tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79301259458054100792024-03-05T20:25:40.651-05:0024/SevenWhere to go, what to do in BrooklynMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.comBlogger1866125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-15027685552221044782011-08-03T16:24:00.000-04:002011-08-03T16:24:00.114-04:00We're moving!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQ17ZMcufZdDiEtNNyB7cnMFHv7wvZi8GuwoQLzxD6-hqz8z1vph7EWNlIFfOu99yZonp_l-VyJ9lAHfVcj_4s0FBA69U4b-xKLvZSpn58vzaHA-vVk6xbqImeUJjJCDxBEuEIALU0FU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-08-03+at+4.24.40+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQ17ZMcufZdDiEtNNyB7cnMFHv7wvZi8GuwoQLzxD6-hqz8z1vph7EWNlIFfOu99yZonp_l-VyJ9lAHfVcj_4s0FBA69U4b-xKLvZSpn58vzaHA-vVk6xbqImeUJjJCDxBEuEIALU0FU/s200/Screen+shot+2011-08-03+at+4.24.40+PM.png" width="200" /></a>For future arts and entertainment coverage in Brooklyn, please refer to our new website, <a href="http://BrooklynDaily.com/">BrooklynDaily.com</a>, under the subject <a href="http://brooklyndaily.com/sections/24/seven/">24/Seven</a>.<br />
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There, you'll find all the same great coverage, as well as our unparalleled <a href="http://brooklyndaily.com/sections/calendar/">calendar listings</a>.<br />
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Thanks for reading!Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-31030463969187781762011-08-03T13:29:00.000-04:002011-08-03T13:29:00.895-04:00Best bet: Dengue Fever plays Southpaw tonight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmSB6cgVczgpG-vimCjk2j2LWjp3JNQMmNwCTPJOGdyfLIWsHVcjkQKmKgGQpzZVDG8aVSaw6SefmIG-XV1x9T-ucmrpDmZPOxpZbwy1DWg2bqGf3UFkLmlxcLFqdSfI10BFATl3jeRs/s1600/24_DengueFever_2011_07_29_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmSB6cgVczgpG-vimCjk2j2LWjp3JNQMmNwCTPJOGdyfLIWsHVcjkQKmKgGQpzZVDG8aVSaw6SefmIG-XV1x9T-ucmrpDmZPOxpZbwy1DWg2bqGf3UFkLmlxcLFqdSfI10BFATl3jeRs/s320/24_DengueFever_2011_07_29_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><!--StartFragment--> <br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southpaw is home to some Cambodian cool tonight, as </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dengue Fever comes to the Park Slope venue for a rare intimate show.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The LA band is known for its eccentric lyrics and worldly mix of 1960s surf-pop and psychedelic rock that’s an homage to a bygone era of Southeast Asian rock.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The group broke out in 2008 with its third album, “Venus on Earth,” which showcased its campy humor, epitomized by that disease-referencing name, and catchy guitar riffs on “Tiger Phone Card” and “Sober Driver,” which comment on the peculiarities of modern relationships.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The band’s newest album, “Cannibal Courtship,” has a similar vibe, with its blend of surfer rock, Cambodian folk and dark humor that further explores complicated couples.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the real treat is frontwoman Chhom Nimol. The Phnom Penh native sings in a captivating, sultry mix of English and Khmer that’s perfect for the band’s power pop ballads an</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">d haunting melodies. Sure, you can’t understand her half the time, but it still sounds great.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Dengue Fever at Southpaw [125 Fifth Ave. at Sterling Place in Park Slope, (718) 230-0236], Aug. 3 at 9 pm. Tickets $15. For info, visit <a href="http://spsounds.com/">spsounds.com</a>.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><!--EndFragment-->Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-55258329940691509232011-08-01T09:00:00.001-04:002011-08-01T09:00:04.337-04:00Your Celebrate Brooklyn Pick of the Week!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhakVBkVXrMAQx6SPoxZfQ__4GfILoGSBF4qqKUjvPEgmdjsev-VYekWLwktbJTcUztvnFpswwmkXfSJj1bHUZ_f2VBUy5ZhgpCoFm4TTQA2YQJL6SCh8LfIk_EgRPV1FTA5lquE8YiQ/s1600/24_SufjanStevens_2011_07_29_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhakVBkVXrMAQx6SPoxZfQ__4GfILoGSBF4qqKUjvPEgmdjsev-VYekWLwktbJTcUztvnFpswwmkXfSJj1bHUZ_f2VBUy5ZhgpCoFm4TTQA2YQJL6SCh8LfIk_EgRPV1FTA5lquE8YiQ/s200/24_SufjanStevens_2011_07_29_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" width="165" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ve enjoyed a whole summer of free concerts, now here’s a chance to give back — again.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sufjan Stevens’s Aug. 2 benefit concert for Celebrate Brooklyn sold out so quickly that an Aug. 3 show has been added.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Kensington resident is a borough favorite thanks to the strength of albums including “Michigan” and “Illinois,” part of his “50 States Project,” a self-admitted promotional gimmick where he said he’d compose an album for each state (there’s no way his “New York” beats Lou Reed’s), and such twee song titles as “A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there was his curious 2007 ode to the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway in “The BQE,” a film scored with instrumental music, commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of its Next Wave Festival.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Live, the multi-instrumentalist makes his shows an event, thanks to elaborate lighting, choreography and costumes. It’s not a bad way to bid adieu to this beloved concert season. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Sufjan Stevens at Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park band shell [Ninth Street and Prospect Park West in Park Slope, (718) 683-5600], Aug. 3 at 7 pm (Aug. 2 show sold out). Tickets $35. For info, visit <a href="http://www.bricartsmedia.org/">www.bricartsmedia.org</a>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-7125520098340669402011-07-29T13:56:00.001-04:002011-07-29T13:56:00.296-04:00The Weekend: 7.29-7.31<b><i>Friday, July 29</i></b><br />
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<b>Gowanus</b>: Calling all kings of New York — the Bell House is hosting a <a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/spread-newsies-sing-along-tonight.html">"Newsies" sing-along</a> tonight. There'll be trivia and a dance off, so practice those high kicks.<br />
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<b>Fort Greene/Williamsburg</b>: An <a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-cartoon-festival-is-no-childs-play.html">animation festival</a> lands at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Automotive High School this weekend — but don't expect Bugs Bunny.<br />
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<b>Windsor Terrace</b>: The Bard meets Brooklynese in the newest production from Brave New World Repertory Theater — "<a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/its-merry-wives-of-windsorterrace.html">The Merry Wives of Windsor (Terrace)</a>." Also Saturday and Sunday.<br />
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<b><i>Saturday, July 30</i></b><br />
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<b>Coney Island</b>: Coney's got talent in the second annual <a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/carnie-talent-show-comes-to-coney.html">Coney Island Talent Show</a>, right on the Boardwalk.<br />
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<b>Red Hook</b>: Practice your "Arg, mateys!" A <a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/arg-matey-pirates-festival-coming-to.html">pirates festival</a> comes to the Enviromedia Mobile, a traveling nature and maritime museum.<br />
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<b><i>Sunday, July 31</i></b><br />
