🌱 Catholic Church Supports Ukraine + BK Museum First Saturdays

Hey, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's what's happening in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO today.

First, today's weather:

Increasingly windy. High: 67 Low: 54.

Here are the top three stories in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO today:

1. Brooklyn's Catholic Diocese is raising money to support Ukraine. You can make donations in-person at local churches or online. Next week a Catholic Church in Williamsburg will be lit up blue and yellow in a tribute to the country. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. The Brooklyn Museum's "first Saturdays" are back this week, when the museum will be open for free from 5 to 10 p.m., with a large range of activities including live music and poetry. The beloved tradition had been on hold for the past two years due to the pandemic. (Brooklyn Reader)
3. A new public art exhibition in Brooklyn Bridge Park/DUMBO displays a series of reflective geometric sculptures with pictures of everyday New Yorkers, which are meant to be abstract representations of skyscrapers. It's on display through Saturday, April 2. (Twitter)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Open hours at the Brooklyn Bridge Park environmental education center (3 p.m.)
• Lincoln Restler hosts community meeting to discuss the Brooklyn Detention Center's 'dismantlement.' (6 p.m.)
• Book Launch: "The Hard Sell" by Evan Hughes, at Powerhouse Books (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon is handing out at-home COVID test kits at her office. (Twitter)
• Lincoln Restler is setting the ambitious goal of getting at least 1,000 people signed up to compost–share with your friends and neighbors. (Google Forms)
• Yet another tower is headed up in Downtown Brooklyn - this time it's a 13-story building on Jay Street next to a church. (New York YIMBY)
• Vinegar Hill House, Celestine, River Café, and Gage & Tollner are on a list of the 50 best restaurants in Brooklyn. (Thrillist)

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