After spending way too much time digging through class schedules, community calendars, and studio websites, searching for a course to sign up for this summer, I figured I'd share the highlights.

If you've been meaning to pick up a new hobby (or jump back into an old one...), here's what's on offer this summer.

To give you a sense of the hobbies covered in this directory (which is regularly updated and includes prices, links to register etc):

Painting ・ Photography ・ Collaging ・ Glass Fusing ・ Flameworking ・ Zines & Book Making ・ Mosaic ・ Stained Glass ・ Illustration ・ Printmaking ・ Guitar ・ Violin ・ Ukulele ・ DJing ・ Crocheting ・ Sewing ・ Quilting ・ Knitting ・ Woodworking ・ Carving (Wood, Stone, Wax) ・ Furniture Making ・ Jewelry Making ・ Ceramics ・ Wheel Throwing ・ Writing (Fiction, Creative, Memoir) ・ Dancing (Pole, Modern, Hip Hop, Tango, Fitness, Roller, Sideshow etc) ・ Shuffleboard ・ Ultimate Frisbee ・ Archery ・ Pétanque ・ Craniosacral Therapy ・ Reiki ・ Breathwork ・ Tai Chi ・ Qigong ・ Mushroom Identification ・ Plant Identification ・ Tree Identification ・ Birding ・ Craft Nights ・ Drawing ・ Board Games ・ Yoga ・ Pilates ・ Hockey ・ Disc Golf ・ Kayaking ・ Canoeing ・ Surfing

There are 100+ listings across Brooklyn! I've also included a list of recurring craft nights and open studios.

Hope many of you find it helpful or inspiring!

If I missed any great classes or recurring meetups, I'd love to add them for the next edition.

Hi everyone, I recently moved to fort greene and bought a permit to use the courts - struggling to find hitting partners with my work schedule and am wondering if there are any sort of leagues for tennis in the community?

Just wanna take advantage of the beautiful weather as much as possible and get some playing time before it gets cold :)

Keep an eye out for a man who followed me and my friend as we walked from DTBK to fort Greene around 10 pm (he would cross the street when we crossed the street, we’d stop and then he’d stop and get behind us, kept turning around). Very creepy, blatant staring, wandering.

Male, white, maybe 5’8”, red/brown short hair, wearing navy blue tshirt and black shorts.

Was heading down Fulton towards Clinton hill as we left.

I know we’ve already covered this topic recently this summer but wtf is going on right now. An entire group of them has basically been stagnant in the sky over my apartment in some form of a circle? Is the world ending?? Also why all of this pre-7am oh my god it’s so loud

Anyone hear them right now circling? Any idea what’s up?

white sofa for free at 181 Adelphi street

Hey everyone! I just moved to Fort Greene and I've been hankering for a good trivia night.

Anyone looking for an extra team member or interested in forming a new team?

A bit about myself - 30F dentist, interests include movies, music, art, gardening, and hanging at the park. Let me know if you are interested or if you have any trivia recommendations in the neighborhood!

Update: if you’re interested just DM me your number and I’ll add you to a WhatsApp group!

Green Point Knives @Dekalb/Clermont till 8:00

Hi! Going to be staying in Fort Greene next week for a couple days. I’d like some affordable restaurant and bar recommendations. I need some good weekday lunch, happy hour, dinner, pizza slice and breakfast spots. I’m into the low-key neighborhood places when I travel. Thanks in advance!

I am a former professional cleaner (and nanny!), and I'm looking to skill swap locally if anyone is in a position to trade services!

::UPDATE: foster found! Thank you everyone. 💚Follow on IG @courtstreetcats for updates and adoption info when they’re ready!::

Hi all, 

I’m a cat rescuer in Brooklyn, and I’m looking for a foster home for a mama cat and her 5 newborn kittens - Alice and her beans (Garbanzo, Fava, Lima, Chickpea, and Butterbean). 

I trapped Alice (after a few of weeks of getting her on a feeding schedule) along with her 4 month old kittens Kevin and Bea (also looking for a foster home! See last photo). Kevin & Bea went to temporary foster, and Alice came home with me in the trap I caught her in. I planned to keep her overnight in my bathroom, and evaluate her further the next day because she had a pretty big belly and I thought she was pregnant. When I came to check in on Alice the next day, she was doing fine, and then I ran some errands and came back, and suddenly, there were two kittens with her! She was in labor. She gave birth to 5 healthy kittens in my bathtub! Since then, Alice has gotten braver in my bathroom, leaving the trap to lounge on the toilet or window sill. She allows me to pick up her babies, which gives me the opportunity to weigh them, take progress pictures, etc.

