The public will have the chance this Saturday to join voices in a sing-along of Handel’s “Messiah” on the 282nd anniversary of the beloved oratorio’s world premiere in Dublin, Ireland, on April 13, 1742. The Sing Along will also be the occasion for Flatbush native and acclaimed choral conductor Judith Clurman to return to Brooklyn […]
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — All Queens-bound lanes of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will be closed between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street (the Triple Cantilever on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront) from 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 13 to 4 a.m. on Monday, April 15, according to the city’s Department of Transportation. Adding to expected traffic jams, eight Queens-bound entrance […]
BREAKING NEWS US HOUSE KILLS FISA LEGISLATION TO EXTEND WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE CAPITOL HILL — THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, VOTED 193-228 AGAINST A RULE VOTE THAT WOULD HAVE ADVANCED THE FISA (Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act) reauthorization, extending authority to conduct investigations without warrants for five years mandated in the US Constitution, […]