Brooklyn in 1934. In 1962 Simon's first play, Come Blow Your Horn , was in its fourteenth month on Broadway when Gardner debuted with A Thousand Clowns . Both fledgling playwrights seemed assured of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6743526/pair-of-jokers-compare-notes-on-late-career-plays-by-neil-simon-and-herb- Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:00:08 -0700 BROOKLYN -- With the resignation of Richard Balbier to take the office of mayor on Sept. 18, City Council is now accepting applications to fill his vacancy. It is an un-expired term ending Dec. 31, 2011. Per Article III, Section... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737943/applications-for-the-open-council-seat-in-brooklyn-will-be-accepted-until- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:26:08 -0700 A group of Democratic elected officials from Brooklyn are planning to hold a press conference at Borough Hall tomorrow to "decry" the latest endorsement by that building's occupant, BP Marty Markowitz, of Mayor Bloomberg. A draft press release announcing the event,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6733983/mad-at-marty Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:23:08 -0700 The largest Brooklyn-based private charity is changing its tax status in hopes of raising more money. READ MORE >> SEE:   Photos - On the Bklyn Waterfront http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746619/brooklyn-getting-its-own-charity Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:43:08 -0700 BROOKLYN -- Pavement work was expected to begin Sept. 10 on four streets in Brooklyn's Parkside Drive neighborhood, said Service Director Doug Rehker. Street repair and resurfacing on Parkside Drive, Orchard Grove Avenue, Meadowbrook Avenue and Dellbank Drive will... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729909/parkside-drive-neighborhood-in-brooklyn-to-see-road-work-through-october Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:53:08 -0700 Parma Elks 1938 is seeking candidates for its annual Most Valuable Student Scholarship. High school seniors in Parma, North Royalton, Medina, Richfield, Bedford, Maple Heights, Garfield Heights, Brooklyn, Strongsville and Cleveland can apply. The scholarships range... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729917/parma-elks-lodge-1938-seeks-scholarship-candidates Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:01:08 -0700 Say hello to: the Little Buddy Biscuit Company, a Brooklyn-based micro bakery specializing in handcrafted baked goods made in small batches, that has just opened its first storefront establishment in the South Slope at 635 Fifth Avenue at 18th Street. The shop will... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6726771/little-buddy-biscuit-company-there-s-a-new-bakery-in-town Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:35:08 -0700 BROOKLYN -- Two Woodhaven Drive residents are facing purposeful deception and animal control violations in Parma Municipal Court stemming from an Aug. 17 incident involving a badly injured dog. On that day, Brooklyn police were called to the scene and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6718604/dog-owners-are-facing-trial-on-animal-control-charges-in-brooklyn Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:40:08 -0700 If you like country/bluegrass/rockabilly this is a weekend for you to stick close to home. Tonight James Reams & The Barnstormers, a Brooklyn-based bluegrass band, kicks off the 12th Annual Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree over at the Brooklyn Society for... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716253/otbkb-music-a-weekend-in-the-country Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:06:08 -0700 Paul Isaac of Brooklyn, NY holds an American flag outside the anniversary ceremony of the attacks on the World Trade Centerin New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6719167/the-nation-remembers Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:54:08 -0700 A 19-year-old Princeton man died and two others remain hospitalized from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday in the town of Brooklyn, authorities said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6703751/one-dead,-two-injured-after-green-lake-county-crash Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:22:08 -0700 Chances are you've never heard of Jupiter One. And why would you have? Brooklyn-based indie rock bands are a dime a dozen these days, and on any given Friday night in New York City, music clubs are packed with them. Well, toss that thought right out the window -... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709199/set-phasers-to-fun Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 BROOKLYN -- Mary Lee Bowen, who has been leading the effort to recall Mayor Kenneth Patton, turned in a 92-page petition at Brooklyn City Hall Tuesday. "I delivered (the petition) to Dennis Kennedy, the director of finance," Bowen said. "He... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6705483/petition-to-recall-brooklyn-mayor-kenneth-patton-turned-in-to-city-hall Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:01:08 -0700 Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Kingdom is unafraid to indulge in guilty musical pleasures like mixing American R&B and U.K. garage divas Aaliyah and Jazmine Sullivan into a mix of techno and electro. His debut single, "Mindreader" featuring Shyvonne, is a growling... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6710243/kingdom Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:00:08 -0700 BROOKLYN-- A dozen volunteers calling themselves "Save Our Brooklyn" submitted petitions Tuesday to recall Mayor Kenneth Patton and to put a proposed highway interchange redesign to a citywide vote. Neither issue was filed in time -- with all the necessary... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6700240/brooklyn-mayor-kenneth-patton-joined-a-road-interchange-as-subject-of- Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:04:08 -0700 City Council Candidate Bob Zuckerman, who is running in the 39th district of Brooklyn to replace Council Member Bill De Blasio, released the first animated advertisement ever used in a New York City Council race. That's an interesting milestone. The ad, which has a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6698666/funny-animated-political-ad-for-bob-zuckerman Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:35:08 -0700