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NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Unveils Five Permanent Public Artworks in Historic Carnegie Libraries
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2025
The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), and the New York Public Library (NYPL) gathered with artists, patrons, and local leaders at the Hunt’s Point Library in the Bronx to celebrate the completion of five newly commissioned permanent public artworks in historic Carnegie libraries.
Photos: Site-Specific Recycling Drama RIVEN Opens At Brooklyn's Sure We Can
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2025
Sure We Can will co-present the World Premiere of RIVEN, a play based on the reality of waste pickers (the global community of people who pick and sort recyclable materials as a way of living). See photos from the show.
AVID Launches Second Season With BOUNDLESS: WHERE BALLET'S FUTURE TAKES FLIGHT
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2025
AVID (Artistic Ventures in Dance), a forward-thinking dance company committed to nurturing emerging choreographic voices and fostering new collaborations in ballet, launches its second season with BOUNDLESS: Where Ballet's Future Takes Flight, June 26-27, 2025 at 8:00 PM at Peter Norton Symphony Space.
Annual Spring Gala Celebrates 125 Years Of Brooklyn Children's Museum
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2025
On Thursday, June 12, Brooklyn Children's Museum, the world's first and oldest children's museum, celebrated 125 years of serving as a community and cultural anchor for young children and families at its annual Spring Gala. 
Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra Will Perform an Evening of French Music
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2025
The Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra invites audiences to fall under the spell of A Parisian Nocturne, a musical program steeped in the elegance, drama, and romanticism of French music.
Brooklyn Art Song Society's 16th Season Features Return Of New Voices Festival and More
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2025
The Brooklyn Art Song Society has announced its 2025–2026 season, its sixteenth, under the banner Cycles. This year-long exploration of the most ambitious song cycles in the canon also includes a three-part New Voices Festival: Longing.
Dialogue With Three Chords and BkONE Celebrate Pride Month With Original Plays
by BWW News Desk - June 09, 2025
Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) ends its 14th season of original indie theatre by celebrating Pride month with 'My Thoughts Are Created in Your Heart' a night of three short plays.
Photos: Sneak Peek At Environmental Drama RIVEN Staged In An Actual Recycling Facility
by BWW News Desk - June 09, 2025
Sure We Can will co-present the World Premiere of RIVEN, a play based on the reality of waste pickers (the global community of people who pick and sort recyclable materials as a way of living). This site-specific production staged at an actual recycling center in Brooklyn explores themes of environmental justice, accumulation of waste, and complexities of hope. Check out photos below.
LATE, LATE FROGS: An An Immersive Satire at Target Margin Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2025
One more week until showtime, and the excitement is officially unbearable! Late, Late Frogs, an original avant-garde comedy adapted from an Ancient Greek phenomenon 'The Frogs' by Aristophanes, is set to debut at Target Margin Theatre in Sunset Brooklyn, June 17-19!
BRIC Unveils 2025 Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Lineup
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2025
BRIC has announced the 2025 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! festival lineup, celebrating Brooklyn's status as a global music crossroads with programming that spans continents, generations, and artistic disciplines.
ER Nurse and Dancer Tara Rynders Brings One-Woman Show to Denver's Newman Center
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2025
After two decades on the front lines of emergency medicine and one transformative night as a patient herself, nurse, dancer, and storyteller Tara Rynders, RN brings her deeply personal, multidisciplinary solo performance A Nurse is Calling to the Newman Center for the Performing Arts from June 19 to 21.
PURGATORY By Telos Ensemble Makes its Brooklyn Debut
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2025
'PURGATORY' by Telos Ensemble returns to New York City following its sold-out London edition in April 2025 at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham. Learn more here!
EVERYBOOTY Returns to BAM for Brooklyn Pride with Four-Floor Queer Day Rave
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2025
After a six-year hiatus, Everybooty, BAM’s celebrated Pride party, will return Sunday, June 15, 2025, from 5:00 to 10:00 PM, transforming BAM Fisher into a four-floor immersive takeover spotlighting New York City’s queer nightlife, artistry, and activism.
Brave New World Repertory Brings A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN to Wyckoff House Museum
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2025
Brave New World Repertory Theatre will present Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten in a uniquely atmospheric setting this month: the grounds of Brooklyn’s historic Wyckoff House Museum, the city’s oldest structure, built in 1652.
THE ROPE PLAY Comes to New Heat Studios in July
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2025
The Rope Play will premiere at New Heat Studios in July, directed by Christopher Rashee Stevenson. Learn more about this upcoming show and find out how to attend here.
Steps On Broadway Takes Over W. 74th St For An Anniversary Celebration
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2025
Steps on Broadway will mark its 45th anniversary with Steps on Broadway Day—a celebratory afternoon filled with dance, music, and community spirit. Learn more here!
Bechdel Project Receives $10,000 Cultural Development Fund Grant
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2025
Bechdel Project has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the City of New York as part of a historic $59.3 million investment in the Cultural Development Fund through the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. Learn more!
JACK Names Amen Igbinosun As New Executive Director
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2025
JACK has announced the appointment of Amen Igbinosun as our new Executive Director, marking the dawn of a transformative new era for the OBIE award-winning performance and civic space in Clinton Hill.
Puppetworks to Present THE WIZARD OF OZ for Spring/Summer Season in Park Slope
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2025
Puppetworks has announced its Spring/Summer production: a marionette adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, running Saturdays and Sundays from May 31 through August 10, 2025, with performances at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. at its Park Slope theatre.
The Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra Presents Sibelius, Mozart, Shaw and Student Concerto Competition Winners
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2025
The Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra will present Sibelius, Mozart, Shaw and Student Concerto Competition Winners in June. Learn more about the event here!
New Historical Play UNION SPRINGS to Premiere at Residency Unlimited
by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2025
A new historical fanfiction play, Union Springs, will premiere this week at Residency Unlimited in Brooklyn. Written and directed by Alma Pannier, the production reimagines life in 18th-century Union, Maine, drawing loosely from John L. Sibley’s 1851 chronicle A History of the Town of Union, Maine.
New Play THE EIGHT FACES OF ELLIE MORRISON Brings Mixed Martial Arts to Life
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2025
The Eight Faces of Ellie Morrison is the first play to bring Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) to life onstage in a unique and exhilarating way. Performed in a ring, the show fuses raw intensity with refined artistry.
KING LEAR at Theatre 2020 to Open in June
by Emmy Rice - May 24, 2025
THEATER 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ professional theater company has announced a modern production of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece Kind Lear starring David Fuller and running 10 performances (final performance outdoors) in Fort Greene & Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn.
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival To Celebrate 15th Anniversary with 55 New Films
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2025
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival will celebrate its landmark 15th anniversary with 55 new films by local and international filmmakers. Learn more here!
John Galsworthy's THE FIRST AND THE LAST Begins At American Theatre Of Actors In June
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2025
The American Theatre of Actors has announced its upcoming production of 'The First and the Last,' a compelling drama by Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy.

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