Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie GyllenhaalImage courtesy of People.com Who is rumored to be brownstone buying on Park Slope’s Sterling Place? Any particularly pregnant New York celebrity come to mind? Maggie Gyllenhaal and fiancé Peter Sarsgaard just may be Brooklyn’s newest A-listers. That’s what we heard. Exciting or annoying? Tell us what you think.
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The late Liz PadillaPhoto courtesy of transit.org “It was a great day, despite the rain,” said race director KAREN ROSENBERG of the first annual LIZ PADILLA Memorial 5k, which occurred last Sunday morning at Prospect Park. Over 300 participants, volunteers and spectators gathered to celebrate the life of Liz Padilla, who was a pro bono coordinator/staff..
One Boerum Hill resident who bikes to work every day is leading the largest team in the history of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Bike Tour on Oct. 15. JOEL POTSCHMAN, a vice president at Credit Suisse, is co-captain of the financial company’s 146-person — and growing — team, which hopes to raise $100,000 for the..
Dreaming of Jacque Torres? Maybe it’s just the effect of the new BROOKLYN EATS logo. This inventive, chocolate-dripped insignia was created by The Mardiney Group, a Downtown Brooklyn-based design studio headed by Megan Mardiney and Rob Garguilo. Now in its 10th year, this year’s Brooklyn Eats will feature over 55 participants, including Kings County all..
Heights native ELIZABETH HAND and her partner JOANNE ESPOSITO have opened Abitare, a new shop at 309 Henry Street featuring “chic and functional” accessories and gifts for the home. Italian for “to live,” abitare (the shop) is open everyday but Monday. Check back here for more on these two sophisticated entrepreneurs.
Josiah McElhenyPhoto courtesy of the Macarthur Foundation One among us has been named a genius. Carroll Gardens resident JOSIAH MCELHENY was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship last week. The sculptor and master glassblower will receive half a million dollars, paid out in increments of $100,000 for the next five years. Popularly known as the “Genius Award,”..
Photo of Tina Turner courtesy of Tony de Nonno Sunset Park’s Tabla Rasa Gallery today opens a new exhibit, “Music to My Eyes,” visual artwork inspired by or related to music. Among the paintings, mixed media, and sculptures are Bensonhurst native TONY DE NONNO’s documentary photographs, taken between 1970 and 1993 when De Nonno was..
Jeff Klare with Erik MadausPhoto courtesy of Hire Disability Solutions Of the five boroughs, Brooklyn has the largest number of residents receiving Social Security Disability Benefits. On Sunday, JEFF KLARE, CEO of Red Hook-based Hire Disability Solutions, will embark from Borough Hall on a 300-mile bike ride to Washington D.C. to promote the employment of..
Photo courtesy of NNDB Eagle eyes had the good fortune of spotting Irish heartthrob and Heights regular GABRIEL BYRNE twice this month, once on the Promenade and once on Henry Street. His next movie, Leningrad, is said to be a World War II love story, now in post-production. Byrne stars opposite Mira Sorvino.
Photo courtesy of Seventeen We all know that this is a borough of beautiful people, but one Brooklyn native, Collins Pennie, has been singled out by Seventeen as one of the magazine’s “Seventeen Hottest Guys in America.” In fact, this 19-year-old actor (he is now on the big screen in indie hit Half Nelson) ranks..