A ‘Ted Lasso’ star doing live comedy. Gina Gershon talking about drumming. A Gandolfini biographer. Willie’s birthday. NYT Columnists.
Plus: Quilts, Comics and the Half-Marathon.
Welcome to the Sunday AM edition of the Park Slope Walk. We want to give you some reading you can lean back with, and we want to help you make some plans for the week.
You may not have tickets for The Met Gala on the UES and the New York Times Editorial event at our own Central Library, but we’ve got better alternatives for you.
Get Involved
🌯Donate to El Nopal in South Slope to help it recover from a GruhHub phishing attack: As reported by News 12: “Tufino says Grubhub orders are about 60% of their income, and this loss is hitting hard. For two weeks after the hack, Tufino says they were locked out of their account.” Thankfully, this GoFundMe launched by El Nopal and shared by The 5th Ave BID is already almost $4K toward its $20K goal. (GoFundMe)
🌳Sunset Series @ Prospect Park on Tuesday: “Make the most of longer days in the warmer months and join the Alliance to get outside and lend a hand at locations throughout Brooklyn’s Backyard. Volunteers will help with invasive plant removal, litter pickup and mulching.”(5:00 PM, Prospect Park, Free, Registration Required)
⚖️Light The Way BK: Know Your Rights Workshop on Tuesday: “Join a virtual Immigration Know Your Rights Workshop with Council Member Hanif, State Senator Gounardes, Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, Prospect Park Alliance, Fifth Avenue Committee, Carroll Garden’s Association and other community groups hosted by CUNY Citizenship“ (6:00 PM, Online, Free, RSVP)
Lean Back Reading & Cinnamon Roll Eating
🙈🙉🙊Larry David: ‘My Dinner With Adolf.’ Patrick Healy, quoted above, is the moderator for Tuesday’s NYT Opinion Writers event at Central Library discussing Trump’s first 100 days. Take a minute this morning and read Larry David’s satire and see if you think Healy understood the message. And if you’re going, maybe ask him? (NYT Gift link to Larry David’s piece)
🌀South Slope is Cinnamon Roll Alley, according to The Infatuation: The East Village almost has a bundle of Top-17 bakeries as tightly packed, but we’re tops. (The Infatuation)
📙Pre-read: Lena Moses-Shmitt’s poetry. The writer and artist reads from her debut book poetry at Community Bookstore on Tuesday. Hit PLAY above to listen and see what you think. (Spotify)
#GetInvolved Special: The Commissioner’s Brendan Byrnes is 5th Avenue’s Open Streets Champion
By Dan Myers
Park Slope Open Streets will be back once again for the summer starting next weekend, closing down 5th Avenue to traffic from Berkeley to 4th Street every Saturday from May to October (excluding August). We chatted with Brendan Byrnes, the owner of popular bar The Commissioner, who’s been hugely instrumental in making sure it returns every year.
