Arts and Fun

What greater cause for celebration can you think of than to honor a woman, and a voice synonymous with love, youth and spring? On May 5 at the elegant J.W. Marriott Essex House on Central Park South, Marta Eggerth in absentia was the honoree.  … Full Article

WASHINGTON — Carole King, born and raised in Brooklyn, isn't done with music — not yet anyway. … Full Article

The Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize, which is sponsored by Ireland’s famous Ballymaloe Cookery School, is being launched in Brooklyn this June. There are three cash prizes for a single unpublished poem, and this year they are a whopping €10,000 ( … Full Article

Hundreds of cyclists wheeled their bikes to a “Bike Home from Work Party” on Pearl Street in DUMBO this past Friday. … Full Article

The 2013 Willowtown Spring Fair brought neighbors together on Saturday for a mellow day of music, food, sack races, tug-of-war and an architectural walking tour.  … Full Article

Zankel Hall, which is part of the Carnegie Hall complex, was the scene for much jubilation. On Sunday, April 28 the Gerda Lissner Foundation honored Metropolitan Opera basso Eric Owens and introduced the winners of the Foundation’s International Vocal Competition for 2013. … Full Article

The Bishop on Bedford, a Bed-Stuy gallery opened by artists and Pratt graduate school classmates  … Full Article

The second New York Eurasian Film Festival – the largest showcase in the U.S. of feature, short, documentary, and animation films from the Eurasian continent – will be held at St. Francis College (Founders Hall) in Brooklyn Heights from Monday, May 20 – Friday, May 24. … Full Article

This Saturday’s Brooklyn Half Marathon is expected to attract 25,000 runners to a course extending from Washington Avenue to Coney Island. … Full Article

The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (AoBFF) launches its third annual festival on Wednesday, May 15, at two Brooklyn venues: St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights and St. Joseph College in Fort Greene. … Full Article