Brooklyn Gets Free Jazz Again + Prospect Park Art • Daily Digest

Good morning, Brooklyn! Today is Wednesday, Sept. 29. There's good news for anyone who believes that Brooklyn and jazz go together like lox and bagels. Free jazz concerts are returning to the BK this weekend, and you can get all the details below!

Today's weather: Here comes fall, with clear skies throughout the day. High: 66 Low: 56.

Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. If jazz is your jam and free is in your budget, you're in luck: Jazz jams are returning to Fulton Street's Betty Carver Park this Friday. (Patch.com)
2. A massive art installation is making its debut in Prospect Park — and it depicts the walls between tribal Americans tumbling down. (Patch.com)
3. Is it intentional triggering? A New York school diversity mural fight now includes "All Lives Matter" graffiti. (New York Daily News)
4. Mayor Bill de Blasio says Governors Island will be open to the public throughout the year. (nyc.gov)
5. A Brooklyn man has admitted his part in trying to defraud New Jersey banks by depositing $1 million in stolen checks. (Department of Justice)

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About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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