Vital Theatre Company, Linda Ames Key, Education Director and BROOKLYN THEATRE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, Amy Murphy, Principal-partners in one of six small schools in the South Shore Educational Complex located in Canarsie, Brooklyn-are pleased to announce that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will cut the ribbon for the newly renovated South Shore Auditorium today, May 2nd at 9:00 am. The ribbon cutting will be followed by a proclamation for the inaugural production, 'Footloose' and a performance of the show at 10:00 am. The South Shore Educational Complex is located at 6565 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn and is the largest high school auditorium in New York City.
The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene stages a tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka at The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, on Tuesday June 12 at 7:30pm. The gala concert, with performances by the Broadway actor and Israeli singer Dudu Fisher, Jay Black of Jay and the Americans, Klezmatics star Lorin Sklamberg, and the actor-singers Eleanor Reissa, Lori Wilner, Robert Abelson, Dani Marcus, and Rebecca Garfein, among many others, celebrates the wide-ranging impact of Yiddish culture on other popular cultures.
Vital Theatre Company, Linda Ames Key, Education Director and BROOKLYN THEATRE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, Amy Murphy, Principal-partners in one of six small schools in the South Shore Educational Complex located in Canarsie, Brooklyn-are pleased to announce that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will cut the ribbon for the newly renovated South Shore Auditorium on Wednesday, May 2nd at 9:00 am. The ribbon cutting will be followed by a proclamation for the inaugural production, 'Footloose' and a performance of the show at 10:00 am. The South Shore Educational Complex is located at 6565 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn and is the largest high school auditorium in New York City.
Now in its fourth year, the Northside Festival (June 14-21, www.northsidefestival.com), Brooklyn's preeminent music and emerging culture festival, showcases the next generation of artists, innovators and problem-solvers, all within the walkable radius of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Today's announcement was made at the Brooklyn Borough Hall Rotunda by Northside Media Group CEO Scott Stedman and President Daniel Stedman, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, and Brooklyn-born special guest GZA, founding member of legendary NYC rap group Wu-Tang Clan.
VITAL THEATRE COMPANY, Linda Ames Key, Education Director and BROOKLYN THEATRE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, Amy Murphy, Principal - partners in one of six small schools in the South Shore Educational Complex located in Canarsie, Brooklyn - today announced that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will cut the ribbon for the newly renovated South Shore Auditorium on Wednesday, May 2nd at 9:00 am. The ribbon cutting will be followed by a proclamation for the inaugural production, "Footloose" and a performance of the show at 10:00 am. The South Shore Educational Complex is located at 6565 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn and is the largest high school auditorium in New York City.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver today joined Steiner Studios Chairman Douglas C. Steiner to open five new soundstages at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The new stages, totaling 45,000 square feet, will provide new and expanded opportunities for New Yorkers who work in the film, television and commercial production industry. The Mayor also launched initiatives designed to support and grow the industry, including new grants for training programs that prepare New Yorkers for careers in production and digital fields; a new entertainment component to the City's mini-MBA partnership with NYU's Stern School of Business; and a request for proposals for a "Made in NY" Media Center, which would provide media companies with affordable work space and other services. Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Oliver were joined at Steiner Studios by Boardwalk Empire actress Gretchen Mol and the show's writers; Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn; Seth Pinsky, President of the Economic Development Corporation; Robert W. Walsh, Commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services; Alan Fishman, Chairman of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation; and Council Member Domenic M. Recchia, Jr.
The Brooklyn Book Festival, the Brooklyn Literary Council and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz are pleased to announce the launch tomorrow, Friday, March 23, of Brooklyn Book Festival OnePage, a dedicated online space on the Festival's website, brooklynbookfestival.org (click on the OnePage tab), featuring one previously unreleased page from a different author each Friday. The project is made possible with a grant from Amazon.com and will also showcase publishing houses that are a part of the Festival's literary marketplace each year.
Beginning tonight, February 3, and continuing through Monday, February 6, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has ordered the blue lights turned on at Brooklyn Borough Hall as the New York Giants take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI.
Brooklyn, once only a thriving 'suburb' of sister borough Manhattan, will honor its reputation of diversity, culture and unity by hosting the City's first major wedding expo for the lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer (LGBTQ) community on Sunday, January 15, 2012, from 10 AM to 6PM.
On Tuesday, December 20, in celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz helped light Brooklyn's official 29-foot menorah in front of the Supreme Court building in Columbus Park/Borough Hall Plaza.
On Monday, December 5, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will illuminate the 40-foot-tall Christmas tree in Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza-which Time Out New York has hailed as one of the City's trees "worth seeking out on a cold winter's night."
On Wednesday, November 9, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz unveiled the Brooklyn Parent Help Guide to Public Education in New York City, a user-friendly resource that puts important information about the New York City Public Schools system at the fingertips of Brooklynites and New Yorkers.
The Civilians (Steven Cosson, Artistic Director), the award-winning New York-based investigative theater company known for work developed from real life topics, announces the launch of its new podcast series: Let Me Ascertain You, drawn from the company's ongoing live cabaret series of the same title and including the best material from a decade of creative investigation.
'It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of State Supreme Court Justice Christopher Mega, who grew up in Borough Park and became a favorite son of Dyker Heights and one of Brooklyn's most prolific public servants.
On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Regional Administrator for New York and New Jersey Adolfo Carrion, New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) Commissioner Seth Diamond, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) Commissioner Kate D. Levin, Human Resources Administration (HRA) Deputy Commissioner for HIV/AIDS Services Administration Jacqueline Dudley, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Assistant Commissioner Tim O'Hanlon, and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined private developers Abby Hamlin and Francis Greenburger, Common Ground and The Actors Fund at the official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Schermerhorn, an award winning 216-unit supportive housing development for low-income New Yorkers located at 160 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, once only a thriving 'suburb' of sister borough Manhattan, will honor its reputation of diversity, culture and unity by hosting the City's first major wedding expo for the lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer (LGBTQ) community on Sunday, January 15, 2012, from 10 AM to 6PM.
On Sunday, September 18, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn Literary Council and Brooklyn Tourism hosted the sixth annual Brooklyn Book Festival. Each year, the Brooklyn Book Festival 'BoBi' Award is given to an author whose body of work exemplifies or speaks to the spirit of Brooklyn and has had a broad impact on the field of literature. This year's recipient is Jhumpa Lahiri, who was celebrated at the Brooklyn Book Festival Gala Mingle on Saturday, September 17, at the Green Building in Carroll Gardens. Lahiri also participated in this year's Festival program, in a conversation with book critic Liesl Schillinger at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights.
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz invites Brooklyn high school students to submit stories, poems, essays, spoken word and raps for the 6th annual "Brooklyn Lit Match" teen writing contest, a competition held in conjunction with the Brooklyn Book Festival, scheduled for Sunday, September 18, 2011.
On Sunday, September 18, 2011, from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., a record 260+ top national and international authors and participants will join literary organizations, booksellers and bibliophiles at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street), Columbus Park, St. Francis College, St. Ann's Church and the Brooklyn Historical Society for the sixth annual Brooklyn Book Festival.