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<b>Prospect Heights</b>: That's no toga party — a free production of Sophocles' "<a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/one-serious-play.html">Antigone</a>" comes to Mount Prospect Park today.Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-35646886910534741972011-07-29T10:30:00.001-04:002011-07-29T10:30:01.937-04:00Carnie talent show comes to Coney Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7pLnRfBARBL1ZBrIXMs0kVdTJ_o-wpRmF68VJb0R6B5wYI8IOfOJXh4p8_hPXucfGN-pmGoMo6-4CYNLn1JxAWxE4xXyJznvjRjC4tZDFAdJE3qZeiFNBrg5ANo8Alidb-PZcWyEH9Y/s1600/24_CITalentShow_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7pLnRfBARBL1ZBrIXMs0kVdTJ_o-wpRmF68VJb0R6B5wYI8IOfOJXh4p8_hPXucfGN-pmGoMo6-4CYNLn1JxAWxE4xXyJznvjRjC4tZDFAdJE3qZeiFNBrg5ANo8Alidb-PZcWyEH9Y/s200/24_CITalentShow_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="133" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Alex Rush</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The carnie competition is back!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second annual Coney Island Talent Show returns to the Boardwalk on July 30, paying homage to the neighborhood’s history as the early 20th century capital for kooky entertainment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year’s contest will feature circus freaks and sideshow geeks (hey, it’s what the category’s called), including contortionists and celebrity impersonators; dance troupes; and a costume contest. There’s also a “creative kids” round for pre-teens and teens who think they have what it takes to be the People’s Playground’s next great circus performer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The show’s host may be just as entertaining as the competing acts: World Famous BOB — a longtime staple on the city’s burlesque and drag queen circuit known for Marilyn Monroe-look and the ability to mix martinis with her cleavage — will lead the annual ode to Coney’s past, when sword-swallowers and men who could blow smoke through their ears were a dime a dozen.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It’s really great to bring the entertainers together with people from the community to celebrate the tradition,” said Gin Minsky, a Bushwick-based dancer who will be competing with a less-bodily harming, 1940s-style swing routine.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Coney Island Talent Show on the Boardwalk (between W. 10th and W. 12th streets), July 30 from 4 to 8 pm. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.thirstygirlproductions.com/">www.thirstygirlproductions.com</a>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-27330199061637519992011-07-29T10:00:00.001-04:002011-07-29T10:00:11.745-04:00One serious play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiPZhxzsdehRNfgkkqDkmSlKoJE0D62ctHTBCv2nRtu5i5FsD_6_BYLLK3J-Mqmt6rlfmwBiPIL5uYPSb_TETQPMan3HGLYFMhJUn9PSxt4nYfA0kA_sqR5mHTYep63ZUnUixlx7i76M/s1600/24_Antigone_2011_07_29_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiPZhxzsdehRNfgkkqDkmSlKoJE0D62ctHTBCv2nRtu5i5FsD_6_BYLLK3J-Mqmt6rlfmwBiPIL5uYPSb_TETQPMan3HGLYFMhJUn9PSxt4nYfA0kA_sqR5mHTYep63ZUnUixlx7i76M/s200/24_Antigone_2011_07_29_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="133" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s no toga party when the Xoregos Performing Company does a free performance of Sophocles’s tragedy “Antigone” this month at Mount Prospect Park.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The July 31 show, at the park near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, marks the company’s first Brooklyn stop for its annual summer show, which travels to various parks and libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is a serious play: In the Theban civil war, two brothers who died leading opposite sides of the battle for the thrown. The new king, Creon, decides to honor one, Eteocles, while refusing to honor the other, the rebel Polyneices.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The injustice drives their sister, Antigone, to defy the king, and bury Polyneices herself — even though punishment means being buried alive. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written more than 1,500 years ago, the play has remained relevant thanks to one central question.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The whole idea is do you follow your conscious, or do you follow man-made laws that you know are wrong?” said director Shela Xoregos. “The audience has to make up their minds.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Antigone” at Mount Prospect Park [enter on Eastern Parkway next to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Prospect Heights, (212) 239-8405], July 31 at 6:30 pm. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.xoregos.com/">www.xoregos.com</a>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-38393814629555296102011-07-29T09:00:00.000-04:002011-07-29T09:00:17.732-04:00Spread the 'Newsies'! Sing-along tonight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbO-yHzxP1pvwBUA511cTvuZjEtxHhNGc4puRZ12x9A9PQDFU198uN8cUxh_4cirTuLMenGApsftCmWU4rx_GWRClIe5avtuB6Ro5bO1iwFb2wNWjRM7tt0gfrxdOey9WpWW2U5Y-9VWE/s1600/24_Newsies_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbO-yHzxP1pvwBUA511cTvuZjEtxHhNGc4puRZ12x9A9PQDFU198uN8cUxh_4cirTuLMenGApsftCmWU4rx_GWRClIe5avtuB6Ro5bO1iwFb2wNWjRM7tt0gfrxdOey9WpWW2U5Y-9VWE/s200/24_Newsies_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="129" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calling all kings of New York.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight, the Bell House hosts a sing-along to “Newsies” — that early-1990s Disney musical based on an 1899 strike by the city’s newsboys (you know, the ones who yell “Extra, extra! Read all about it!”).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The film stars a fresh-faced, pre-Batman Christian Bale as the leader of a ragtag clan of poor newsies, who go on strike when publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst try to take some of their profits.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s pretty cheesy stuff — the boys have names like Specs and Boots, and there’s plenty of big group dance numbers and fist-raising anthems including “King of New York” and the Musketeers-esque “Seize the Day” — but that’s all part of the fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All musical numbers will be subtitled so you can sing along, and there’ll be themed drinks, trivia and costume contests, and a Newsies dance-off. So work on your high side kick now.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Newsies” sing-along at the Bell House [149 Seventh St. between Second and Third avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643-6510], July 29 at 8 pm. $8. For info, visit <a href="http://www.thebellhouseny.com/">www.thebellhouseny.com</a>.</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-90232031427043711772011-07-28T19:41:00.001-04:002011-07-28T19:41:00.062-04:00Arg, matey! Pirates Festival coming to Red Hook this weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBi00qcuND9wd89aMU-GqNXu1vgURyYajI89U4-OlDzgL4ZgIkPmIk4V0F8ZqQGNiT0WAO-sNe8HpHx4fhK6y2omqPOGSMHWm1hLCWKpTKGh4CR1hDR39tQl8gp0TjsqoMSm4fkhv1dw/s1600/24_PirateFestival_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBi00qcuND9wd89aMU-GqNXu1vgURyYajI89U4-OlDzgL4ZgIkPmIk4V0F8ZqQGNiT0WAO-sNe8HpHx4fhK6y2omqPOGSMHWm1hLCWKpTKGh4CR1hDR39tQl8gp0TjsqoMSm4fkhv1dw/s200/24_PirateFestival_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Jared Foretek</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calling all Brooklyn buccaneers!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enviromedia Mobile, a travelling nature and maritime museum in Red Hook, will throw its first ever Treasure Cove Pirates Festival on July 30 — and you won’t have to hand over a single copper piece to be there.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The festival will feature pirate theater, pirate music, pirate “edutainment,” and yes, even a pirate ship, while leaving out all the scurvy, mutiny, and rum binges.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It’s a fantastic festival,” said Ludger Balan, the museum’s culture director. “It’s as good as any one that goes on around the country.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indeed, these maritime celebrations are a common occurrence in places like Northern California, Tampa, Fla., Georgia’s Tybee Island, even Wisconsin.