Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 2006-2007 season Oct. 28 with an evening of Bernstein, Mozart and Stravinsky at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights. The orchestra’s Artistic Director Nicholas Armstrong also doubles as performing arts department head at Poly Prep Country Day School.
Brooklynites reach into their pockets year round to give back to the institutions they cherish. Celebrating tonight at the 17th ANNUAL SPIRIT OF LIFE CELEBRATION at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge will be Kendall Christiansen, chairman of the board of directors of the New York Congregational Home for the Aged Foundation. A public..
Elizabeth Hand and Joanne Esposito Heights residents may find themselves succumbing to impulse buys more frequently due to a new home furnishings boutique at 309 Henry Street, between Atlantic Avenue and State Street. Called ABITARE (“inhabit” in Italian), the chic store is the brainchild of Carroll Gardens resident Elizabeth Hand and Joanne Esposito, an Upper East..
John Doman Seen recently at the Clark Street Subway: HBO series “The Wire” star JOHN DOMAN. A resident of the Heights for over 25 years, Doman was an advertising executive for two decades before making the switch to acting full time. He admitted to having some anxious moments when he left the ad business for..
Jeff Koinange CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College (KCC) has another reason to celebrate famed alumnus JEFF KOINANGE: the CNN correspondent was awarded an Emmy last month for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story. He and celebrity journalist Anderson Cooper won the honor for “Starving in Plain Sight,” which highlighted the under-reported crisis of famine..
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.
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.