Category: Entertainment
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On the record: Interview with Maestro Nick Armstrong
Nick Armstrong. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. EAGLE: How do you feel right now? This is your last concert as artistic director, what’s this feel like for you? ARMSTRONG: The obvious answer is bittersweet. This is my family, and I’ve been with them for 32 years. I played with them first. Yeah, so a…
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Nick Armstrong conducts his final concert with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra
Nick Armstrong at his final concert with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Lucien Clough. EASTERN PARKWAY — After 32 years with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (BSO), Maestro Nick Armstrong is stepping down from his role as artistic director and primary composer. Jokingly referring to himself as “The Brooklynite with the weird accent,”…
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Welcoming weird: Cosplay embraced at fourth annual Brooklyn Comic Con
Werewolf Captain America with Eddie the Eagle at the 4th annual Brooklyn Comic Con at Breeze NYC in Williamsburg. Cosplayer is Edwin. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Jonah Candelario. WILLIAMSBURG — It’s not your typical life, working as the frontman and paperboy for a popular newspaper… especially when you’re an eagle. But Eddie the Eagle finally…
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Opa! Brooklyn Greek Festival brings traditional food, music and dancing
Car-free Schermerhorn Street was turned into an outdoor dining hall and dance floor for Brooklyn’s Greek Festival, which wound up Sunday. Eagle photo by Mary Frost BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Students danced the sirtaki and the kalamatianos, and the audience showered them with dollar bills during the annual Brooklyn Greek Festival in Brooklyn Heights, which wrapped…
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Author Melanie Hope Greenberg to read ‘Mermaids on Parade’ at Barnes & Noble Cobble Hill
Magical and sparkly mermaids will gather in Brooklyn for the legendary Coney Island Mermaid Parade on June 17. Eagle photo by Paul Frangipane COBBLE HILL — Brooklyn’s essential guide to the legendary Coney Island Mermaid Parade is a children’s book. The Mermaid Parade marks the start of summer, which officially begins after King Neptune and…
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Carousel horse dedicated to Margaret Ring, ‘Mayor of Prospect Park’
Prospect Park Alliance President Morgan Monaco led the dedication ceremony for Margaret Ring at the Prospect Park Carousel. Photo courtesy of Ken Brown One of the 53 magnificent horses on the Prospect Park Carousel has been dedicated to the unofficial “Mayor of Prospect Park,” Margaret Ring. Ring, former Carousel Manager and a familiar face to…
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Giant flowers bloom on Montague Street
Kids thought there was something magical about the giant flowers that popped up on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday, June 3. Eagle photo by Mary Frost BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Kids skipped, hopped and tiptoed through the pop-up flower art on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday, June 3. Called Montague Street Blooms,…
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A star grows in Brooklyn
American crooner Bing Crosby signs an autograph for a boy in the Olympics Stadium in Rome on Sept. 7, 1960. Crosby was in the stadium to see the 50 kilometer road walkers arrive. At left is his wife Kathryn. AP Photo/Olympic Picture Pool When Bing Crosby (1903-1977) appeared on December 22, 1931 at a benefit…
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Channing Tatum reads his latest book to Brooklyn Heights’ kids
Superstar and best-selling author Channing Tatum reads his latest children’s book, “The One and Only Sparkella and the Big Lie.” Photo by Amy Gibbs/Montague BID @amygibbsphoto @montaguebid BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Montague Street was all abuzz on May 30, with shoppers and passersby wondering, “Why was a block of the street closed on a Tuesday? What…
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Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee, will travel the US
A 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refuge named Little Amal walks around Grand Central Station in New York, on Sept. 15, 2022. Little Amal will journey across the United States this fall, visiting key places in America’s history in an attempt to raise awareness about immigration and migration. AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File Little Amal, a…