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Parking Changes, Civil Rights Cinema and Huey Lewis and the News

A look at what's going on today in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill

  • Today, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will host Huey Lewis and the News at the 35th anniversary season of the Seaside Summer Concert Series at Coney Island. This is only the second time the band, which is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their chart-topping album Sports, has played in Brooklyn.
  • BAMcinématek presents “A Time for Burning: Cinema of the Civil Rights Movement, Aug 13—28. The festival opened with the New York premiere of a new 35mm restoration of King: A Filmed Record…Montgomery to Memphis and culminates on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Check out the full lineup at www.bam.org
  • Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended today, Thursday, August 15, for Feast of the Assumption. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
  • Mainly sunny skies predicted for today, with a high of 78F.


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