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Alisa Solomon, author of “Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof,” will be featured on March 23 at Theatre for a New Audience’s Open Book series. Photo courtesy of Theatre for a New Audience

Theatre for a New Audience Announces 2015 Open Books Series

Theatre for a New Audience has announced its 2015 Open Books series, featuring John Lahr, Andrea Most, and Alisa Solomon: three free evenings of conversation with the authors of some of American theatre's most acclaimed new books at Polonsky Shakespeare Center (262 Ashland Place.)  … Full Article
 
Jonathan Lethem, pictured at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival with his former P.S. 29 fourth-grade teacher, NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña. Lethem will be in DUMBO Thursday, March 19, to launch his latest book, a collection of stories titled “Lucky Alan.” Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Jonathan Lethem to launch latest collection of stories in DUMBO

Renowned author and former Brooklynite Jonathan Lethem will return to the borough for his only New York appearance to launch his latest book, “Lucky Alan,” at DUMBO’s powerHouse Arena on Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m. … Full Article
 
Dinaw Mengestu, esteemed author of “All Our Names,” will be featured at City Tech’s Annual Literary Arts Festival on March 26. Photo: © Mathieu Zazzo

City Tech’s Annual Literary Arts Festival features acclaimed novelist

New York City College of Technology (City Tech’s) 34th Annual Literary Arts Festival will take place on March 26, at the college’s Voorhees Theater, 186 Jay St., at 5:30 p.m. … Full Article
 
The parking lot in the foreground at 620 Fulton St. is the site of a health center and office building. Behind the parking lot, that's the Theatre for a New Audience in the center of the photo. The mural at left is on a wall of Mark Morris Dance Center. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Brooklyn Cultural District building boom: The Hotel Trades Council's Health Center, 620 Fulton St.

Construction is percolating at development sites in a favorite arts-lovers' neighborhood, the Brooklyn Cultural District. This is the mini-neighborhood surrounding the Brooklyn Academy of Music that until recently was known as the BAM Cultural District. … Full Article
 
This building with the shrouds is the Ashland Place façade of the Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel site. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Brooklyn Cultural District building boom: the Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel, 95 Rockwell Place

Construction is percolating at development sites in a favorite arts-lovers' neighborhood, the Brooklyn Cultural District. This is the mini-neighborhood surrounding the Brooklyn Academy of Music that until recently was known as the BAM Cultural District. … Full Article
 
Workers toil at the site of 286 Ashland Place. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Brooklyn Cultural District building boom: Two Trees Management's 286 Ashland Place

Construction is percolating at development sites in a favorite arts-lovers' neighborhood, the Brooklyn Cultural District. This is the mini-neighborhood surrounding the Brooklyn Academy of Music that until recently was known as the BAM Cultural District. … Full Article
 
The Ashland is rising at 250 Ashland Place on the corner of Fulton Street. The Theatre for a New Audience is at left. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Brooklyn Cultural District building boom: A tale of two apartment developments

Construction is percolating at development sites in a favorite arts-lovers' neighborhood, the Brooklyn Cultural District. This is the mini-neighborhood surrounding the Brooklyn Academy of Music that until recently was known as the BAM Cultural District. … Full Article
 
Welcome to the Brooklyn Cultural District. The Brooklyn Academy of Music, at right, flanks a construction site at 286 Ashland Place. The black building in the center of the photo is the Theatre for a New Audience. The white building, center left, is the Mark Morris Dance Center. Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese

Building boom in the Brooklyn Cultural District

Every Day, It's A Gettin' Closer, Goin' Faster Than A Roller Coaster. Construction is picking up speed at development sites in the Brooklyn Cultural District. This calls to mind a favorite Buddy Holly song. But let us not digress. … Full Article
 
Claire Weisz of WXY Studio discussed recommendations for the Brooklyn Strand that were made following months of community meetings and neighborhood walkthroughs at a meeting Monday night. Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese

Seven recommendations made at Brooklyn Strand meeting

Community members met at Brooklyn Law School on Monday night to discuss ideas for the Brooklyn Strand — a plan to connect and reinvigorate a swath of unconnected parks, plazas and underutilized sites running from Borough Hall to Brooklyn Bridge Park. … Full Article
 
Surprise winners of the NEC Tournament, the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers will now travel to Storrs, Conn., on Saturday night for a first-round NCAA Tournament showdown against top overall seed and two-time defending champion Connecticut. Photo courtesy of SFC Brooklyn athletics

Lady Terriers ‘dancing’ with the stars, face UConn in first round

Just call them Destiny’s Darlings. Or the team that Brooklyn almost forgot. … Full Article
 

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