🌱 Palestinian Restaurant + International Travel + PopUp Magazine

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and mild. High: 66 Low: 46.

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

1. A new Palestinian restaurant, Albadawi, is opening its second New York City location on Atlantic Avenue, after a successful launch in Bay Ridge in October 2020. The owner, Abdul Elenani, said that as many ingredients as possible are sourced directly from Palestinian farmers. (Eater NY)
2. Mayor Bill De Blasio said on Tuesday that he was "pleasantly surprised" at the high demand for COVID vaccine amongst the families of 5 to 11 year olds, 4,500 of whom got a first dose inside of schools. Overall, 24,000 newly-eligible kids got vaccinated. (NYC Patch)
3. A "Pop-up" magazine is coming to the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House later this month. Essentially it's the live reading and performance of stories by journalists and writers — but it's one time only, and can't be recorded or replicated, making it a truly unique experience. (Brooklyn Paper)
4. Monday saw the lifting of a pandemic-era international travel ban to the United States. And that means international tourists are already back in New York City — one of their favorite destinations being, of course, DUMBO and The Brooklyn Bridge. To enter the country foreign citizens must have a WHO-approved vaccine (which does not include Russia's widely-used Sputnik V), and show proof of a negative COVID-19 test. (NYC Patch)
5. St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights was awarded a $250,000 matching grant from the National Fund for Sacred Places. That's contingent on them now raising $500,000 in the next 12 to 18 months. The proceeds will go towards repairs to the historic building's tower. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Brooklyn Community Board 2 general monthly board meeting (6 p.m.)
• Kate Baer: I Hope This Finds You Well w/ Joanna Goddard at First Unitarian Church Brooklyn (7 p.m.)
• "An evening of stories" at The Moth Mainstage in New York–St. Ann & Holy Trinity (7:30 p.m.)

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch Notebook

• Lots of students from Brooklyn Heights' P.S. 8 were out planting flowers with Cadman Park Conservancy last weekend. (Instagram)
• Conservancy Film Committee applications are due next week at Brooklyn Bridge Park. That's your opportunity to help select the lineup of free outdoor movies in 2022. (Twitter)
• Brooklyn Bridge Park is accepting proposals for "public-facing cultural/educational programing" according to NYC Department of Cultural Affairs .(Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen

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