Wednesday, January 29, 2014

FREE PUBLIC EVENT ON SUNDAY FEB 9 - SEEING COLOR: CASTING AFRICAN AMERICANS IN SHAKESPEARE

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 Seeing Color: Casting African Americans in Shakespeare     Sunday, February 9th, 6:30pm   Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashl...
Thursday, January 09, 2014

CHECK OUT THE AWESOME OFFERINGS OF THE ALL NEW BRIC HOUSE

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You might know BRIC as the force behind the Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival held in Prospect Park.  They've been running that show sinc...

BATALA ALL WOMEN PERCUSSION BAND ROCKS IT AT BRIC HOUSE

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Thursday, January 02, 2014

THIS SUNDAY, JAN. 5: FREE PUBLIC LECTURE ABOUT THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE

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Creating a Theatre for a New Audience: The Intersection of Architecture, Design, and Theatre FREE PUBLIC EVENT   Sunday, J...
Monday, November 11, 2013

NEED HELP GETTING ORGANIZED FOR THE HOLIDAYS? LOOK NO FURTHER!

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Attention busy New York women! Do you feel overwhelmed by your holiday to-do list?  Would you like to start 2014 with less clutter a...
Tuesday, October 08, 2013

THE MAGIC OF SPECIAL TIME

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Special time is the practice of regularly setting aside time to follow a child's lead in play. This article originally appeared in Pa...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

BLOCK PAR-TAY!

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Egg Toss Decorated egg Mike and John hanging out Beans the Hotdog dressed as a hot fudge sundae ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

WHAT I LEARNED FROM FLOATING

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Every time I see Angelica, one of the lifeguards at the YMCA, I want to run up and give her a hug.   Why? Because Angelica is the on...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

TEN TIPS FOR GETTING ORGANIZED THIS SUMMER

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MYTH: Being organized means having a home that resembles the pages of Real Simple magazine, with nary an object out of place! TRU...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

FOR MY BROTHER ON HIS BIRTHDAY: MUSICAL MEMORIES (INSPIRED BY QUESTLOVE'S MO 'META BLUES)

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If you haven't already, go pick yourself up a copy of Roots drummer Ahmir (aka Questlove) Thompson's Mo 'Meta Blues: The World...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013

REMEMBER "US GIRLS" FROM THE MOVIE BEAT STREET?

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Was just taking a walk down memory lane and came across one of my favorite bits from Beat Street . Anyone else remember this scene?
Monday, July 08, 2013

HANGING OUT WITH THE DIRECTOR OF FURIOUS BEAUTY

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After backing it as Kickstarter project, I was so psyched to get my own copy of Furious Beauty , a film about the dance company Versa-St...
Friday, July 05, 2013

FURIOUS BEAUTY: AN AMAZING FILM ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF A HIP-HOP DANCE COMPANY

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Last year, I supported a couple of dance-based Kickstarter Projects.  One was the Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival , the other was Furious Beau...
Monday, July 01, 2013

SAVE THE DATE FOR GOWANUS GATSBY, A FUNDRAISER FOR DOUGLASS GREENE PARK

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Gowanus Gatsby, a Flapper Fête Friends of Douglass Greene Park to present a Brooklyn in the 20s themed soiree & aw...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

AHMIR THOMPSON - AKA QUESTLOVE - PRESENTS HIS NEW BOOK, MO' META BLUES

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Fow a while now, I've been following Questlove, drummer for The Roots, on Twitter.  Read a whole bunch of interviews with him, ...

MEETING BETTE SCHOLTZ, PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN

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On my first day as a volunteer docent at the stunning Brooklyn Botanic Garden, I had the pleasure of meeting the Garden's President Em...
Friday, May 10, 2013

THE BAKER'S DOZEN: SOME OF THE MOST-VISITED POSTS IN CREATIVE TIMES HISTORY

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Meet Kevin Clash, The Man Behind Elmo Taja Riley, Rising Dance Star A Historical Tribute To Jim Henson's Musical World at Carnegie...
Monday, May 06, 2013

URBAN FOLKS ART STUDIOS PRESENTS ITS 4TH ANNUAL BROOKLYN BRIDGE ANNIVERSARY GROUP ART SHOW MAY 24-JUNE 20

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April 24 th , 2013 URBAN FOLK ART® GALLERY PRESENTS IT’S 4th ANNUAL GROUP ART SHOW IN HONOR OF THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROOKL...