PLGNA, Long Island University Brooklyn, City College of New York, and Jumpstart are presenting a program to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in PLG. The program features a free Story Hour and other activities, such as Book Giveaways, performances by the Imani! Dancers and the Grace Devotional Dancers, and Martin’s Big Words&mdashKids reading excerpts from Dr. King’s speaches.

The event takes place on Monday January 16th at Grace Reformed Church, located at 1800 Bedford Avenue at the corner of Lincoln Road. It runs from 2:30pm to 4:30pm.

FStop Brooklyn, a new Prospect Lefferts Gardens based photography group, presents its first show at our local wine store, 65 Fen (between Flatbush and Bedford Aves.). The show is sponsored by PLGArts, and features the work of local PLG photogaphers: Grahame Conibear, Matthew Donohue, Sheryl Foster, Marcia Lloyd, Bob Marvin, David Medieros, and Paul Morin. The show will run through January 10, 2012 at 65 Fenimore Street, Brooklyn, NY 11225.

It’s not too late to join the Lefferts Manor Association for 2011 and receive your FREE holiday wreath.

The deadline to join the LMA or to renew your membership in order to get a wreath is Tuesday, November 15, 2011.

The wreaths will be delivered on Saturday, December 3, 2011. Volunteers are warmly welcomed to help tie on bows and deliver wreaths. LMA Board members will be organizing volunteers on their blocks.

if you did not receive the flyer with a membership form and listing of our current members please contact us at LeffertsSupport@gmail.com.

photo by: Justin Russell

SATURDAY & SUNDAY – Get your Holiday shopping DONE!
Local Craft vendors – Sat. 10-8, Sunday 12-8

SATURDAY & SUNDAY – Free music, every hour, on the hour!
Saturday, November 12, 3 – 9 p.m.
3:00 To Be Announced
3:00 JIWE, Jazz Standards on Alto Sax
3:45 Montana Ray & Sonia
4:30 Sage & Xavier, Kids Steelpan Duo
5:15 Mr. LP, Manny Cruz, Latin Percussion
6:00 Anton Nimblette & Leslie Ward – Poetry & Steel Pan
6:45 David Pilgrim, Island Soul
7:30 BIG BEAT, 80′s-90′s Cover Band
8:15 Monvelyno, Haitian Jazz
8:45 SoulFolk Experience, 2011 Winner of WNYC’s Best Band in Brooklyn. Featuring Maritri, V. Jeffrey Smith and David Pilgrim

Sunday, November 13, 3 – 8 p.m.
3:00 Jesse and Molly Miller
4:00 Alma Garnett
5:00 Debby Schwartz
6:00 Wataru Uchida, saxophone
7:00 Axiom Addicts, roots rock, pop, jazz tinged honky tonk
8:00 Cyrus Kleege, guitar and vocals

THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOW is presented by the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association (PLGNA) and PLG Arts at 552 Flatbush Avenue, between Lincoln Road and Maple Street in Brooklyn (the old Mike’s International Restaurant location).

The Autumn issue of the Lefferts Manor Echo newsletter is available now for downloading. It is full of great articles on our neighbors and the area businesses that make PLG and Lefferts Manor a great place to live. You can pickup a paper copy at the blue roost at 539 Flatbush, the Thriftway Pharamacy at Lincoln and Flatbush, Ace French Cleaners between Maple & Midwood, The Smile for Every Sistah in You Clothing Boutique at 581 Flatbush, Tafari Tribe Globe Trade at 593 Flatbush, and 65 Fen the wine store.

This year’s Prospect Lefferts Gardens Community Clean-Up will take place this Saturday, November 5, 2011. To participate come to 559 Rogers Avenue (between Hawthorne and Fenimore Streets) at 11am. More information is available via email PLGcivic@yahoo.com.

Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association (PLGNA) and PLG Arts present THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOW THURSDAY, OCT. 13 through OCTOBER 24, 2011 at 552 Flatbush Avenue, between Lincoln Road and Maple Street in Brooklyn (the old Mike’s International Restaurant location).

OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday October 30th 4:00 pm

Featuring the works of dozens of neighborhood artists!
Live music and crafters on the weekends!
Children’s Gallery!
Neighborhood Story Circle – Friday November 4th, 6-8 pm
Spoken Word – Friday November 11, 8- 10 pm

Gallery Hours: Mon- Friday 2-8 pm
Weekend Arts and Crafts Market: Saturdays, 10-8 pm and Sundays 12-6 pm

For Music and Performance schedule and more information go to plgarts.org or plgna.org

Come celebrate the vibrant art of Prospect Lefferts Gardens!

PLGNA and PLG Arts will hold a closing reception for the art show BETWEEN NEIGHBORS this Sunday, October 23rd, between 5 and 7pm. If you have not yet visited this fantastic show, now is the time. BETWEEN NEIGHBORS has garnered good reviews and notice throughout New York, including articles in the Wall Street Journal, and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The show is located at 552 Flatbush Avenue, between Lincoln Road and Maple Street in Brooklyn (the old Mike’s International Restaurant location).

Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association (PLGNA) and PLG Arts present BETWEEN NEIGHBORS THURSDAY, OCT. 13 through OCTOBER 24, 2011 at 552 Flatbush Avenue, between Lincoln Road and Maple Street in Brooklyn (the old Mike’s International Restaurant location).

BETWEEN NEIGHBORS will showcase the local artist Brian Fernandes-Halloran. Brian will not only present his painting, but will provide interactive artwork and participation in a video dialogue that will grow throug the span of the show.

GALLERY HOURS –
Monday-Friday 2-8 pm
Saturdays 10-8 pm
Sundays 12-6 pm

Admission is free.

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The Lefferts Manor Association will be having it’s Fall Meeting on Saturday, October 15th at 10am. Enjoy a cup of coffee and find out what’s been going on in our neighborhood. The meeting will be held at the Church of the Evangel, on Bedford Avenue between Hawthorne and Winthrop.