Thursday, June 10, 2010

Tempest in a Gimlet Glass: Brooklyn Blogfest 5 - Aftermath

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The sh*tstorm over Brooklyn Blogfest 5's inclusion of a brand name alcoholic beverage maker and a famous film director who is shilling f...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Absolutely Brooklyn: Blogfest 5

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The scene from the floor of Brooklyn Blogfest 5 at the Brooklyn Lyceum Poet Lemon Andersen toasting stoops and the Borough of Kings in all...
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Brooklyn Blogfest Tonight

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Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, if it is spring it must be time for Louise Crawford's annual Brooklyn Blogfest. Once again, ...
Saturday, June 5, 2010

Art Sprouts on Third Avenue in Bay Ridge: The Art Room

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Leigh Jewel Holliday welcomes young artists at the Art Room Marty Markowitz's office proclaims Brooklyn Art Room Day.      Justin ...
Thursday, June 3, 2010

"I'm Smart!" - John Cazale's Brief Career and Legendary Performances in 5 Films that Helped Define the 1970s

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John Cazale as Sal in "Dog Day Afternoon"   John Cazale and Meryl Streep                                                         ...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Coda: Louise Bourgeois, Visionary and Influential Artist, Dies in Manhattan at 98

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Louise Bourgeois in her Brooklyn studio on Dean Street Louise Bourgeois, the French-born American artist who gained fame only late in a lon...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The Stickey Wicket on East 16th Street

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The objective of each team is to score more runs than the other team and to completely dismiss the other team. In one form of cricket, winni...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Coda: Reflection on "The Lindsay Era" in NYC (aka "Fun City")

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 --Lindsay Campaign Sticker It was a return to another era in NYC politics at the Museum of City of New York Tuesday night when politicians,...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

America's Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York

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America’s Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York examines the controversial tenure (1966-1973) and dramatic times of New Y...
Monday, May 3, 2010

The City of Two Peaces: Jordi Savall Performs "Jerusalem" at Lincoln Center & WQXR-FM

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Jordi Savall performs "Jerusalem: City of Heavenly and Earthly Peace" tonight at 7 PM at Lincoln Center in a performance that wil...
Friday, April 30, 2010

Never, Too Late

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Dreaming of the power to understand Before it is too late That which can be done And that which can’t be undone First taking soft steps acro...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Avenue of the (Great) Americans

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Photos by Brooklyn Beat Maybe it is a reflection of the creative and generative powers of builders and architects, such as Ayn Rand...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Coloratura: East 17th Street in Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn

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Photo by Brooklyn Beat - Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn
Thursday, April 8, 2010

New York City Invaded By Pixels

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It looks like a Q-ball  , a type of non-topological soliton ,  entered the Earth right over New York City and rendered it whacko. Or maybe ...

Update On the Dunes

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Update from the Isle of Coney -- Well, for what almost passes as controversy on this site, when  Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn  apparently m...