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📰 Paws, Prestige & Pure Chaos: The Westminster Dog Show Takes Over NYC!

📰Get Ready to Wiggle, Giggle, and Rock the Spectrum in Brooklyn!

Civic Spotlight:

🗽 Brooklyn, Got a Big Idea? Antonio Reynoso Has the Checkbook!

📌 What's up

🍿 The Nibble 📰

🐕🌍 Paws, Prestige & Pure Chaos: The Westminster Dog Show Takes Over NYC! 🗽🐾

New York City is about to become the United Nations of very good boys and girls. 🐶 The legendary Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is back for its 150th year, strutting into Madison Square Garden and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center with over 3,000 champion dogs from all 50 states and 17 countries. 🌎 From Golden Retrievers (the overachievers of the dog world 🏆) to French Bulldogs (professional snorters 😤), plus the adorable new kid on the block—the Danish-Swedish Farmdog—this is basically Fashion Week… but furrier and with more drool. 🐕💅

And it’s not just about looking cute (though… wow 😍). Expect dogs flying through tunnels in the Agility Championship 🌀, sprinting for tennis balls like caffeinated rockets in Flyball 🎾🚀, and kids ages 9–18 casually proving they’re better handlers than most adults in Junior Showmanship 👏. The grand finale? Best in Show, where dreams are made, tails wag dramatically, and everyone suddenly becomes an expert judge from their seat (or couch). 📺🍿 One thing’s guaranteed: you’ll leave with a favorite dog, a million photos, and a strong urge to adopt another pet. 🐾❤️

🎉🧸 Get Ready to Wiggle, Giggle, and Rock the Spectrum in Brooklyn! 🏃‍♂️✨

If your kiddos could high-five a trampoline, hug a swing, and zoom down a zip line all in one afternoon, then you’ve just discovered playground paradise! 🌈✨ We Rock The Spectrum is not your average indoor play zone — it’s a sensory-friendly, all-abilities-welcome wonderland where laughter echoes louder than a kazoo band and naps are optional (but deserved). 🤪🦸‍♂️ With sensory-safe equipment like ziplines, trampolines, swings, and climbing structures designed to stimulate the senses and boost confidence, kids can burn off energy while exploring at their own pace without the chaos of a typical jungle gym. 🌀💥 From imaginative tunnels to cozy calm corners, it’s like Willy Wonka’s sensory playground but with more giggles and fewer oompa-loompas! 🐶🎉

Whether your little adventurer wants to swing like Tarzan, bounce like a popcorn kernel, or host the birthday bash of legends, We Rock The Spectrum has the space (and staff!) to make it unforgettable. 🎂🎊 Bring the whole crew — it’s a place where energy gets rocked, senses get stimulated, and parents may or may not discover they’re secretly having fun too 😉🧩💃! werockthespectrumkidsgym.com

🗽 Civic Spotlight: Keeping You Informed🗽

💰💥 Brooklyn, Got a Big Idea? Antonio Reynoso Has the Checkbook! 💥💰

Every year, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso gets to play one of the borough’s favorite roles: community fairy 🧚‍♂️—handing out capital funding to local organizations doing the real, boots-on-the-ground work of serving Brooklynites. Got a dream of fixing up a park 🌳, upgrading a community center 🏫, supporting affordable housing 🏘️, or giving a cultural space a much-needed glow-up? This might be your moment. Applications are officially open for FY2027 capital funding, and yes, this is the kind of funding that builds things, improves things, and makes Brooklyn even more Brooklyn.

From libraries 📚 and hospitals 🏥 to streetscapes 🚦 and nonprofit spaces that keep neighborhoods thriving, this funding helps turn good ideas into lasting change. If your organization has a project that serves a real public purpose, the Borough President wants to hear from you. Not sure which application fits your vision? Curious if your project qualifies? Don’t stress—just email the budget team at Funding@brooklynbp.nyc.gov 📧 and get the scoop. Big ideas welcome, small miracles encouraged, and Brooklyn pride required 🗽For more info click here

🛝📵 Put the iPads Down—New York Is Going Outside! 🌳🎉

Governor Kathy Hochul just dropped some serious playground news—and kids (and tired parents) everywhere are cheering. The state is rolling out $67.5 MILLION 💰 through the brand-new NY PLAYS grant program to build, expand, and upgrade playgrounds across New York. Slides! Swings! Inclusive play spaces for kids of all abilities! This is part of the Governor’s “Unplug and Play” initiative, which is basically a polite, government-approved way of saying: go outside and touch grass 🌞🌿.

