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Red sunlight
It was hard not to notice the eerie haze, orange light and red sun on Tuesday caused by the West Coast fire smoke which travelled across the country.
Hope you and your family are all staying healthy and safe!
Business of the week
Nora Kogan has been designing obsession-worthy jewelry in New York City for more than a decade. She makes pieces that embody the magic, beauty, and power that we possess within, and her store opened on 5th Ave earlier this year.
Her origin and travels provide the inspiration for her unique and timeless designs. Each piece is made by master artisans in NYC from recycled fine metals and ethically sourced gems:
“I grew up in a house by the Black Sea where my grandfather collected books, my father collected knives, and my mother collected jewelry. When we left Odessa behind for good, my mother hid her jewels in a transistor radio that she entrusted to me, all of ten years old, during the long train ride from Russia to Italy. We spent the next year living in Ostia, a coastal town outside of Rome, in a dilapidated villa on the beach.
A year later we settled in Melbourne, Australia, in a seaside neighborhood called St. Kilda. Then St. Kilda was populated with artists, aborigines, junkies, holocaust survivors, intellectuals, and émigrés.

As a young adult I spent almost ten years living abroad, mostly throughout Europe and Japan. During my last big adventure I studied in a yeshiva in Israel, in a town called Tsfat, known for its artist colony and as the birthplace of Kabalah. Eventually I sought out two local jewelers who became my friends and informal mentors. Sitting at a jeweler's bench for the first time crystallized it for me. I knew I needed to study jewelry seriously.”
Nora Kogan’s store is at 231 5th Avenue Brooklyn 11215. You can also visit her online store and Insta account @norakoganjewelry.
Highest & Best
This week’s home is a brownstone beauty, built in 1886 as part of a row of four Neo-Grec houses:

The brownstone is on on the east side of 7th Ave just above Berkeley Place:
5 beds, 3.5 baths
six original fireplace surrounds
Outdoor deck leading to an expansive yard: 131 foot deep

Guess how much for this home!
Click to find out the answer and read more.
Park Slope Picks
Take 15% off your next jewelry order on the Nora Kogan online store
Micòl Ceramics Summer Sale! Many beautiful new ceramic pieces ready to ship on the new online store - enjoy 15% off until the end of July!
Events this weekend
Lots of great events around Prospect Park happening now and coming up over the next few months!
This weekend: For three nites only, Bo Burnham's musical comedy special, shot and performed by himself, alone, over the course of a very unusual year. BO BURNHAM: INSIDE screens Friday, Saturday & Sunday at Nitehawk Prospect Park!
Celebrate Brooklyn is hosting a screening of In The Heights on Thursday, August 26th at 8:00PM. RSVP now!
Registration is open for all artists for Gowanus Open Studios, aka GOS - a free annual weekend event that takes place in October.
Tickets for Lightscape @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden are on sale now! Join with family and friends to celebrate the beauty of nature in winter on this enchanting trail animated by dazzling light, color, and sound. November 19, 2021 through January 9, 2022.
Thursday
For four consecutive Thursdays, there are family-friendly outdoor screenings on the north end of the Prospect Park Long Meadow at 7:30pm:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse on July 29
The Goonies on August 5, Jumanji: The Next Level on August 12
Black Panther on August 19.
Midsummer Nights @ Brooklyn Conservatory Of Music 4:30 - 6pm: BKCM welcomes Midsummer Nights, a series of FREE Thursday evening performances on their stoop. The lineup features stellar BKCM faculty including:
Klezmer with Zoe Aqua, Dan Blacksberg and Ira Temple on July 29
The Kirk Driscoll Trio on August 5
A special finale on August 12 (performers to be announced)
Friday
Outdoor Art-Making with BkM Teens @ Brooklyn Museum 3:30 - 5pm: Get your creativity flowing with art-making activities on the plaza, led by our teen Museum Apprentices.
Piper Theatre presents “Prospect Hill” @ Old Stone House 8pm - 9:30pm: Written by Lily Ali-Oshatz and Mark Galinovsky, Prospect Hill is a new, original musical that tells the story of a young queer woman struggling to find belonging and community in a world where explicitly queer spaces are slowly disappearing.
The Great Long Meadow Fire @ Stoop Music 7pm: dark Americana, alt-country and gospel blues with a six-person brass band
Summer Olympics Party @ The Montauk Club 6pm: Play an Olympic Game Take an Olympic Quiz. Partake of the Prix-fixe Greek buffet!
Jay Valera @ Yayo's Latin Cuisine 7pm: Live Music
Saturday
Outdoor Yoga on the Stoop @ Brooklyn Museum 10 - 11am: Tickets are $16 and include Museum general admission.
Live Music @ Lizzie King’s Parlor 6pm: singer-songwriter and bluegrass musician J.M. Clifford
Miles Tucker @ Something Else 4-7pm: Live music
Sunday
Pop-Up Market @ Brooklyn Museum 10:30am – 5:30pm
Smorgasburg @ Prospect Park 11am – 6pm
Job Listings
826NYC: Teaching Artist
Down To Earth Farmers Markets: Site Manager @ Park Slope Farmers Market
Medusa Salon: Full-time Hair Stylist
Brownstoner: Instagram Brand Manager
Strong Rope Brewery: Beertenders (Red Hook and Gowanus)
Miss American Pie: Customer Service, Baker, Assistant Manager
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