Thursday, August 7, 2008

Richie Havens at Metrotech

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Richie Havens. Another legend playing in Brooklyn. A wonderful show for a lovely summer afternoon, as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Change, Yes. But Hope ?: The Road to Reform on Wall Street

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Facing a virtual meltdown of large segments of the financial, banking and investments industries, a Wall Street consortium led by Goldman Sa...

The Late Dr. Bruce Ivins: Not the Anthrax Suspect ?

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A very sobering article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal suggests that the late government scientist Dr. Bruce Ivins, was not in fact ...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Louise Bourgeois: Life in Art/Art in Life (and, of course, a Brooklyn connection)

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This is proving to be a great summer for Art in New York City. Hot on the heels of the Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe exhibit at the Solom...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

School Construction: New PS 8 Annex in Brooklyn Heights to Be Built; Will Create New Classrooms and Alleviate Overcrowding

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The NYC Department of Education reported that Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today announced plans to build an annex at PS 8 in Brooklyn. ...

One Bourbon. One Scotch. And One Beer: "W" by Oliver Stone: First Trailer

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As Oliver Stone proves, it isn't a far leap from Frat Boy to Leader of the Free World. The first trailer for Director Stone's bio-pi...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

Update: BWAC Red Hook Art Show: Meditations on Art and Reality -- Life & Death at Kings County

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The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition opened its HOT! Summer Art Exhibition this weekend at the BWAC exhibition space at 499 Van Brunt S...
Friday, July 25, 2008

HOT! BWAC Red Hook Art Show Opens Saturday, July 26

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The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition will present its HOT! Summer Art Exhibition beginning Saturday, July 26 through August 17 at the B...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

The Dark Knight: Good, Evil and Something in Between

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Dark indeed. The Dark Knight explores psychology, abnormal and otherwise, and resonates with the mysteries of post-9/11 urban life. Wiretap...
Friday, July 18, 2008

Coda: More Ruminations on American Western Mythos, Bob Dylan, and "Pat Garrett"

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Since it's Friday and the summer, or perhaps for no good reason at all, I wanted to add another note about Bob Dylan's performance o...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

"Gypsy Queens Will Play Your Grand Finale": More Ruminations on Bob Dylan

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Bob Dylan and Band will be performing at a number of venues in the metropolitan area in August, although Prospect Park is the only NYC locat...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Presidential Politics Comes to Brooklyn ?

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Since NYC is considered so strongly, traditionally, Democratic, despite our Republican Mayor, I wondered how much Presidential campaigning o...
Monday, July 14, 2008

Court Street Construction Mayhem -"Hey, Dude, Where's My Bucket?"

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At around 12 noon, a bucket that apparently dropped from the repair and construction work occuring at 66 Court Street (at Livingston Street)...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Waterfall at Brooklyn Heights

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I first saw the Olafur Elliasson's Waterfalls in action from the FDR Drive as my son and I were driving through Manhattan in early June....
Saturday, July 5, 2008

Brooklyn Road Journal: Bloody Springs and Ghostly Taverns in Saratoga

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The hotel that we are staying in was spacious and comfortable, homey suites for the kids and for us. It felt a little distant from town, out...