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In what’s sure to be a highlight of the family-friendly event — beyond photo-ops with Jack Sparrow look-alikes — young aspiring sailors can meet a team of seamen who set the record for the most days at sea without seeing land (1,152 days, or three years!). Reid Stowe and Soanya Ahmad’s record-setting vessel, the Schooner Anne, will be anchored nearby for visits.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kids will also be able to participate in a catch-and-release fishing tournament, make arts and crafts, and canoe with the organizers, who will all be dressed as “The Pirates of Red Hook” — a team of buccaneers who “plunder for the natural resources of the urban estuary,” said Balan.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So start practicing your “Arg, mateys!” now.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Treasure Cove Pirates Festival at IKEA/Erie Basin Park [Beard Street between Otsego and Dwight streets in Red Hook, (347) 224-5828], July 30, 11 am-5 pm. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://emmredhookpirates.blogspot.com/">emmredhookpirates.blogspot.com</a>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-57387489580214988602011-07-28T19:35:00.001-04:002011-07-28T19:35:00.401-04:00This cartoon festival is no child's play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66lYkmbfcvzEeTqTqR3dszT6PifDjAiW_yk_fOlbqyZloEFU0TmAHY0ZaZQsC0UYbroJNczTIolv1UhfdjyUVcZzRDTCrISzSvkDLHkTgfmCiSFi1dkrU3IDLlZpjdy5u-D5hzKgVyQU/s1600/24_AnimationBlockParty_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66lYkmbfcvzEeTqTqR3dszT6PifDjAiW_yk_fOlbqyZloEFU0TmAHY0ZaZQsC0UYbroJNczTIolv1UhfdjyUVcZzRDTCrISzSvkDLHkTgfmCiSFi1dkrU3IDLlZpjdy5u-D5hzKgVyQU/s320/24_AnimationBlockParty_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Haru Coryne</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brooklyn’s biggest animation festival features plenty of cartoons — but it’s no child’s play. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The eighth annual Animation Block Party presents nearly 100 short films over the course of three days, with love stories and war films screening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene and Automotive HS in Greenpoint from July 29 to 31. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just don’t expect “Looney Tunes.” The animated shorts promise to capture the full variety of filmmaking as an art form, with plenty of abstractionism to boot.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Parents come here expecting Bugs Bunny and Mighty Mouse, and all of a sudden they get some German experimental film with nudity,” said festival founder Casey Safron. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take, for instance, Williamsburg filmmaker Becky James “Shapes in the City.” The difficult-to-define piece runs just under five minutes and follows the “life” of a simple, geometric shape — with all the action of a dark, 1940s noir. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“There’s a murder, there’s a dance scene, there’s theft,” said James. “There’s even a circle smoking a cigarette on a corner.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Animation Block Party at the Automotive High School [50 Bedford Ave. near N. 13th Street in Greenpoint, (718) 218-9301] and BAMcinématek [30 Lafayette Ave. between St. Felix Street and Ashland Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100], July 29-31. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.animationblock.com/summerfest2011">www.animationblock.com/summerfest2011</a>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-72084366562908007382011-07-27T10:00:00.001-04:002011-07-27T10:00:04.213-04:00It's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor...Terrace!'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJTBpvlJsyknGUbQ-fDSNSg2g2oKcvyaE9JrS5OgaoltBv5VWaujXOeLMsBdqKUY-rEMfCnFlmP0aDGW26-OQ96O_ehSa7OTUfald1xPuM8naJvUULv6ON58LB3Qs55BpwyNZEI8pzkI/s1600/24_MerryWives_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJTBpvlJsyknGUbQ-fDSNSg2g2oKcvyaE9JrS5OgaoltBv5VWaujXOeLMsBdqKUY-rEMfCnFlmP0aDGW26-OQ96O_ehSa7OTUfald1xPuM8naJvUULv6ON58LB3Qs55BpwyNZEI8pzkI/s200/24_MerryWives_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey, Shakespeare — Fuhgeddaboudit!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brave New World Repertory’s newest site-specific production adds some much-needed “dese” and “dems” to update the Bard, Brooklyn-style.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In “The Merry Wives of Windsor (Terrace),” a free production running July 28–31, the company takes some liberties with Shakespeare’s domestic comedy, setting it in the neighborhood during the 1980s with the knight Falstaff reimagined as a low-level gangster, and the women he tries to swindle as big haired, “Real Housewives” types.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, of course, there’s lots of Brooklynese — a bit of Clifford Odets mixed with that guy from Avon — but does it work?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The Brooklyn accent sings with this language in a way Shakespeare probably would have been surprised by,” said company founder Claire Beckman, who stars as Mistress Ford in the play. “The cadence and music of Brooklynese plays beautifully with Shakespeare’s language.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still, the play did require some changes — the Thames, a body-dumping ground in the original, becomes the Gowanus Canal; and Prospect Park, Canarsie and Carroll Gardens substitute for English parks and neighborhoods. And, of course, Windsor is always referred to as Windsor Terrace.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Our Brooklyn take on the play is a very affectionate love letter to an old Brooklyn that’s disappearing,” said Beckman (save, of course, for pubs like Farrell’s on Prospect Park West). “We set it back before the information age, when people were a little more social, out on their stoop messing in each other’s business, and Brooklyn was a little bit louder and less gentrified.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this being the ’80s, think big hair, shoulder pads and leggings. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Since we’re playing him as a mob guy, we’ve got Falstaff in a track suit, with a gold chain kind of look,” said director John Morgan. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keeping with the theme, the play will also take place in the heart of Windsor Terrace, outdoors at Holy Name Parish’s Our Lady’s Field, right next to the little league baseball field. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The audience will be watching the action, and right behind them is the background of Brooklyn brownstones,” said Morgan. “And we’re right on Windsor Place. You can’t be any better than that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“The Merry Wives of Windsor (Terrace)” at Our Lady’s Field at Holy Name Parish [130 Windsor Pl. at 16th Street in Windsor Terrace, (718) 768-3071], July 28 and 29 at 5 pm, July 30 and 31 at 3 pm. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.bravenewworldrep.org/">www.bravenewworldrep.org</a>.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-59047684655459127062011-07-27T09:00:00.001-04:002011-07-27T09:00:11.534-04:00Bueller...Buelller...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4CngWoVrlEhyYRh5CZDVwx1qBsY7W61Ccv7OqpNM2SQObJopapmxbfEOIhIduM5Z8Y_TTIOYhzEPdGGpi_Xv1chpGk9nsZKo9F9t4ezI_rlaMVX4e984WLPIB_QSH4MAZsEy7wBe1Kw/s1600/24_FerrisBueller_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4CngWoVrlEhyYRh5CZDVwx1qBsY7W61Ccv7OqpNM2SQObJopapmxbfEOIhIduM5Z8Y_TTIOYhzEPdGGpi_Xv1chpGk9nsZKo9F9t4ezI_rlaMVX4e984WLPIB_QSH4MAZsEy7wBe1Kw/s200/24_FerrisBueller_2011_07_22_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="141" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don’t play hooky on this coming-of-age classic.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” — John Hughes’s much-loved comedy about a popular high school senior who gets away with cutting school — screens at McCarren Park tonight as part of the SummerScreen outdoor film series. