Vacant Lot Now A Farm + Your Cocktail 'Heatmap'• BK Daily Digest

Good morning, Brooklyn! Today is Saturday, Sept. 25.

Your Headlines: Here's how the Campaign Against Hunger is transforming yet another vacant lot into a farm that provides healthy options for Brooklynites in need.

And what happened when a Brooklyn school quarantined a third of its staff, but didn't share that with parents? (Gothamist)

Finally, a new Heatmap shows you the sassiest, swankiest and smoothest place to sample the best in adult beverages. Find out which Brooklyn hotspot has just landed on the list.

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Now today's weather: Clear throughout the day. High: 74, low: 63.

Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1.. A gunman is shown on video opening fire near NYU's Brooklyn campus. (FOX 5 NY)

2. An alleged Brooklyn subway perv has been caught in a photo. (New York Daily News)

3. A missing Brooklyn girl could be in imminent danger. (FOX 5 NY)

4. Deliberations are now underway in R. Kelly's sex trafficking trial in Brooklyn. (WABC-TV)

5. Behind the trees, you'll find a Brooklyn artists’ collective. (The New York Times)

Today in Brooklyn:

• Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival — Awards & Live Screenings. (4 p.m.)
• Danielle Russo Performance Project Premieres ‘Final Notice.’ (4 p.m.)
• Last Taste of Summer Benefit Concert. (7 p.m.)
• Popped Collar Comedy- Free show in Bushwick, Brooklyn. (7 p.m.)
• 2-Hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness. (7 p.m.)

Brooklyn Patch Notebook

• BrooklynVegan: "Watch Nick Cave play H.G. Wells in a trailer for the new Benedict Cumberbatch movie about Louis Wain, cat illustrator. Link in bio. #nickcave #benedictcumberbatch #hgwells #louiswain #theelectricallifeoflouiswain" (Instagram)
• Brooklyn Flea: "That feeling when the first fall flea weekend is almost here and that weather just hits differently. Catch that energy (+ some warmer layers) from flea vendor Francois from @ofleisure on Saturdays." (Instagram)
• BAM: "Our free outdoor concert series is back, now at at Fort Greene Park, with a lineup you won’t want to miss! Feat. @matthewwhitakerofficial @mykalrose_original @stewtnp @thevaleriejune Weekends, Oct 2-10. Learn more at link in bio." (Instagram)
• Brooklyn Arts Council: "Join Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and Brooklyn Arts Council for a Lunch and Learn on Navigating Brooklyn's Tourism and Cultural Scene on Sept. 29 from 1-2 p.m." (Facebook)
• Brooklyn Children's Museum: "This is our last week featuring Eto Otitigbe as our ColorLab muse artist! Come make an art piece exploring geometric shapes today during Amazon Free Hours (2 - 5 p.m.), or this weekend at one of our a.m. or p.m. play sessions." (Facebook),

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— Kevin Phinney

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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