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Peter Stampfel will perform at this year’s Brooklyn Folk Festival. Photo by Eli Smith

7th annual Brooklyn Folk Festival celebrates best of folk music

Celebrating folk music from near and far, the Brooklyn Folk Festival showcases 30 bands, workshops, film screenings and contests. … Full Article
 
“The Book of Memory Gaps,” by debut author Cecilia Ruiz, will be featured at Greenpoint’s WORD Bookstore on March 12. Image: Copyright Cecilia Ruiz 2015

Collection of ‘Humorous’ mini-stories examines memory

“The Book of Memory Gaps,” by debut author Cecilia Ruiz, is a collection of darkly humorous mini-stories that examine the curious and capricious nature of memory. … Full Article
 
Brooklyn Bridge repairs are now reportedly $100 million over budget. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Report: Brooklyn Bridge repairs $100 million over budget

Records show that repair work on the Brooklyn Bridge is $100 million over budget and the completion date has been pushed back again. … Full Article
 
A scene from Woody Allen’s “Manhattan” Photo courtesy of BAM

BAM presents 'Black & White ’Scope: American Cinema'

The post-World War II era brought forth a flood of color films, so it seemed that the monochromatic images of the silver screen were destined for irrelevance. … Full Article
 
Jonathan M. Weld. Photo courtesy of The Brooklyn Hospital Center

Brooklyn Hospital Center’s interim CEO to take over on March 1

A trustee of The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Jonathan M. Weld, will be taking over as interim president and chief executive officer of the hospital on Sunday, March 1. Weld will serve while the board continues its search for a successor to departing CEO Dr. Richard B. Becker. … Full Article
 
Austin Smith (l.) as George and Amber Gray as Zoe play out a melodrama of hopeless love in the Theatre for a New Audience production of Soho Rep's “An Octoroon” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Photos by Gerry Goodstein

'An Octoroon' thrills at Theatre for a New Audience

Our borough's got its very own run of a dazzling, dizzying play about slavery and hopeless love — and the art of play-making — that won an Obie Award last year for Best New American Play when it was shown in Manhattan. … Full Article
 
Photo courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership

Myrtle Ave. Brooklyn Partnership creates ‘Audio Tour of Black Art History’

The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership has created a self-guided “Audio Tour of Black Art History,” now available on iTunes and on myrtleaveue.org/black-artstory-tour/. … Full Article
 
Restaurant tenants are starting to sign on the dotted line for space at Empire Stores on the DUMBO waterfront. Rendering courtesy of Visual House

New restaurant tenants for iconic Empire Stores

Now that's A Snack With A View. The developers in charge of restoring and repurposing DUMBO's Empire Stores, the iconic former coffee warehouses, signed leases with two restaurant tenants, Vinegar Hill House and Pizza East.  … Full Article
 
BHA 2015 Annual Meeting

Theme of Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting: Change vs Preservation

The theme of the Brooklyn Heights Association’s 2015 annual meeting, held at Grace Church Wednesday night, was the inevitability and necessity of change. … Full Article
 
The St. Francis Brooklyn men’s basketball team has captured its first NEC regular-season title since the 2003-04 season. Photo courtesy of SFC Brooklyn Athletics

St. Francis-Brooklyn is the people’s champion

Remsen Street’s Pope Center will be the official home office for the upcoming Northeast Conference Tournament as the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers captured their first regular-season league championship in over a decade with Saturday’s 66-54 victory over St. Francis University (Pa.). … Full Article
 

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