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BAM will present the New York premiere of Philip Glass’ complete piano etudes on Dec. 5 and 6. Photo by Fernando Aceves, courtesy of BAM

BAM presents NY premiere of Philip Glass’ complete piano etudes

Philip Glass, one of the most influential contemporary American composers, conceived his solo piano etudes as a set of 20 works, which he began to write in 1994.
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A brand new graduate level school of cinema, operated by Brooklyn College, is opening at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard this September. Rendering courtesy of the Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema

Brooklyn College opening new graduate school of cinema at Steiner Studios

Film students now have the opportunity to attend a graduate school of cinema located on a full-production film studio in Brooklyn – at about one third the price of a private university. … Full Article
 
Students from PS 221 are all set for their special day on Dec. 2. Photo courtesy Learning Leaders

PS 221 students take part in national charity movement

Students from a Crown Heights elementary school are taking part in a national movement aimed at improving lives in communities all across the country. … Full Article
 
Photo credit: Elena Olivo

Prime Minister of Sweden visits BAM

Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven visited BAM on the invitation of BAM Trustee David Dangoor to see “Black Mountain Songs,” a performance by Brooklyn Youth Chorus, on Nov 21. Shown from left to right: BAM Trustee David Dangoor, Swedish Minister (of Children, the Elderly and Gende … Full Article
 
Brooklynites protest Ferguson decision

Brooklynites protest Ferguson grand jury decision in front of federal courthouse

Ferguson, Missouri, is nearly 1,000 miles away, but that didn't stop crowds of people in Brooklyn from protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who killed Michael Brown. … Full Article
 
Doctors working at Lutheran Family Health Centers wished their patients a Happy Thanksgiving by offering them free turkeys. Photo courtesy Lutheran HealthCare

Doctors donate turkeys to patients for Thanksgiving

Doctors working at Lutheran Family Health Centers know the perfect prescription for patients – Thanksgiving turkeys! … Full Article
 
Before you know it, Brooklynites will be shopping here. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Do you know the way to Prince Street?

No need to peek through the construction fence at City Point. We got an inside look at the progress of construction at the Downtown Brooklyn mega-project during a hard-hat tour with our photographer colleague Rob Abruzzese, who took terrific photos. … Full Article
 
Shine Bright Like A Diamond (Thank you, Rihanna, for that lyric): This is what the new shops and restaurants at City Point will look like. Rendering by CookFox Architects/Neoscape

City Point's developers amp up their search for retail and restaurant tenants

Food, Glorious Food — the developers of mega-project City Point hope it will be a major customer draw. … Full Article
 
Brooklyn Heights resident Jeff Smith points out the unlocked window and basement hatch that have left a $6.3 million brownstone unprotected for weeks. Photo by Mary Frost

Brooklyn Heights resident wants more security for $6.3 million brownstone

A $6.3 million brownstone in tony Brooklyn Heights has been vacant and unlocked for at least five weeks, and a neighbor worries it will attract vagrants, curious kids and big trouble. … Full Article
 
Councilmember Laurie Cumbo and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams led a protest at an apartment building on Schenectady Avenue Saturday morning. Photo courtesy of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board

Protesters say ‘loophole’ allows unlawful Brooklyn rent increases

Scores of residents and concerned housing advocates rallied in front of a Schenectady Avenue apartment building Saturday morning to demand protections for low-income tenants who fear they will soon be victims of illegal rent increases due to what they say is a “loophole” in the law. … Full Article
 

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