Not content to merely be the venue for the 71st Precinct’s National Night Out bash, the well-organized block of Rutland Road, between Bedford and Rogers Avenues also hosted its own block party last Summer
Ben Edwards Photographs
PLG Arts’ production of “Daydream”, a children’s version of Midsummer Night’s Dream had it’s third season in Prospect Park’s Imagination Playground this past summer. Otto Neals, a prominent Brooklyn sculptor and painter, and a frequent exhibitor at Dorsey’s Gallery, on Rogers Avenue in our neighborhood was on hand for the children’s activities following the Sunday July 13th performance. Neals created the large bronze statue of “Peter and Willie”, characters in Ezra Jack Keats’ book “Peter’s Chair” which is an important feature of this innovative playground.
Otto Neals and Laura Frenzer (Founder and President of PLG Arts and producer of this play)
Photographs, R. Marvin
Rina Kleege wrote this profile of one of the great PLG-based performers. Russ Spiegel, a two-time performer at PLG Arts Jazz at the Ink Well (408 Rogers Ave between Lefferts and Sterling streets), is a resident of the neighborhood. Like many musicians, he finds Prospect Lefferts Gardens attractive and convenient, with lots of like-minded neighbors in the arts. The Ink Well Café hosts PLG Arts Jazz at the Ink Well the second Thursday of every month (see schedule at http://www.plgarts.org) Continue reading
A State law passed last year forbids leaving advertising materials when a homeowner posts a sign such as the one below. Neighbors have noticed some success with these signs, although they are unlikely to stop all ads
Do NOT Place Unsolicited Advertising Material On This
Property in accordance with New York State Law,
Chapter 585 of 200
The Lefferts Manor Association
sang outside of K-Dog on December 22nd, with frequent stops inside for fortifying cups of hot chocolate
Photographs, R. Marvin
