NORRIS CHURCH MAILER, widow of the late, great author Norman Mailer and a long-time resident of Brooklyn Heights, launched her memoir A Ticket to the Circus on April 6, at powerHouse Arena in DUMBO. PowerHouse hosted a reading and party on Wednesday, April 7, at 7 p.m. with the author, where she was interviewed by..
John Kander with the late Fred Ebb The Scottsboro Boys, with music and lyrics by JOHN KANDER and the late FRED EBB, respectively, opens tonight at the Vineyard Theater. Kander was honored this past Monday at Vineyard’s Annual Gala at Hudson Theater. The celebration, hosted by DAVID HYDE PIERCE, featured appearances and performances by CHITA RIVERA, LIZA MINNELLI,..
Brooklyn Author MELISSA FEBOS last week released her first book, Whip Smart (Thomas Dunne Books), a memoir about her four-year career as a professional dominatrix. Febos, who grew up in Maine, moved to NYC at age 19, and two years later, after meeting a neighbor in the biz, answered an ad in The Village Voice seeking..
John Doman BROOKLYN HEIGHTS RESIDENT AND ACTOR JOHN DOMAN has been busy. Last month, Doman and his wife Linda trekked out to Park City, Utah, to attend the Sundance Film Festival premieres of his films, The Company Men and Blue Valentine, which are scheduled to hit theaters later this year. Doman will also appear in..
Photo by Beowulf SheehanVia AdamHaslett.com UNION ATLANTIC, BY BROOKLYN’S ADAM HASLETT, was officially published today. The much-buzzed about debut novel follows Haslett’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated short story collection, You Are Not a Stranger Here. Published by Talese/Doubleday, Union Atlantic portrays a patchwork of interconnected characters, including banker Doug Fanning, a figure of wealth and indulgence in..
For or against Atlantic Yards, the one thing that is certain is the public commentary period is far from over. The debate over the proposed 22-acre redevelopment in Prospect Heights has fueled blogs and newspaper articles and community meetings and coffee shops since Forest City Ratner made its plans public in 2002. This month, the..
A scene from alice…Alice…ALICE!Photo Courtesy of Gerry Goodstein Photography No one struggling to keep a theatre company alive could be happier than JOE MCCARTHY, longtime Cobble Hill resident and Director of Development for the Irondale Center. Irondale, known for creative theatre events, is currently staging alice…Alice…ALICE!, an interactive update of Alice in Wonderland. What is..
“IS IT POOR MANAGEMENT, bad timing, or just a terrible location?” When a commercial corner location in toney Brooklyn Heights remains perpetually empty, or even when occupied it is home to short-lived enterprises, one might ask that question. At the corner of Hicks Street, 41 CLARK STREET has had two incarnations as restaurants in the past..
Peter HedgesPhoto courtesy of the BHA YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIVE IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS to love movies, or even to love hearing about the ones shot in the Heights. For many decades, a number of notable movies have used Heights locations, and fascination with that very fact will be the basis of Hollywood in the..
Jim Keller, a longtime figure in the Brooklyn music scene, is ready to release a new record with The Jim Keller Band, “Sunshine in My Pocket.” “Sunshine,” Keller’s first album in over 10 years, “marks a natural evolution of Keller’s talent for writing indelible hooks and tunes, creating a sound that is impossible to date,”..