Category: Entertainment
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Premium ContentAt Brooklyn College: Presidential Lecture Series reunites great musical educators, establishes Tania León Chair of Music
FLATBUSH — Pulitzer Prize-winner and Kennedy Center honoree Tania León returned to Brooklyn College recently as part of President Michelle J. Anderson’s Presidential Lecture Series. The event also served as a platform to announce that Brooklyn College and its School of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts have launched the Tania León Chair of Music, the…
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Lucie Pohl, The Immigrant Guru
Lucie Pohl performs at St. Marks Comedy Club. Photo: Mimi Lamarre Lucie Pohl first translated German to English when her father, Klaus Pohl, was robbed at gunpoint. “My husband has been raped!” Sanda Weigl, Pohl’s mother, cried to 911. “Mom, mom! It’s robbed, not raped!” Pohl, then eight-years-old, told her mother. The family had moved…
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What they’re saying: live arts in Brooklyn this week, April 3
Brooklyn Academy of Music. Eagle photo by Ned Berke Macbeth (an undoing) @ Theatre for a New AudienceTheatre TFANA, 262 Ashland Pl, Fort GreeneShows April 5 through May 4New Deal tickets available for $20 for those under 30. Use code: NEWDEALER at checkout Playwright Zinnie Harris has adapted Shakespeare’s legendary play in a production that…
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‘Biggest crowd ever’ at Brooklyn Heights Association’s 2024 egg hunt
Xavier, age 16 months, is pretty excited about the plastic eggs he found in the grass at Pierrepont Playground. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle What a crowd! Hundreds of families poured into Pierrepont Playground in Brooklyn Heights when the gates opened at 11 a.m. on Saturday for the Brooklyn Heights Association’s 2024 egg hunt, a…
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Iconic Brooklyn Paramount reopens, destined a vital anchor of Brooklyn’s Cultural District
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — THE BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT OFFICIALLY opened its doors to the public this week with the venue’s first live performance featuring Grammy Award-winning Brothers Damian & Stephen Marley on their inaugural co-headlining Traffic Jam Tour 2024. Brooklyn Paramount’s Grand Opening marks a significant milestone for the venue, showcasing a multi-million-dollar redesign and honoring the…
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Premium ContentReborn, iconic Brooklyn Paramount reopens
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Paramount officially opened its doors to the public earlier this week with the venue’s first live performance in its rebirth as a concert and event space. The sold-out opening night featured Grammy award-winning brothers Damian & Stephen Marley on their inaugural co-headlining Traffic Jam Tour 2024. More than 60 shows are…
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What they’re saying: live arts in Brooklyn this week, March 27
The Brooklyn Museum’s timeless collection. Photo: Brooklyn Museum Flop House Comedy ClubComedy, Stand-up362 Grand St, WilliamsburgShows Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Since opening in December 2023, Flop House Comedy Club has become a neighborhood favorite in Williamsburg. Founded by comedians/brothers Nick and Nate Hopping and friend Austin Locke, the new club offers amazing lineups at…
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First look: Brooklyn Paramount glimmers with the combined splendor of past and present
The new Paramount Theater in Downtown Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle photos DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Ahead of the Brooklyn Paramount’s official reopening on Wednesday night, roughly a thousand guests on Tuesday got a sneak preview of the majestic theater at the corner of Flatbush and Dekalb avenues. Masterful lighting brings each attention to detail to life throughout…
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The Moth brings beautiful stories to life in Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — On Wednesday, March 20, house staff could not get people into the centuries-old St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church fast enough, as swarms of story-hungry Brooklynites turned out for The Moth’s Mainstage event in Brooklyn Heights. Five storytellers told their spin on the evening’s theme of “finding beauty in life’s unexpected transitions.”…
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Premium ContentHow The Moth brings beautiful stories to life
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The show was supposed to begin at 7:30, but by that time, people were still lined up on Montague Street, shivering in the brisk Spring night, waiting for entry into the warm candle-lit recesses of St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church. On Wednesday, house staff could not get people into the centuries-old church…