The goal? More laughter, scraped knees (the classic kind), real friendships 🤝, and less screen time doom-scrolling 📱❌. Cities and nonprofits can apply for grants ranging from $100K to $2.5 million to create playgrounds that support physical health, emotional well-being, and actual human interaction (remember that?). Even better: at least $35 million is set aside for underserved communities, making sure every neighborhood gets a fair shot at top-tier play spaces. Translation: New York is investing in joy, movement, and community—one monkey bar at a time 🐒

Here’s the scoop before the whistle blows 🏁: the NY PLAYS Request for Applications (RFA) and supporting materials go live January 6, 2026 on DASNY’s website, with an informational webinar on February 13, 2026 🎥. Applications will be accepted May 4 through June 15, 2026, so start lining up those budgets and matching funds now 📊. Grant awards will be announced no earlier than August 3, 2026, after a competitive review focused on community need, public benefit, and real-world impact. Bonus points for being ready to go—applicants need site control, detailed budgets, and committed matching funds, and nonprofits must be prequalified through New York State’s system. Translation: do the paperwork, and New York might help you build the playground of dreams 🛝For more info click here

🤔What's up👀

🎬 Events 👋

Motzei Shabbos 1/10

Motzei Shabbos 1/10 and 1/17

Sunday 1/11

Flatbush Breakfast P'eylim Lev L'achim | Agudah Of Ave L Bais Binyomin | 9:30 am

Girls Sewing class Winter Session | JCC of Marine Park | for Girls 10 and up| 3415 Quentin Road | Sunday's 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm. | to register click here | Tentative dates include January 11,18,25 and February 8,15,22 and March 1 and 8.

Tuesday 1/13

Chess Class Winter 2026 | JCC of Marine Park | Group Chess Class for boys ages 7-14 | 3415 Quentin Road | 6:00 pm | to register click here

Thursday 1/15

JCON Real Estate Midwinter Meetup | 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar -1150 Broadway, New York | 5pm to 9pm EST | For more info click here

Sunday 1/25

Mosdos Veretzky Dinner | Cocktail Buffet 5:30-7:30pm  Program 7:30PM | The Club 1101 Ocean Parkway | Click here for more info.

Monday-Tuesday 2/2-2/3

The Westminster Dog Show | Madison Square Garden and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center | for more info click here

🎤Lectures 🎤

Thursday 1/8

Mila Controversies 2.0| Rav Daniel Osher Kleinman | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin | 2913 Avenue L | 8:30 pm

Shabbos 1/10

👩For women only 👩 | Rabbi Ozer Alport | Young Israel of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 3:30 pm

Sunday, 1/11

What to do if C”V an Eruv breaks on Shabbos… (Should one inform others? When and how can it be fixed? Etc.) | Rav Zev Smith | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin 2913 Avenue L (off Nostrand Ave) | 8;30 pm

Thursday 1/15

The Halachos of Popping Pimples| Rav Daniel Osher Kleinman | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin | 2913 Avenue L | 8:30 pm

⌛Ongoing🗓️

Monday’s & Wednesday’s

HaRav Kahn Shlita | Shiur on Tehillim with Medrash and Meforshim | 10:40am | Kol Halashon 718-906-6400 press star (*) | Live stream click here.

Thursday’s

Parsha In-Depth with Meforshim | Rav Yerachmiel Frankel | Knesses Bais Avigdor | 1720 Avenue J (Btw E17 & E18) | 11:30 am

📖Learning and Cholent🍲😋 | Bet Shaul U'Miriam | 2208 Ave. S | 8:00-10:00pm🏆

📜 Mishmar | Agudah of Madison | 2122 Ave. S (Ave S & East 22) | 10:00 pm

📖Parsha Ha’Shavua | Rabbi Frand | Y.I. of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 9:00 pm

Motzei Shabbos

Navi Shiur - Sefer Daniel| Rabbi Yisroel Reisman | Ahi Ezer Cong | Corner Ocean Parkway & Ave S | 730 pm

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