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The series’ theme is cool movies — and it wouldn’t be complete without this 1986 film.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story follows a day in the life of the titular character (a baby-faced Matthew Broderick), who feigns illness to run around Chicago with his girlfriend and neurotic best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s the perfect day — the trio takes in a game at Wrigley Field, visits the Sears Tower, browses the Art Institute of Chicago, and even assumes a central role at the Von Steuben Day Parade, where Bueller lip-syncs “Danke Schoen” and “Twist and Shout.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The movie is great, but if it’s not enough to get you to play hooky for a few hours, there will be food from Pizza Moto, V-Spot, Bark Hog Dogs and Coolhaus, as well as brews from SixPoint.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bueller himself couldn’t have planned a more perfect outing. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” at McCarren Park ballfields (Bedford Avenue and N. 12th Street in Greenpoint, no phone), July 27, movie starts at dusk. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.thelmagazine.com/">www.thelmagazine.com</a>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-45840139376017792112011-07-25T09:00:00.001-04:002011-07-25T09:00:00.338-04:00Your Celebrate Brooklyn Pick of the Week!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZls7K8KFldQS7LDq8qEVr0J3E90xJhfoK_J1N7MSIlqB6qehssCwHFCJ0gTKGdDYeyhyRr8pYkRnF0hyu9IINLIgDXESgaRZCdKOy0xM8i6k9dEsIGiO0J1oDJYT6feD3_G3jWzLaeA0/s1600/24_MarkMorris_2011_07_22_BK03%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZls7K8KFldQS7LDq8qEVr0J3E90xJhfoK_J1N7MSIlqB6qehssCwHFCJ0gTKGdDYeyhyRr8pYkRnF0hyu9IINLIgDXESgaRZCdKOy0xM8i6k9dEsIGiO0J1oDJYT6feD3_G3jWzLaeA0/s200/24_MarkMorris_2011_07_22_BK03%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" width="170" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Celebrate Brooklyn isn’t just about music.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The outdoor festival brings the Mark Morris Dance Group to Prospect Park on July 28 for an evening of spellbinding works that honor the Fort Greene company’s 30-year history.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joined by two other borough cultural powerhouses — the Brooklyn Philharmonic, in its first appearance under Artistic Director Alan Pierson, and the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir — the company cherry picks from its decades-long history for a program of spellbinding original works.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kicking things off is “Resurrection” (2002), pictured, set to Richard Rodgers’s “Slaughter on 10th Avenue” and with costumes by Isaac Mizrahi. That’s followed by “Lucky Charms” (1994), an explosive piece set to an original score by Jacques Ibert, and, lastly, one of the famed choreographer’s earliest, most-celebrated pieces, “Gloria” (1981), a walk-and-crawl duet set to the first movement of Vivaldi’s “Gloria in D.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Morris himself taking the baton to conduct the symphony, and the choir joining in for the echoing refrains of “Gloria,” it promises to be a powerful, moving finale that will be a highlight of the outdoor summer festival season across the city — not just in Brooklyn.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Mark Morris Dance Group at Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park band shell [Ninth Street and Prospect Park West in Park Slope, (718) 683-5600], July 28 at 8 pm. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.bricartsmedia.org/">www.bricartsmedia.org</a>.</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-37966498971259086592011-07-22T09:00:00.002-04:002011-07-22T09:00:18.872-04:00Catch these 'old-timers' at Jalopy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh011584EjWGL7jMpbz3jBrBHH5dPLsudx70lZjPDvfh4CEU5cE-OZ0bw2YkBuykpxnOO22CeFAGZLhsrdhIaXzzb54KMpfnahF9cdgUBD3617sMIA81XzhHhtPZ7UtDEIs_0FS4Tbyxmw/s1600/24_UnionStreet_2011_07_22_BK02%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh011584EjWGL7jMpbz3jBrBHH5dPLsudx70lZjPDvfh4CEU5cE-OZ0bw2YkBuykpxnOO22CeFAGZLhsrdhIaXzzb54KMpfnahF9cdgUBD3617sMIA81XzhHhtPZ7UtDEIs_0FS4Tbyxmw/s320/24_UnionStreet_2011_07_22_BK02%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These musicians are old-timers — and they hardly have any wrinkles on their faces. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The twentysomething members of the Union Street Preservation Society don’t touch a track that’s younger than 60, and when writing their own string arrangements, strictly look to rag time and early Americana roots — hence calling themselves the “preservation society.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The type of music that we play generally tends to be antique — something to preserve,” said mandolinist Sara Bouchard.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Sunday, the Park Slope-based band (that’s where Union Street comes in) celebrates its debut EP, “Spring to Rust,” a collection of bluegrass and proto-jazz-inspired songs, at — where else? — Jalopy, the Red Hook home of old-time tunes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We’re excited and honored to be doing the CD release there,” said guitarist Dave Leiberman. “There’s really no other place we would want to do it.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the release party, you can except the quintet’s own original mix of bluegrass, blues, country and early jazz, along with some newly favorite jazz standards, including “Some of These Days,” made popular by Ella Fitzgerald, and “Crazy Blues,” considered by many to be the first recorded blues song.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This is universally and objectively the best kind of music,” said Leiberman. “Why wouldn’t anyone love it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Union Street Preservation Society at Jalopy [315 Columbia St. between Hamilton Avenue and Woodhull Street in Red Hook, (718) 395-3214], July 24 at 7:30 pm. $5. For info, visit <a href="http://www.jalopy.biz/">www.jalopy.biz</a>.</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-72502686868623051742011-07-21T10:00:00.001-04:002011-07-21T10:00:02.660-04:00Pig out at 3rd Ward this Saturday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbqHyxUyzywh9GFD8vD0JcwQfyE4xb7NzctcJZUXEQSN6GePbl8P1RdNqeJU3TvKTKFXarJNqFHTsEvRAqGNbgqC94EhCNvHxMwyYSPh2dzWUrZ9s2NI7Nzf8avPtlr5YyCRUTExIzwQ/s1600/24_PigOut_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbqHyxUyzywh9GFD8vD0JcwQfyE4xb7NzctcJZUXEQSN6GePbl8P1RdNqeJU3TvKTKFXarJNqFHTsEvRAqGNbgqC94EhCNvHxMwyYSPh2dzWUrZ9s2NI7Nzf8avPtlr5YyCRUTExIzwQ/s200/24_PigOut_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" width="150" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s OK to pig out at this party.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On July 23, 3rd Ward’s annual, aptly named Pig Out returns, transforming the Bushwick art space into an urban pig roast.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a season of barbecues, it’s one of the best — and it certainly doesn’t hurt that this foodie free-for-all is free.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come hungry for the BBQ fare, manned by chef Jeremy Spector of the Brindle Room, as well as some cooking demonstrations, including chocolate sculpture and knife-sharpening. There will also be workshops in bicycle care and how to do an algae cast. That one’s just for fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The party will also feature DJs and live music, courtesy of the Union Street Preservation Society and Northern Bells. So you can bust a move, in addition to your gut.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Annual Pig Out at 3rd Ward [195 Morgan Ave. between Meadow and Stagg streets in Bushwick, (718) 715-4961], July 23, 2-9 pm. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.3rdward.com/">www.3rdward.com</a>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-76497430779097734292011-07-21T09:00:00.001-04:002011-07-21T09:00:16.837-04:00Catch a rising star<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQtVLSC2LAc_tGn_oe2fTS3tv2rm5j0IB-ZC0REmi3iZ3vgr2S6a3IeUp3cgtnp1bDCjsg8Va7dyRqayQoeVVgXK7UqAkUkui39IPKQWHuiUTAC5_Qr3CU-H9c08p_WkZs0eW1yHVc94/s1600/24_TheophilusLondon_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQtVLSC2LAc_tGn_oe2fTS3tv2rm5j0IB-ZC0REmi3iZ3vgr2S6a3IeUp3cgtnp1bDCjsg8Va7dyRqayQoeVVgXK7UqAkUkui39IPKQWHuiUTAC5_Qr3CU-H9c08p_WkZs0eW1yHVc94/s200/24_TheophilusLondon_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" width="133" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Theophilus London is a star — and he hasn’t even released a full-length album yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The snazzily dressed MC has been the toast of city’s press, handily sold out a show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg last month, and has been garnering deafening buzz for his debut album, “Timez are Weird These Days,” for the past few months (that album, by the way, finally dropped this week).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it seems like a no-brainer to check out this musical nebula when he plays a free — yes, free — show at the Weeksville Heritage Center’s garden on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to a few EPs, London’s associated with his 1980s electro-soul sound, though his influences are as varied as Marvin Gaye, Leon Ware and Morrissey.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Weeksville party will feature an outdoor show by London and opener Phony Ppl, as well as food from NY Dosa, Wafels and Dinges, Nha Toi, La Table Exquise and Kem’s Jerk.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The hip hopper dreams of being Jay-Z big one day, so catch him before his next show is at Madison Square Garden.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Theophilus London at Weeksville Heritage Center [1698 Bergen St. between Buffalo and Rochester avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 756-5250], July 23 at 6 pm. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.weeksvillesociety.org/">www.weeksvillesociety.org</a>.</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-421045277078956382011-07-20T10:00:00.001-04:002011-07-20T10:00:04.199-04:00Hot dog! Wiener cookoff this Saturday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis60SZgLa7aUmGoPwaqJCi0JsMgcYngEXrtgFnYVBVxO3IvOaNu-9jQkwUzfe_u8chim-mJliuzxSpYwIzsexie7kjhyphenhyphen-k84NnGmjyE7T_BgkQtDUGlWLqlOh9TZs5x0pIWiKOQumhKmM/s1600/24_HotDogCookoff_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis60SZgLa7aUmGoPwaqJCi0JsMgcYngEXrtgFnYVBVxO3IvOaNu-9jQkwUzfe_u8chim-mJliuzxSpYwIzsexie7kjhyphenhyphen-k84NnGmjyE7T_BgkQtDUGlWLqlOh9TZs5x0pIWiKOQumhKmM/s200/24_HotDogCookoff_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB.jpg" width="133" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now here’s a competition that really finds out who’s the top dog. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Great Hot Dog Cookoff returns to Kelso on July 23 with some of the most-creative concoctions between a bun.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Some of them are pretty ridiculous,” said cookoff founder Kara Masi. “It’s a completely silly event.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Masi started the cookoff six years ago at her Fort Greene apartment as a way to eat some really good hot dogs, as well as raise money for a cause. The gathering was so popular, she had to find a bigger venue — and that’s where Kelso in Clinton Hill came in. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year, the cookoff is raising money for the Food Bank for New York City, and will feature such hot dog combinations as the Cracker Jack Daniels — a hot dog coated in a whiskey caramel sauce and topped with pretzels and peanuts; a dog topped with truffle oil, fontina, caramelized onions, and sauteed spinach; and a hybrid of a veggie frito pie and a chile dog. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“People really get int</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">o it,” said Masi. “Some of the teams have been doing rounds of test dogs for weeks.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among the 24 competitors vying for Top Dog and Best in Show will be Nick Suarez (pictured). The founder of another foodie competition, the Food Experiments, won two years ago for his fried corn salad hot dog. This year, he’s back with his own take on the classic chili-cheese hot dog, topped with short rib chili, as well as a cheesy fondue sauce, homemade Persian cucumber pickles, deep-fried jalapeno chips and slaw.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I always thought chili-cheese dogs are the best kind of hot dog, so I want to really elevate the classic to another level,” said Suarez.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to all the hot dogs, you can feast on ice cream from SoCo Creamery, Sodastream and P&H fizzy drinks, and of course, brews from Kelso.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Beer is the perfect thing to wash down hot dogs,” said Masi. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Great Hot Dog Cookoff at Kelso Brewery [529 Waverly Ave. between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 398-2731], July 23 at 2 pm. Tickets $45 and must be purchased in advance. For info, visit <a href="http://thegreathotdogcookoff.com/">thegreathotdogcookoff.com</a>.</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-5095055704431223262011-07-20T09:00:00.001-04:002011-07-20T09:00:20.024-04:00New market for Downtown Brooklyn opening Saturday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawt3sUl1Axp1yQRfnGxELfeW8xn7N6-Gs01MPfzq8SitrGgNcaK6E2vtTRZ9-JamVoG6IwvLOrYqxjfQ4pt17JzIMQd9XqXlSRulU5-sM-ZE0sulwpO3OhH_994g0Ixjs9IfJtuaXGpk/s1600/24_MarketWatch_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawt3sUl1Axp1yQRfnGxELfeW8xn7N6-Gs01MPfzq8SitrGgNcaK6E2vtTRZ9-JamVoG6IwvLOrYqxjfQ4pt17JzIMQd9XqXlSRulU5-sM-ZE0sulwpO3OhH_994g0Ixjs9IfJtuaXGpk/s200/24_MarketWatch_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_ONLY.jpg" width="132" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is not your average container store.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vendors return to the old site of the Albee Square Mall this month, when the long-awaited Dekalb Market, a temporary shopping center constructed from shipping containers pieced together like Leviathan Legos, opens on July 23.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The newest market for the borough — which joins a crowded field that already includes the Brooklyn Flea in nearby Fort Greene, as well as the Brooklyn Flea, Smorgasburg and Northside Market, new to Williamsburg this year — has an added edge by bringing food and crafts makers to the site seven days a week, year-round, rather than only on the weekend. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 40 or so vendors setting up shop in the containers include Cheeky Sandwiches, Robicelli’s, of cupcake fame, and Sour Puss pickles on the food front, and 3rd Ward, Harriet’s Alter Ego, and Little Poco on the crafts and clothing front.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It’s a wide variety,” said Jessica Tolliver of Urban Space Management, the group putting together the market. “We’re hoping to provide something new and interesting to people in the area.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beyond shopping, market goers can check out the market’s on-site farm, which will feature cooking demos, as well as live music and a beer garden. The weekend will also feature more vendors setting up shop at the temporary market, which will be operating until CityPoint is complete.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Urban Space really focuses on going into areas that are not being used to full potential and putting something there for the community to enjoy,” said Tolliver. “This is a great opportunity for that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Dekalb Market (322 Flatbush Ave. Ext. between Willoughby and Fleet streets in Downtown, no phone), opening July 23. Open seven days a week from 11 am to 7 pm. For info, visit <a href="http://dekalbmarket.com/">dekalbmarket.com</a>.