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Audrey Gelman antiquing with spreadsheets, an Aesop flower arranging workshop and more.
Welcome to Vines & Voices, your weekly dose of the latest buzz in South Brooklyn. Curated by CSJ, this free newsletter will land in your inbox each week with everything you need to know — and a little more. Got a tip? Some juicy news to share? An idea you think we should cover? Hit us up at info@courtstreetjournal.com. Your voice is part of the story.
Slow Read of the Week
Atlantic Avenue’s retail glow-up is no accident. Rather, it’s the careful orchestration of two women who run the corridor’s Business Improvement District, or BID. Never heard of a BID? I hadn’t either – so I spoke with Kelly Carroll, executive director of AABID, and Layla Passman, community engagement coordinator, about the work they do to make Atlantic Avenue cleaner, safer and well-trafficked. Read the full story here.
The Roundup
Movement Room, a boutique fitness studio, opened this week at 177 Court Street.
Audrey Gelman’s Six Bells Countryside Inn opens Monday, June 16 in Rosendale, New York. The New York Times profiled Gelman ahead of the opening, and I am obsessed with her bringing spreadsheets on her antiquing adventures. I interviewed Gelman a couple of years ago when she was tinkering away at an English country manor dollhouse. Revisit that interview here.
Aesop is hosting a flower arranging workshop at Fleurista next Thursday, June 19.
The Brooklyn Heights Association is holding a walking tour of the neighborhood’s queer scene in honor of Pride Month next Sunday, June 22. The tour will be led by Hugh Ryan, author of “When Brooklyn Was Queer,” and will unearth the “covert meeting spots, the late-night bars and residences of notable figures in Brooklyn’s queer scene.”
Saturn Road is hosting Wellness Wednesday afternoon pick-me-ups throughout the month of June. Wellness guide Deena Berger Gothelf will lead customers through mindfulness-based practices involving movement, meditation, breath work and sound healing.
The Cobble Hill Association is raising money to update the children’s playground in Cobble Hill Park. Their goal is $150,000, with which they plan to replace the broken slide and spider climber and add an ADA-compliant play board.
The flower arranging workshop is genius!!