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Brooklyn Today March 6: Andrew Hoan to Leave Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

March 6, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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THE LEDE: Happy Tuesday, Brooklyn! Andrew Hoan is leaving the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Brooklyn BBQ gets snubbed on social media, and theDavid Bowie exhibit is now on view at the Brooklyn Museum. Plus, we share the best dive bars in NYC, a Harvard professor is put on leave following sexual harassment allegations, and a father in Ohio raped his daughter for 15 years. Finally, President Trump mulls over visiting Jerusalem, South Korea reduces its maximum workweek to 52 hours, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markleare inviting roughly 1,200 members of the public to their wedding.       
 
IMPRINT: Keira Knightley poses in pink on the April cover of Elle Canada.

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The Rundown
 

~HOAN TO LEAVE BROOKLYN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Andrew Hoan, who took the helm as president and CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce in December 2016, plans to leave the post in May, BCC announcedon Friday. Hoan departs after a busy year for BCC, in which he orchestrated the group’s centennial gala, produced a strategic plan for the next 100 years and helped lead a spirited bid to attract Amazon’s planned second headquarters. “Andrew Hoan is a friend to me and to our entire borough,” Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said. “His years of dedication to public service, pursuing economic development to expand opportunity for all, will be felt in Brooklyn for decades to come.” BCC is the largest such group in New York state, with more than 2,100 members and was recognized as the state’s Chamber of the Year in 2017. In a message to members, BCC said Hoan decided to depart because “his family plans to relocate outside the New York City region.” The group said it will launch an immediate search for his replacement and expects no disruption in its activities. (The Bridge via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~BROOKLYN BBQ GOES VIRAL FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS: Over the weekend, Brooklyn barbecue was trending across social media when Vice asked in a headline, “Why is Brooklyn barbecue taking over the world?” Below the text was a paltry platter of barbecue that filled less than half the plate with two pickles, two tiny buns, a beer and some dry slabs of meat. While the Vice writer explained that the food was spreading to every corner of the world, people from states like Texas, Tennessee and Missouri took the opportunity to make fun of Brooklyn’s barbecue, and they shared their own regional barbecue that’s iconic to the South. A tweet from a person in Memphis displayed a feast of meats lathered in barbecue sauce, while another person wrote, “Ummmm … yeah we do it like this in Kansas City,” above a picture of multiple types of meats and sides bursting off the plate. It turned out that the Vice article was actually a repost from 2014, when it was also mocked. (via WaPo)
 
~BROOKLYN PROPERTIES OFFER TAX RELIEF: Prices for property around the city are obviously high, so naturally, buyers searching for waterfront retail in Brooklyn are looking for long-term incentives to purchase. After potential buyers of a Williamsburg condo kept asking whether they would receive a tax break for buying, the builders are now offering to pay up to two and a half years of buyers’ property taxes on any unit that goes by the end of the month. “It’s a checklist item,” said David Dweck, principal at Duke Equities. “People say ‘I won’t go into anything without a concession’ because they’re really thinking long-term.” The payments for the 13-unit project at 62-66 N. Third St. range from $23,000 on a one-bedroom to $80,000 for each of the two penthouses. (via Bloomberg)
 
~‘DAVID BOWIE IS’ ON VIEW AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM: The Brooklyn Museum will be the final stop on the world tour of the critically acclaimed exhibition “David Bowie Is.” The exhibition is the first retrospective of the extraordinary five- decade career of David Bowie — one of the most pioneering and influential performers of modern times. “David Bowie Is” explores the creative process of an artist whose sustained reinventions, innovative collaborations and bold characterizations revolutionized the way we see music, inspired people to shape their own identities while also challenging social traditions. “With mainstream appeal and yet an avant-garde heart, David Bowie was one of the most original artists of our times,” said Matthew Yokobosky, Brooklyn Museum director of exhibition design. “He challenged the status quo and continually took us on new musical explorations with his forward-thinking and groundbreaking presentations.” The exhibition explores the broad range of Bowie’s collaborations with artists and designers in the fields of fashion, sound, graphics, theater, art and film. (via Brooklyn Eagle)  

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Staff Picks:   
 

LONG READ: Nakesha Williams was a “bright light” growing up, but then she succumbed to homelessness. After ignoring pleas to get help, shesuddenly disappeared. (via NYT)
 
ANOTHER LONG READ: Following Guillermo del Toro’s two Oscar wins on Sunday, here’s a 2011 profile of the Mexican director. (via The New Yorker)
 
EAT: Here are the 26 of the top dive bars in New York City, including eight in Brooklyn. (via Eater)
 
OPINION: “Media struggle when Trump actually makes news” (via Brooklyn Eagle)

 
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NATIONAL BULLETIN: Guillermo del Toro was accused of plagiarizing “Shape of Water.” Here’s what to know…A father in Ohio raped his daughter for 15 years and had two of her children…And a Harvard professor is put on leave following sexual harassment allegations. (via Time, Cincinnati.com and WaPo)       
 
FOREIGN FLASH: President Trump mulls over visiting Jerusalem for the opening of America’s new embassy in May…South Korea reduces its maximum workweek to 52 hours…And the USS Carl Vinson arrives in Vietnam. (via NYT, WaPo and USA Today)               
 
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 ROYAL WATCH: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are inviting roughly1,200 members of the public to their wedding in May. (via NYT)

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BROOKLYN TONIGHT   
 

8:00AM – 5:00PM — In Terms of Performance at BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building. Details.
 
11:00AM — The Poetry of Nature in Japanese Art at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Details.
 
11:00AM – 1:00PM — The Making of Jewish New York: German Reform Culture at Museum at Eldridge Street. Details.
 
12:00PM — Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart at 92nd Street Y. Details.
 
5:45PM – 7:45PM — Righting Carceral Feminism’s Wrongs in a #MeToo Era at Open Society Foundations–New York. Details.
 
6:00PM — Gathering of the Minds at The National Arts Club. Details.  
 
6:30PM – 8:30PM — The Future of Feminism at Brooklyn Historical Society.Details.   
 
7:00PM — Women at Work: Labor Activism at BAM Rose Cinemas. Details.   
 
7:30PM — Mary Pilon Presents The Kevin Show: An Olympic Athlete’s Battle with Mental Illness at Greenlight Bookstore. Details.
 
8:00PM — Ugly Delicious: A Conversation with David Chang, Morgan Neville and Eater.com’s Serena Dai at 92nd Street Y. Details.
 
 
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  EAGLE SPORTS: “How Los Angeles Shaped Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie And Allen Crabbe” (via NBA.com)

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MILESTONES
 
Happy birthday to Tom Arnold, Jake Arrieta, Connie Britton, Dave Gilmour,Alan Greenspan, D.L. Hughley, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ben Murphy, Ryan Nyquist,Shaquille O’Neal, Amy Pietz, Rob Reiner and Valentina Tereshkova-Nikolaeva!
 
Brooklyn Today’s editor is Scott Enman. Contact him at[email protected]. 


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