</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-50259878522050399622011-07-19T20:32:00.001-04:002011-07-19T20:32:01.028-04:00Storybook Burlesque brings your Cinderella like you've never seen it before<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwx9hiG_KrtZKa_rY0WvSdaNna-pjKGnlHjMwYpKEM1efPTt7Ms9OfzWLl5jaed2FHVVjuad0UHgJsSxoyRCKMX09F2pxA0WGAAO53UWA4xM5KkRvg60RDM-zfl5y0tumCUMr6YE4JCA/s1600/24_GrimmBurlesque_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwx9hiG_KrtZKa_rY0WvSdaNna-pjKGnlHjMwYpKEM1efPTt7Ms9OfzWLl5jaed2FHVVjuad0UHgJsSxoyRCKMX09F2pxA0WGAAO53UWA4xM5KkRvg60RDM-zfl5y0tumCUMr6YE4JCA/s200/24_GrimmBurlesque_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="132" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This ain’t your Disneyfied version of Grimm’s fairy tales.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Storybook Burlesque is adding some pasties and overt sex appeal to the same old “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty” in a new show inspired by the brothers’ dark tales.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We like to see how far we can take something and still make it recognizable and entertaining,” said troupe member Victoria Privates. “Storybrook Burlesque to me means being able to interpret one piece of literature in a wide variety of ways. And we always like being a little cheeky.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For her, that means a “straight up classical burlesque” take on the lesser-known story, “The Moon.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It’s just sparkling and pretty, like the moon,” said Privates.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other stories getting a sensual spin include “The Frog Prince,” “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Cinderella,” and “Sleeping Beauty.” Host Cyndi Freeman, aka Cherry Pitz (pictured), will also dress up like a sexy fairy godmother.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It should go without saying, but this fairy tale adaptation is not for kids.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Storybook Burlesque presents “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” at the Coney Island Sideshow Theatre [1208 Surf Ave. at W. 12th Street in Coney Island, (718) 372-5159], July 21 at 9 pm. Tickets $12 at the door. For info, visit <a href="http://www.storybookburlesque.com/">www.storybookburlesque.com</a>.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Photo by Stefano Giovannini</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-18737030008932332462011-07-19T11:52:00.000-04:002011-07-19T11:52:00.336-04:00Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival needs your help<div style="font-family: Consolas;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ku43Cvx55k6ycCi9tW57zztu4nSzC7kBcIH86GlN6oKyMtCO3yuzrGRcjLQyasv3RWIK3mn42lCExtrf0op6GX2pt7pXX6yP6tT8O1bb-YpgZAiw0jqNxGnA56sxsT5j3c_Aj3N1of8/s1600/16431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ku43Cvx55k6ycCi9tW57zztu4nSzC7kBcIH86GlN6oKyMtCO3yuzrGRcjLQyasv3RWIK3mn42lCExtrf0op6GX2pt7pXX6yP6tT8O1bb-YpgZAiw0jqNxGnA56sxsT5j3c_Aj3N1of8/s200/16431.jpg" width="197" /></a>We're big fans of Eugene Mirman's comedy festival at the Bell House and Union Hall, which brings in such names as Kristen Schaal, Mike Birbiglia, Sarah Vowell, Daniel Kitson, David Cross, Jon Glaser, we could go on.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;">If you're fans too, the team put together a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pgf/the-eugene-mirman-comedy-festival">Kickstarter fund</a> to help them "bring the awesome" this year.</div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas;">If that's not enough, here's a list of things they'll do with the money:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Consolas;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pay a living wage to the people who work really hard to make this event possible.</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Build an ice cream limo or buy an ice cream truck</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pay comedians enough money to afford one very nice meal and maybe even buy a pair of shoes.</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Fly out and put up some performers so that we can have more events/ panels/ shows/ comedy/ music</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Set up a petting zoo outside of our venue</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Awkward Party Bus</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Have musical guests on some of our shows</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Have fun after-parties</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pay recent college grads to have sex in a pit (probably not, but we’ll see how much money we raise)</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Delicious free food!</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-More surprises!</span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-63026060730840390002011-07-19T11:47:00.000-04:002011-07-19T11:47:00.394-04:00More classes at the Brooklyn Brainery announced<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9eplrw1O03fszs1rvXaxveUyoFohDdOkxi8SEdGOl3KO9_WtPOxG-4JGQ2tYKfLboOTRgqHU_e3qcEAXExE-4gpD-vFC5Emr5g1xGpIadWNvUpoC-H2pVJrZbH3oOCPy4vGZPeNMXQ8/s1600/brain-train-brooklyn-brainery1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9eplrw1O03fszs1rvXaxveUyoFohDdOkxi8SEdGOl3KO9_WtPOxG-4JGQ2tYKfLboOTRgqHU_e3qcEAXExE-4gpD-vFC5Emr5g1xGpIadWNvUpoC-H2pVJrZbH3oOCPy4vGZPeNMXQ8/s200/brain-train-brooklyn-brainery1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: darkred; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">The Brooklyn Brainery, that bastion of DIY education in Carroll Gardens, has released its new schedule. Here's your pick of the new classes this month and next:</span></b></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>One Session</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=bee3df506d&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><br />
The Whats and Whys of Programming Languages</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - daytime! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=15e30d825d&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Backyard Chickens</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - all you need is a patch of dirt and some know-how</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=1ae7bc6584&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Edible Botany</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - brush up on your Latin and learn to tell a pumpkin from a squash </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=1d84ace17b&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Cocktail Alchemy</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - infuse your way to awesome drinks</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=29885a007c&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Solving Crossword Puzzles</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - tips and tricks from two expert solvers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=b3e0caf1de&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">How I Learned to Solve a Rubik's Cube in 2 Minutes</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">- you'll impress</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>everyone</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=50bddba40d&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Jars of Joy: Homemade Chutneys</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - or, what to do when you have too many tomatoes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=91f37f11c1&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">English Grammar</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - never confuse 'lie' and 'lay' again</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=aa225bda35&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">How to Kill at Karaoke </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - everything you need for a stellar performance</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=13dc6993fe&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Cooking 101: Organic, Local, Sustainable</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - eating well, on the cheap</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b>Longer Night Courses</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=6a57819f75&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Music Theory for Non-Musicians</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - demystifying music for the rest of us</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=28ea95cb04&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Living Philosophy</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">- back for an August session! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=24d70fbc78&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Sustainability vs. Culture</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - plastic, shelter + food</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://brooklynbrainery.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=5c81d74eb694f7170e8582d6f&id=d0c293252f&e=8567ebbb77" style="color: darkred; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Playwriting: Your First Work</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> - two weeks to your first play</span>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-36166983264642349182011-07-18T09:00:00.001-04:002011-07-18T09:00:04.430-04:00Our Celebrate Brooklyn Pick of the Week!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPzHtEidZyWxJibWW8UoTCF5lthSDj5t3yy_DYth2pUDwUh9_QOY_FM8qGDvK6K6aTPvnd5CelpV6RjUWW2Ve3rxsOAJqfuUEKXxSo4PIbjX5zb7D3cLaEtEQNs5g-m01IUaAMmrfwQ0/s1600/24_WestSideStory_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPzHtEidZyWxJibWW8UoTCF5lthSDj5t3yy_DYth2pUDwUh9_QOY_FM8qGDvK6K6aTPvnd5CelpV6RjUWW2Ve3rxsOAJqfuUEKXxSo4PIbjX5zb7D3cLaEtEQNs5g-m01IUaAMmrfwQ0/s200/24_WestSideStory_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Practice your finger snaps — a “West Side Story” dance and sing-along is coming to Prospect Park.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On July 21, Celebrate Brooklyn screens the Academy Award-dominating 1961 musical.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This being a “Romeo and Juliet” for 1950s Manhattan, Romeo is an American gangster, Tony, his Juliet a Puerto Rican immigrant, Maria. Their balcony is a fire escape, the feuding families two gangs, the Jets and the Sharks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can guess where it’s headed for our two doomed lovers, but not before some gorgeous and enduring melodies sung by the cast, including “Tonight,” “I Feel Pretty,” “Maria,” “America,” and “Jet Song,” to name just a few. The lyrics will be featured on the screen so you can sing along, too, and pre-screening there will be a choreographer teaching the famous steps to the musical.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indeed, one of the film’s most-memorable moments hardly has any dialogue at all — that famous finger-snapping prologue, that features some of the most graceful punks you’ll ever see.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But you better choose your allegiance in advance — Sharks enter at 11th Street, Jets at Ninth Street.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“West Side Story” dance and sing-along at Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park [Ninth Street and Prospect Park West in Park Slope, (718) 683-5600], July 21 at 8 pm. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.bricartsmedia.org/">www.bricartsmedia.org</a>.</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-15011708499693126842011-07-15T16:27:00.000-04:002011-07-15T16:27:00.664-04:00The Weekend: 7.15-7.17<b><i>Friday, July 15 </i></b><br />
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<b>Brooklyn Heights</b>: Theater 2020, a new local company, puts on a production of "<a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-twist-on-shakespearean-classic.html">Romeo and Juliet</a>."<br />
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<b><i>Saturday, July 16</i></b><br />
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<b>DUMBO</b>: Go kayaking under the Manhattan Bridge as part of a <a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/nautical-and-nice.html">waterfront festival</a>, then check out Q-Tip as he headlines the <a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/brooklyn-hip-hop-festival-starts-today.html">Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival</a>.<br />
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<b>Borough-wide</b>: It's National Ice Cream Day — so get out there and get some <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/28/24_crazyicecream_2011_07_15_bk.html">crazy ice cream</a>.<br />
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<b>Park Slope</b>: Bring the kids to Prospect Park for a free concert by <a href="http://24sevenbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/07/our-celebrate-brooklyn-pick-of-week.html">Dan Zanes</a>, the king of the kid's music scene.<br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Carroll Gardens</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">: Smith Street Stage puts on a production of "<a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/28/24_macbeths_2011_07_15_bk.html">Macbeth</a>" in Carroll Park. Make it a picnic.</span></i></b>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-78791633881761917162011-07-15T08:00:00.001-04:002011-07-15T08:00:12.768-04:00Your favorite new read, handpicked by your favorite bookstoreWho can you always count on when you’re in a bind and need a good book? Your neighborhood bookstore, of course, whose employees read all the newest books before you do. That’s why we’re running this semi-regular column featuring must-reads, handpicked and written about by the staff at some of our favorite independent bookstores in Brooklyn.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbZsRcyIy8sA1_BVmPBZHSYUISxzXPOfpZkMlHARHmxw99puYmdtILfzNtcXmA355TEyaX9_n62Bd8fgW_UZlxlrvy-Nw-iUaAtQJNl3DYJoTsqsdnlX7szDfXCxO37rHogjCWb22kEc/s1600/24_BookPicks_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbZsRcyIy8sA1_BVmPBZHSYUISxzXPOfpZkMlHARHmxw99puYmdtILfzNtcXmA355TEyaX9_n62Bd8fgW_UZlxlrvy-Nw-iUaAtQJNl3DYJoTsqsdnlX7szDfXCxO37rHogjCWb22kEc/s200/24_BookPicks_2011_07_15_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="132" /></a><b>The BookMark Shoppe’s pick: “The Templar Legacy”</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">For any fan waiting for the next Dan Brown novel, then “The Templar Legacy” by Steve Berry is a must read this summer! Book One in the Cotton Malone series, “The Templar Legacy” has all of the history and mystery as “The Da Vinci Code,” with a twist of conspiracy. If you are already a Mallone follower, then check out the newest installment, “The Jefferson Key.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>— Bina Valenzano, co-owner, The BookMark Shoppe [8415 Third Ave. between 84th and 85th streets in Bay Ridge, (718) 833-5115].</i><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj911hlsHzX46kJ5_5kG6KmfoEENQV3u8Z_HeCf00ykwLtX40B0RtxK08FTSXROGrHcBx4B5YInTLWPvbb92KqUYszKX0rICYG56zN6OP_kLcJ-4MbN5V8ltnFv5Z0E_sanOmQpjR3n-MI/s1600/24_BookPicks_2011_07_15_BK02%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj911hlsHzX46kJ5_5kG6KmfoEENQV3u8Z_HeCf00ykwLtX40B0RtxK08FTSXROGrHcBx4B5YInTLWPvbb92KqUYszKX0rICYG56zN6OP_kLcJ-4MbN5V8ltnFv5Z0E_sanOmQpjR3n-MI/s200/24_BookPicks_2011_07_15_BK02%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="131" /></a><b>Greenlight’s pick: “The Devil All the Time”</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Following up on “Knockemstiff,” which was his gritty debut collection of interconnected stories, Donald Ray Pollack’s new book takes place in the same rural back-country town and surrounding areas. And I gotta say, it feels somehow wrong to say I like a book that makes me feel so unclean, but it’s dang good. If you like Pete Dexter or Chuck Palahaniuk, then Pollack is right for you.