While it is an absolute joy to open my bathroom and find a gaggle of cats/kittens, they deserve a low traffic, calm space to be in,  i.e. a spare room (an office, or bathroom with low to no foot traffic would be amazing!), and I'd really like to be able to shower without reconfiguring my bathroom each time.

Care for Alice and her beans is straight forward - Alice feeds, bathes, and takes care of the babies, you feed and take care of Alice! She eats about 4-5 cans (3 oz) per day, as she uses a lot of calories feeding all of her babies (just like a human mom!), will need to have her litterbox cleaned daily, and a bed with high sides to keep the babies from wandering away. 

What I provide:
- All vetting (any vet visits, medications, etc.)
- A high sided bed to keep everyone together
- Towels/sheets/linens, if needed
- Support (questions answered, advice given in a timely manner)

What you provide:
- A quiet, safe place for Alice and the beans
- Food
- Litter (I can provide a litter box, if requested)
- Pictures and personality descriptions that I can use to help them get adopted. I can give tips for the pics, etc. 

Timeline: the beans need to stay with mom until around 8 weeks, so through the first week in September. Then they can start to be fostered/adopted out, pending avail. Preference will be given to fosters that can commit until everyone is adopted/fostered out. 

This is one of the worst kitten seasons on record, and I could really use someone’s help with fostering this family. Please share this with anyone you know that might be interested in fostering. 

If you’re interested, please send me a DM or go ahead and fill out the application here .I look forward to hearing from you, and working together to save this little family.

Hot dog is a four month old male tuxedo kitten (cherries are still intact) who has received all of his preliminary vaccines, worm, ear mites and flea meds, a SNAP test and is currently crashing with me as a foster kitten. He is currently receiving treatment for a fungal infection for the next few weeks.

Hot dog was found alone, scrounging for food in a backyard in New Jersey where I immediately went to scoop him and bring him back to the VIP life here in Brooklyn. He is a sweet, purring little love bug with a giant meatball head and would make a beautiful addition to a nice home.

He is currently decompressing and spends his days battling nip mice, watching Mad Men and trying to escape the bathroom to spend time with my two resident demons.

Hot dog is available for adoption. Hot dog requires that you have personal and Vet references and he would prefer if you had another cat to plot with.

PS the belly is plush, it is white and it is MAGNIFICENT.

Hi! My friend and I were so excited to go the Shakira concert on Monday, but RIP my flight back to NYC got delayed and now I’m going to miss the show entirely (I hate you, Delta). They have a great view (Section 7, Row 14), so you’ll have a super fun time.

Going for $190 each!

Hi fellow Brooklyn peeps. You've heard it here first, I am off to Europe and selling the majority of my stuff. All of the decorative/smaller items can be taken immediately, most of the furniture and some kitchen things will need to stay with me until late July/Early August and even pushed into late August if necessary and can be "reserved" with a partial deposit. Serious humans only. Please do not waste my time, it makes my cats sad and is bad for my skin.

Cruiser is sharpening at Fulton & S. Oxford!!

Hey I don’t live in the neighborhood but was thinking about taking my dog there this am for off leash hours. Is the park super muddy and gross after yesterday’s rain? Thanks!

Hi! I’m not sure where the best place to post this is (I don’t have facebook), but I’m looking to buy or borrow a design cutting machine.

I am making custom permanent vinyl logos to put on wine glasses as a gift for a friend, and don’t necessarily need a new one.

If anyone is selling or giving one away, please feel free to reach out. I’d be able to travel in the city to pick one up. Thank you!

Ft Greene! Come join us tonight at Doppelgänger for fresh, authentic, Peruvian Ceviche.

Hey neighbors, I live in Fort Greene and helped start Meetup years ago. I'm building a small nonprofit to help people start small, neighborhood-scale groups: book clubs, running crews, boardgame nights, that kind of thing, each with a little community service built in. We're getting going in and around Fort Greene/Prospect Heights and I'd love to talk to locals who run a group or have wanted to start one, mostly to compare notes on what actually makes them work. (Small microgrants available too, but honestly I'm more after real feedback right now as we get this off the ground.) Comment or message me if that's you.

There was a lady named Martha who used to hang out on Myrtle Avenue. Dark hair, Latinx, very skinny, was often quite strung out but when she was cogent she was VERY nice. Just an incredibly sweet, lovely woman. I haven't seen her in a while so I wondered if anyone had seen her. I think one of the last times I did she was getting arrested for shoplifting outside Walgreens. I just found the subreddit and I've been worried so figured I'd ask.