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Regina Opera inaugurates 43rd season in new hall with `La Bohème’

Sunset Park
After having to vacate its much-loved venue at Regina Hall, the Regina Opera has found a new home at Our Lady Of Perpetual Help (OLPH), at Sixth Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets in Sunset Park. … Full Article

Comedian Charlie Murphy to appear at Fort Hamilton

Fort Hamilton
Being funny must run in the Murphy family. Eddie Murphy, the world-famous funnyman-actor, is going to have to take a back seat to his brother, at least as far as the soldiers at the Fort Hamilton Army Base are concerned. … Full Article

Help for photos damaged by Hurricane Sandy

Red Hook
High waters from superstorm Sandy destroyed many precious and irreplaceable photographs. A growing corps of volunteers from Brooklyn-based Cherished Albums Restoration Effort (CARE) is offering free digital restoration services for folks whose salvaged photos have been damaged. … Full Article

Pratt exhibit to feature famous creations by alumni, faculty

Pratt Institute, the prestigious college of art, design, and architecture whose historic main campus is in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, will continue its 125th anniversary celebration with the opening of “125 Icons,” an exhibit featuring a rare collection of images and iconic works produced by a … Full Article

Comedy fundraiser benefits Brooklyn Recovery Fund

In response to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, comedians Caroline Rhea and Sherri Shepherd headlined a comedy show on the stage of Stand Up NY last weekend for a benefit, “Stand Up to Sandy,” that raised than $5,000 for the Brooklyn Recovery Fund. … Full Article

Screaming, ‘out-of-control’ Bieber fans alarm Barclays neighbors

Atlantic Yards
Hundreds of screaming young fans of pop star Justin Bieber gathered on the streets and sidewalks near Barclays Center on Monday night before the show and chased a tour bus they believed had Bieber in it down residential Dean Street, reports Peter Krashes of the Dean Street Block Association on th … Full Article

The Heights Players presents Agatha Christie’s `Verdict’

Brooklyn Heights
On the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Heights Players at 26 Willow Place, we were transferred to England in one of the most unusual plays written by Agatha Christie.  … Full Article

Stones are coming to Barclays, after all

Since Barclays Center opened, and even before, people had been talking about a Rolling Stones concert there as part of the group's 50th anniversary mini-tour. … Full Article

Sandy forces theater troupe to move

Bay Ridge
If the members of Narrows Community Theater could talk to Hurricane Sandy, they would tell the horrible hurricane that they’re not, “Crazy for You.” … Full Article

`Bible Storyland’ coming to Crown Heights Film Fest

Crown Heights
Bible Storyland,” a film about an ill-fated 1960s theme park whose exhibits were based on biblical scenes, will have its New York city premiere on Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Crown Heights Film Festival. … Full Article
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