On Friday, Theatre for a New Audience broke ground on its new home in a city-owned parking lot in the growing BAM Cultural District, located at 262 Ashland Place bet Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Set to open in April 2013, the Hugh Hardy-designed, 27,500-square-foot building will house a 3-level 299-seat theatre, a rehearsal room, public lobby and various supporting spaces, providing a state-of-the-art venue for the theater company's interpretations of Shakespeare and classical drama. It will be the first permanent residence for the 32-year-old theatre company, the first classical theatre built in New York City in more than four decades and only the second new theatre to be built from the ground up in Brooklyn in more than 50 years.
Today, Theatre for a New Audience broke ground on its new home in a city-owned parking lot in the growing BAM Cultural District, located at 262 Ashland Place bet Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Set to open in April 2013, the Hugh Hardy-designed, 27,500-square-foot building will house a 3-level 299-seat theatre, a rehearsal room, public lobby and various supporting spaces, providing a state-of-the-art venue for the theater company's interpretations of Shakespeare and classical drama. It will be the first permanent residence for the 32-year-old theatre company, the first classical theatre built in New York City in more than four decades and only the second new theatre to be built from the ground up in Brooklyn in more than 50 years.
An expert fitness instructor from Equinox Fitness Clubs will make fitness fun by leading a Shape Up NYC Zumba class to celebrate Day 5 of "Make NYC Your Gym" week.
Before hipsters, Billyburg and soy lattes, Brooklyn's Windsor Terrace was an Irish-Italian enclave populated by people who spoke proudly in accents studded with "dese, dems and dose."
Now in its 7th year, National Dance Week-NYC (NDW-NYC), a yearly festival that advocates dance conditioning and wellness, will offer more than 100 FREE dance, fitness and wellness classes over the course of 10 days, starting June 17, 2011. The festival will commence with a flash mob in Union Square followed by a kickoff event at Union Bar on Wednesday, June 15. A culminating performance to celebrate NYC arts will take place at Salvatore Capezio Theater at Peridance on Sunday, June 26 and will feature presentations by American Tap Dance Foundation: Tap City Youth Ensemble, Aveia, Ballet Noir, Billy Elliot the Musical, COBU, Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn, Flamenco con Magdalena, The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory, and Marie-Christine Giordano Dance.
Five Guys Burgers and Fries will open a new store at 2 MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn tomorrow, Friday, May 13, and 30 of the 40 employees working as cashiers, burger cooks, fry cooks, prep cooks and custodial staff at the new location were hired from resumes and applications received by Five Guys at the Brooklyn Job Fair hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at Long Island University on April 13.
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 Wednesday, April 13 (10:00am to 3:00pm), Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will host the Brooklyn Job Fair at Long Island University's Arnold and Marie Schwartz Athletic Center at 1 University Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. The event is free and open to the public. Nearly 80 employers will be on hand to offer hundreds of available jobs.
On Wednesday, April 13 (10:00am to 3:00pm), Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will host the Brooklyn Job Fair at Long Island University's Arnold and Marie Schwartz Athletic Center at 1 University Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. The event is free and open to the public. Nearly 80 employers will be on hand to offer hundreds of available jobs.
In its April issue, Conde Nast Traveler proclaims Brooklyn one of the 15 best places to see in the world right now. The publication urges travelers to check out Brooklyn's "trendy bars, restaurants, galleries and shops."
The Fort Hamilton Library, located at 9424 Fourth Avenue, will reopen to the public on March 28th. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on April 11th with local elected officials to commemorate the newly renovated library.
On Monday, March 21, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz kicked off the eighth annual Dine in Brooklyn restaurant week (March 21 - March 31) featuring more than 200 of Brooklyn's best eateries serving up three-course dinner menus for just $25, three-course lunches for $20.11 and even some 'two for the price of one' deals at participating restaurants. For complete list, visit www.visitbrooklyn.org.
The Fort Hamilton Library, located at 9424 Fourth Avenue, will reopen to the public on March 28th. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on April 11th with local elected officials to commemorate the newly renovated library.
Kingsborough Performing Arts Center's season of world-class Dance, Music, Theatre, and Family Shows continues with New York City's only political cabaret.
ISSUE Project Room's inaugural benefit at their future home - the architecturally and acoustically beautiful jewel-box theater at 110 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn - brought together an array of artists, musicians, filmmakers and writers in celebration of longtime supporter Elliott Sharp's 60th birthday. Over 250 attendees helped raise approximately $80,000 and enjoyed the first public preview of the innovative concepts for the new space. Supporters ranged from Jo Andres, Steve Buscemi, Robert Longo, Aidan Quinn, and Nanette Lepore, to Elliott Sharp, JACK and Sirius Quartets, Jack Womack, and Tracie Morris.
The Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Philharmonic has announced the appointment of ALAN PIERSON as the orchestra's new Artistic Director, effective immediately.
CONEY ISLAND USA is pleased to anticipate a vote on January 11th, 2011 by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate its 1917 Child's Restaurant Building on Surf Avenue and West 12th Street (owned and operated by Coney Island USA as a non-profit arts center founded in 1980).
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, NYRP Executive Director Amy Freitag, and President of the Bryant Park Corporation and 34th Street Partnership Dan Biederman, were joined by Borough President Marty Markowitz and Council Member Diana Reyna at the park to present the holiday gift of 74 trees to the residents and community of Bushwick.
