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Get to the starting line by 9am at the East River State Park this Sunday to cheer on 200 half-marathoners in the inaugural Brooklyn Greenway Half.
The Brooklyn Greenway Half is two things: the only half-marathon on Brooklyn’s Waterfront Greenway, and, according to Brooklyn Greenway Inititative (BGI) race partner, South Brooklyn Running Club, “the best new race out there.”
Oakland perfume company Juniper Ridge is opening a pop-up shop in Williamsburg. Photo: Juniper Ridge
Oakland’s Juniper Ridge is packing up their California mountains-in-a-bottle distillery and bringing it to Brooklyn with a pop up shop, opening this Friday.
You may have seen the “Wilderness Fragrance Distillery” products at Franklin Street’s Alter Brooklyn, or at any one of NYC’s Fellow Barber shops; now’s your chance to experience the process that distills the essence of wild-foraged plants into their vaunted line of colognes, soaps, and incense.
Arts Happening: Ritual Fire and Mercy Killers
4pm: Ritual Fire CD Release Concert #2
Ritual Fire is a music performance project by the pianist Alon Nechushtan. Based on virtuoso mastery of musical instrumentation and with a clear idea of what music pieces created in free improvisation should express, a number of precious pieces are created – and these grow together into an overall work of art.
Photo from On The Real NY.com
“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne
And there is no better way to celebrate the turning of the season than by partaking of the bounty at our neighborhood farmers’ markets. Check out the Saturday pumpkin patch for the kids, a whole page of recipes for in-season kale, and a beautiful apple and pear pie.
WG opens the telling of the story to all who may add clarity to the unfolding tragedy of the downing of the historic Domino Factory Sugar site.
In the spirit of the best Citizen Journalism, please add your comments, below.
View to the right of Domino, The Edge. Several skyscraper buildings are destined to be built on the Domino site, too.