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>— Rebecca Fitting, co-owner, Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246-0200].</i><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_9jcZY7OCP-gIal8FjBvImtdh90LVuWyoMOXn6wKhHA8o9n07g0ta8Vx0Czs5gW3QDA5Q6gs6egddMkhc0XzVMM1ewIIAYv5YnkLGnnMP5bU9Hw9d_dP7a9Nz8J66mx44VzuFppB8JY/s1600/24_BookPicks_2011_07_15_BK03%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_9jcZY7OCP-gIal8FjBvImtdh90LVuWyoMOXn6wKhHA8o9n07g0ta8Vx0Czs5gW3QDA5Q6gs6egddMkhc0XzVMM1ewIIAYv5YnkLGnnMP5bU9Hw9d_dP7a9Nz8J66mx44VzuFppB8JY/s200/24_BookPicks_2011_07_15_BK03%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="133" /></a><b>WORD’s pick: “The Chairs Are Where the People Go”</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">This book is part-philosophy, part-self-help, part-business, but without any of the bulls—t you probably associate with those categories. Sheila Heti worked with Misha Glouberman to write down his thoughts on cities, education, art, love, charades, and other important things — in short, smart chapters that cohere closer and closer as the book goes on. Full of sharp insights and never boring. Next time you find your brain needing a jump-start, this is the book to dive into.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>— Stephanie Anderson, manager, WORD [126 Franklin St. at Milton Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383-0096].</i><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><!--EndFragment-->Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-15394010269483254972011-07-14T11:00:00.001-04:002011-07-14T11:00:13.371-04:00Nautical and nice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOroXC2wms3uP62pGMdlJlWYe5_EMTcsKLEKKVyxAoJsVSRTDAOLZdbqd5ybWbSc6g-tFdH9xpoM5E9gKn8yDMjdRZAe0TbQXyJ6jCG07n-ZqP7frvnm3ObdkyPgd53Otty-NAnRVkObE/s1600/24_TugAndBarge_2011_7_8_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOroXC2wms3uP62pGMdlJlWYe5_EMTcsKLEKKVyxAoJsVSRTDAOLZdbqd5ybWbSc6g-tFdH9xpoM5E9gKn8yDMjdRZAe0TbQXyJ6jCG07n-ZqP7frvnm3ObdkyPgd53Otty-NAnRVkObE/s200/24_TugAndBarge_2011_7_8_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="163" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Kim Lightbody</i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don’t miss the boat on this festival.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A tugboat and barge from the early 1900s are docking at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 this month, bringing with them nautical-themed fun to Brooklyn Heights. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The aptly named “Tug and Barge Week,” running from July 15 to 25, will include activities like kayaking and fishing, as well as theater and live music on dry land.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We’re trying to bring back the waterfront,” said David Sharps (pictured), captain of the Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge, which will move upriver from its longtime Red Hook home for the festival. “Too many times, we rebuild waterfront parks and we ‘miss the boat,’ so to speak. There’s pedestrian piers and volleyball courts, but where’s the waterfront use?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along with Pamela Hepburn, captain of a 1907 tugboat, Sharps has planned 10 days of outdoor fun to change local attitudes about the East River. On July 16, adventurous locals can go kayaking under the Manhattan Bridge, fishing off the Pier, and watch a squid dissection, among other things. And on July 24, families can come see Showboat Shazzam, a circus show aboard the docked barge that includes flying trapezes, acrobats, and features Captain Sharps himself as a vase-balancing trickster.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plus, each day of the program visitors can explore the Waterfront Museum on the barge, which is housing an art exhibition dedicated to deep-sea creatures. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“There’s a lot of activity,” said Sharps. “We’re trying to highlight the importance and significance of our water highway, for both commerce and enjoyment.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Tug and Barge Week” at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 [Atlantic Avenue and Furman Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 624-4719] from July 15 to 25. For info, visit <a href="http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/">www.brooklynbridgepark.org</a>.</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930125945805410079.post-60295803367399959522011-07-14T10:00:00.004-04:002011-07-14T10:00:12.427-04:00A new twist on a Shakespearean classic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIo9RAi6b41tbi-eqACm9iRrD_RHfLXTGpuM43zLWVk2R4CChpeEXpN1xCio9MDFkrMeJLtG65F00gJ32FAxvO4qvRYCFAnLKVj0nWK8O-i8z15c57R73IZsFBtdXVlSP2JZ-FeUGc1k/s1600/24_MuslimRomeo_2011_7_8_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIo9RAi6b41tbi-eqACm9iRrD_RHfLXTGpuM43zLWVk2R4CChpeEXpN1xCio9MDFkrMeJLtG65F00gJ32FAxvO4qvRYCFAnLKVj0nWK8O-i8z15c57R73IZsFBtdXVlSP2JZ-FeUGc1k/s200/24_MuslimRomeo_2011_7_8_BK01%252CBC%252CPRINT_WEB%252CWEB.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>By Meredith Deliso</i></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this “Romeo and Juliet,” the young lovers have faith, as well as feuding families, to contend with.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Theater 2020, a new Brooklyn Heights-based company, puts a new twist on Shakespeare’s enduring love story with a Hindu Romeo and Muslim Juliet in its production of “Romeo and Juliet,” running at Saint Charles Borromeo on Sidney Place starting tonight and then later this month at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier One. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The producers were inspired to add this religious element to the play after reading about a Muslim girl in India killed by her family for dating a Hindu boy. When the boy found out, he killed himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It was ‘Romeo and Juliet,’” said Judith Jarosz, who runs the company with her husband, David Fuller. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This isn’t the first time the bard’s classic has been staged with some poetic license; last year, Bensonhurst’s Genesis Repertory did a Brooklynized version of the play, where the star cross’d lovers were a Russian-Jewish Romeo from Sheepshead Bay and a Palestinian Juliet from Bay Ridge. The modernized version had the cast in baseball caps, sneakers and hijabs, and the men wielded swords instead of guns. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Theater 2020’s production doesn’t take as many liberties, though there will be hijabs sported by the Capulets, as well as Middle Eastern dancing and music, and some Jim Henson-style puppets.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Obviously ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has lasted for hundreds of years, but I was just looking for some contemporary feel,” said Fuller, who directs. “The idea of a girl falling in love with boy whose parents don’t approve of is just timeless. I think everyone in the world can relate to that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Theater 2020’s “Romeo and Juliet” at Saint Charles Borromeo [21 Sidney Pl. at Livingston Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 624-3614 ], July 14 to 24, Thursdays at 7 pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 3 pm. Tickets $18. Also at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier One (at the foot of Old Fulton Street in DUMBO), July 30 at 6 pm and July 31 at 2 pm. Free. For info, visit <a href="http://www.theater2020.com/">www.theater2020.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Photo by David Fuller</i></span></div>Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04637951735290902558noreply@blogger.com0