Thanks to Leslie Topping, who has been videotaping Brooklyn Reading Works this year, you can watch videos of recent events at the Old Stone House including New Plays by Brooklyn Playwrights and Writing War: Fiction by Veterans of Vietnam and Iraq. Go to Brooklyn Readings Works at the Old Stone House on Vimeo and enjoy [...]
Thanks to Leslie Topping, who has been videotaping Brooklyn Reading Works this year, you can watch videos of recent events at the Old Stone House including New Plays by Brooklyn Playwrights and Writing War: Fiction by Veterans of Vietnam and Iraq. Go to Brooklyn Readings Works at the Old Stone House on Vimeo and enjoy [...]Are you hungry for some stir fried fiction, fresh baked poetry and deep dish prose? On Thursday, December 16 at 8PM come feast on a succulent bounty from writers who use food as metaphor, motif and mnemonics of meaning. Bring an appetite for good writing and real snacks by Chef Ame Gilbert, who will be [...]High school inside Junior High: Gerritsen Beach Student killed in DUI: Sheepshead Bites Carroll tree lighting on Friday: Pardon me for Asking Remembering Curtis Cookie Rogers: The Local Dumbo linkage: Dumbo NYC Brothers from the Bottom ticket giveaway: Bed-Stuy Blog Downzoning Boerum Hill: Clinton Hill Blog North 6th Street: NY Shitty Rally for immigration reform: [...]
This week kicks off a six-week celebration of Italian design in NYC sponsored in part by the Italian Trade Commission; and the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. Called "I Saloni Milano" (much like the world-famous annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile furniture fair in Milan), the festival of all things Italophile includes events at 20 Italian design showrooms throughout the city until Jan. 8. Che bello! [The Moment]
As a new feature: I will end each day at 5PM with the last line of a book that is lying on a nearby shelf. “Ah, Bartleby! Ah, Humanity!” The last line of Bartleby The Scrivener, a short story by Herman Melville in a special Melville House edition.Just announced on WNYC: Hearst Executive Cathie Black got her waiver from the David Steiner, the New York State Commissioner of Education. With Shael Polakow-Suransky as Deputy Chancellor, Black, a media executive with no personal or professional experience with public schools, is set to be confirmed as chancellor of the nation’s largest public school system. [...]Remember Doug Biviano? In 2009 he ran for City Council in the 33rd District (and lost to Steve Levin) and later challenged incumbant Assemblywoman Joan Millman in the 2010 primaries. He may have lost both races but he’s not in hiding. Not by a long shot. Biviano sent word of an upcoming public hearing about [...]
Somehow it seemed appropriate to honor George Harrison, once the under-rated Beatle, in Brooklyn, once the under-rated borough. Second fiddle no more. A large group of Brooklyn musicians restored George Harrison to his rightful place in the pantheon of 20th century genius songwriters. In other words: George Harrison: you rock. And so do organizers Greta [...]
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