Category: Entertainment
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Brooklyn’s extraordinary Covenant Ballet Theatre brings back a beloved classic to Downtown Brooklyn stage
JAY STREET — One of the newest performance spaces created in Downtown Brooklyn is The Theater at City Tech, part of the recent renovations of New York City College of Technology at 270 Jay Street. Brooklyn’s own Covenant Ballet Theatre (CBT) will bring a gripping story ballet, “Orphan Train,” to that stage on Thursday, Nov.…
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Upcoming Brooklyn museum exhibit spotlights `Zines’ created by artists
Photo by Bud Lee of artists A.A. Bronson, John Jack Baylin, John Dowd, Felix Partz and Zeke Smolinsky during Decca-Dance. Photo: Bud Lee Picture Maker, courtesy of Brooklyn Museum Nowadays, people who have a burning desire to express their opinions or to present their artistic creations but who have no other outlet turn to the…
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Legendary comedy institution Second City to open new location in Williamsburg
The Second City’s new entertainment complex at 64 North 9th St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The legendary comedy institution The Second City, where legends like Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and John Belushi got their start, is coming to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The new 12,000-square-foot entertainment complex at 64 North 9th St. comprises two live theaters, seven…
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The Brooklyn Chamber Music Society to have first concert of the season on October 13
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and brooklyneagle.com cover Brooklyn 24/7 online and five days a week in print with the motto, “All Brooklyn All the Time.” With a history dating back to 1841, the Eagle is New York City’s only daily devoted exclusively to Brooklyn. © 2023 Everything Brooklyn Media https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2023/10/06/my-brooklyn-calendar-highlight-the-brooklyn-chamber-music-society-to-have-first-concert-of-the-season-on-october-13/ Read the full article here
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New mural unveiled at Brownsville’s Marcus Garvey Apartments
The megaphone portion of the mural at Marcus Garvey Apartments. Photo courtesy of Emma Brownstein BROWNSVILLE — The Brownsville Community Justice Center, Groundswell NYC and L+M Development Partners recently unveiled a mural on the corner of Rockaway Boulevard and Dumont Avenues at the Marcus Garvey Apartments — at 353 Chester St. — in Brownsville, designed…
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Transformative Brooklyn Book Festival concludes this weekend with celebratory Festival Day in Borough Hall Park
BOROUGH HALL PLAZA — The centerpiece Festival Day (Sunday, Oct. 1) takes place in the parks and plazas surrounding Downtown Brooklyn’s Borough Hall and other venues, with seven stages overflowing with conversation, as diverse authors of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, comics, graphic novels, and young adult literature come together to converse, read and sign books throughout…
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Remix Market opens Brooklyn location in Industry City
Welcome to Remix Market! (From left: Sen. Iwen Chu; Kathie Lee, executive vice president and CLO, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce; Ashley McDonald, store manager; Bob Faggella, art specialist; Josh Cohen, Remix founder and president, along with his son, Jackson; Luc Saint Preux, director, neighborhood business outreach, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce; and Anastasia Koshik, membership and…
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Atlantic Antic: Howard Kolins on Brooklyn’s largest and oldest street festival
The 48th Annual Atlantic Antic™ Festival will return Sunday October 1, 2023. BROOKLYN EAGLE: What brought you to Brooklyn, and particularly Atlantic Avenue? HOWARD KOLINS: I moved to Boerum Hill in 1985 as a renter and purchased a brownstone in 1987 only one block away from Atlantic Avenue on Hoyt Street. Attending the Atlantic Antic…
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Sculpture at Brooklyn Borough Hall looks different from all angles
This passerby examines the artwork “Beacon, 2019” by Michael Alfano. The sculpture is installed in the east courtyard of Brooklyn Borough Hall. Eagle photo by Mary Frost DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The sculpture “Beacon, 2019” by Michael Alfano has been intriguing people walking by Brooklyn Borough Hall’s east courtyard since it was installed there in early…
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From fiction to legal dissections: Brooklyn book festival’s offerings for the legal community
A scene from a past Brooklyn Book Festival at Borough Hall. ebrooklyn media/file photo The Brooklyn Book Festival, recognized as New York City’s premier literary festival, has announced its diverse range of events for its 2023 edition, from Sept. 24 to Oct. 2. This year, the festival promises a fusion of events, both virtual and…