Arts

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BROOKLYN — In celebration of Black History Month, SUNY Empire State College’s Metropolitan Center will host “Breaking Boundaries,” an exhibition by current students and alumni.

The opening reception is Thursday, Feb. 23, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Livingston Gallery, 177 Livingston St.  

Raul Manzano, college faculty mentor, is the curator of the exhibition. The exhibition will be on display through March 30, Monday through Thursday, from noon to 5 p.m. by appointment.

By Nino Pantano
Special to Brooklyn Daily Eagle

BROOKLYN — Maestro Victor DeRenzi, a native New Yorker, is celebrating 30 outstanding years as artistic director of Florida’s Sarasota Opera.

There will be a special gala in his honor on March 25. In the early evening of Saturday, Feb. 11, the 53rd Winter Festival Season began with a special opening night of Carmen.

Brooklyn-born rising singers Will and Anthony Nunziata have been charming audiences in New York City and as far away as Singapore. Not too long out of Boston College, they have lent their rich tenor voices to classics from the Great American Songbook, Broadway tunes and contemporary music on venerated stages including Feinstein’s at Loews Regency and Jazz at Lincoln Center.

And yes, they are twins.

By Howard Blum
Associated Press

BROOKLYN — Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna took an unusual path to its United States premiere, switching companies and sopranos.

By Marian Masone

Liza Johnson’s feature film, Return, which premiered in Cannes last spring, has finally made its way to screens in New York. The film addresses a number of current social issues, all in one finely tuned narrative.

It could be viewed simply as the story of a soldier’s return from war, but writer-director Johnson, a Boerum Hill resident, has given us a female protagonist and presents some challenges that are unique to a woman veteran. The scourge of drugs is also on view, as well as the economic crisis that has dragged the country into recession.

By Carrie Stern

Improvisation. Most performing artists — actors, dancers, musicians — improvise. After years of being told what to do and how to do it, college is often the first time improvisation is encouraged. For some, improvisation is uncomfortable, a struggle, its lack of specifics terrifying leaving participants floundering, feeling adrift and even angry. For others, improvisation is a revelation, a door that opens onto possibility.

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ART 101: 101 Grand St., Williamsburg. (718) 302-2242 or www.art101brooklyn.com.
Nicola Ginzel & Chester Nielsen. Feb. 17–March 18. This show features artists whose process is both visible and coherent.

BROOKLYN — Pratt Institute will celebrate renowned architect and architecture professor Theoharis David with two exhibitions this year.

Pratt’s School of Architecture will present “Built Ideas: A Life of Teaching, Learning and Action,” an exhibition of David’s models, photos and concept drawings, from March 2 through March 30 at the Hazel and Robert H. Siegel Gallery at 61 Saint James Place in Brooklyn.

From Feb. 17 through Sep. 28, Pratt’s Department of Exhibitions will present “An Architect’s Drawing,” an exhibition of drawings and texts from David’s architectural experiences at the President’s Office Gallery, Main Building, 200 Willoughby Ave.