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..
Shiyah Trotman Congratulations to Flatbush native SHIYAH TROTMAN, a student at the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Downtown Brooklyn. He is one of 14 fellows of the Ghetto Film School (GFS), a South Bronx-based nonprofit that provides the resources young people need to make stellar film, video and multimedia projects. Now in..
Laurie Bleier, center, with Kanuk Nothing tugs at the heartstrings like a four-legged fur ball that needs a home. Park Sloper LAURIE BLEIER works around the clock to ensure that as many as possible abandoned, abused or unwanted companion animals in Brooklyn find safe and loving foster families. As founder of the Brooklyn Animal Foster Network..
Charles Otey stands with Joan Boragi (center), Joan’s granddaughter Alyssa Bastano and Mafalda Dimango Bay Ridge is gearing up for its 40th annual Ragamuffin Parade, set for Saturday, Sept. 30. Ragamuffin Parade Committee President Maureen Stramka says the parade will begin at 72nd Street and will proceed down Third Avenue to 92nd Street. This year, JOAN..
It is most famous for its basketball phenoms Stephon Marbury and Sebastian Telfair, but Abraham Lincoln High School has a new reason to cheer. Social studies teacher ROBIN WEST applied for and was awarded a one-week seminar titled “The Cold War” at Cambridge University this past summer. It was led by Odd Arne Westad, Chair of..
Bob Dylan Spotted on Brooklyn’s shore recently were actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON and the crew of BOB DYLAN’s new music video for the song, “When The Deal Goes Down.” The single is off his lyrically controversial album, Modern Times, just recently released. (Is Dylan a pirate? A thief? Check out Suzanne Vega’s op-ed piece in last..
Meghan Dibble If you’ve ever taken the R train to Union Street in Park Slope, there’s no way you could have missed the grand old Public Bath #7 building, known now as the cultural outpost Brooklyn Lyceum. MEGHAN DIBBLE, a cast member in the Lyceum’s musical drama, “A.F.R.A.I.D.,” appeared in two of the venue’s Cabaret..
Glenn Phillips Speaking of things to do in Brooklyn, this weekend is a perfect opportunity to experience Prospect Park’s acclaimed environmental education programs. The Park’s Audubon Center (the country’s first urban Audubon Center) and the Lefferts Historic House are hosting “Fall in Love with Prospect Park” this Saturday and Sunday. Forget Pale Male—you can learn..
Photo of Nicole Kidman by Annie LeibovitzCourtesy of VogueIt’s hard to miss the work of legendary photographer ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: her Vanity Fair photo spread of the Cruise family (and what’s that baby’s name?) has set off a media maelstrom, with coverage leaping beyond the predictable celebrity glossies to the news outposts of Time and CNN.com. (And now, the..
Amity Shlaes Don’t miss Heights resident AMITY SHLAES at the Brownstone Republican Club tonight at 6:30. Kicking off the Club’s fall season, the author and columnist will give a lecture titled “The Chicken versus the Eagle: How Brooklyn Struck the Decisive Blow for Free Enterprise During the New Deal.” It is taken from her upcoming history of..