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“Bleu!” is being performed at BAM May 16 and 17. The show — a blend of environmental performance and immersive technology — invites audience members to join actors in their underwater adventures. Photo: Rebecca Greenfield, courtesy of BAM

BAM Presents ‘Bleu!’ — an environmental, interactive, kid-friendly performance

This Saturday and Sunday, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is hosting “Bleu!” from Italian company Compagnie T.P.O.  … Full Article
 
Christopher Bollen will visit BookCourt in Cobble Hill to speak about his book on May 27. Photo by Sebastian Kim

New novel brings to life a small Long Island town

New Yorker Christopher Bollen brings his personal life into his fiction writing as he ventures into the world of Long Island in his newest book, “Orient.” … Full Article
 
One of America's largest green roofs will sit atop the Barclays Center. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

A roof grows in Brooklyn: Barclays Center to get grassy lid

A roof grows in Brooklyn. One of the nation's biggest green roofs on a sports arena is taking shape atop Brooklyn's Barclays Center, where cranes are hoisting tons of steel beams and decking that will provide the base for an urban prairie in the sky. … Full Article
 
“He Does Not Recollect Any Fish as His Ancestors,” by Paul Bergeron, is one of the sights you'll see on the Brooklyn Eagle's Bushwick gallery crawl. Photo courtesy of Honey Ramka

Calling all art lovers: Try out this Bushwick gallery crawl

You don't have to be a hipster to have fun in Bushwick. There's a good time to be had in its galleries, regardless of your age or lifestyle choices. … Full Article
 
State Sen. Daniel Squadron (at podium) and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (right) sponsored the LICH Act to prevent another chaotic hospital closing. Shown left: City Comptroller Scott Stringer. Photo by Mary Frost

Brooklyn’s ‘LICH Act’ inches through NYS legislature

A bill sponsored by state Sen. Daniel Squadron and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, called the Local Input in Community Healthcare (LICH) Act, is inching its way through both houses of the state legislature. … Full Article
 
NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Comptroller

Stringer to Brooklyn Bridge Park: Shine a light on park finances

It’s a great park; now open up the books. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has joined the list of city officials urging Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) to shed more light on its finances. … Full Article
 
The Vintage Car Show at last year’s festival, courtesy of Antique Automobile Association of Brooklyn. Photo: ParkSlopeFIfthAvenueBID

Park Slope’s ‘Fabulous Fifth Ave Fair’ coming this Sunday

Forty thousand people are expected Sunday, May 17, at Park Slope's Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair on Fifth Avenue between Sterling Place and 12th Street. … Full Article
 
A Wegmans supermarket is headed for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Rendering courtesy of Steiner NYC

Brooklyn Navy Yard taps Wegmans supermarket for Admirals Row redevelopment

At last — a supermarket for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. … Full Article
 
The Brooklyn Trust Company Building is free now of the construction shed, scaffolding and shroud that covered it. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

The Brooklyn Trust Company Building shows its face once again

Nothing is so beautiful as Spring. That line from poet Gerard Manley Hopkins came to mind the other day as we strolled the streets of Brooklyn Heights, checking up on some properties. … Full Article
 
The view from Columbia Heights is especially awesome in spring. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Renovation projects spring-ing up in Brooklyn Heights

Nothing is so beautiful as Spring. That line from poet Gerard Manley Hopkins came to mind the other day as we strolled the streets of Brooklyn Heights, checking up on some properties. … Full Article
 

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