Arts & Culture
Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office of Media & EntertainmentNew Yorkers are notoriously hard to pin down — in every sense. We’re always moving. We’re always busy. Plus, our tastes vary widely and are not always obvious. That elderly woman on the train putting away her knitting and pulling
Brian Cogan
Brian and Lisa at Greenwood Cemetery.From new transplants hailing from places across the city, country and globe to residents whose families have lived in Kensington for generations, our neighborhood is home to an amazingly diverse collection of people. This interview is part of our The Kensington Word series [/neighbors/
media
Those jokers over at Saturday Night Live took their turn mocking Bensonhurst’s representative to Congress, Michael Grimm, following other funnymen including Jon Stewart of The Daily Show [/jon-stewart-says-congressman-grimms-threats-just-traditional-staten-island-goodbye/] . In the latest video, Grimm’s outburst against a reporter, in which he threatened to throw him off a balcony [/video-congressman-michael-grimm-threatens-to-throw-reporter-from-balcony-break-him-like-a-boy/
1733 sheepshead bay rd
The 1733 Sheepshead Bay Road headquarters of the Bay News, after it moved downtown.News Corp. is looking to sell off its Brooklyn-based newspaper portfolio, a publishing group that includes the Bay News. The company began quietly seeking out potential buyers for its Community Newspaper Group, the publisher of 11
amity school
Author Paul Moses. Source: Random House, Inc.As part of the Turkish Cultural Center Brooklyn’s (TCC Brooklyn) “Media Talks” series, the Amity School will host Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Marine Park resident Paul Moses, who will discuss “How to Build a Career in Media,” Monday, February 4 at 3:
media
Paul Moses, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Marine Park resident, spoke before the Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association on Thursday, discussing the media’s lackluster response to Southern Brooklyn’s disaster zones in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. “There’s been some brilliant journalism in recent days, but there was a slow
bensonhurst spelling bee
The Bensonhurst Spelling Bee with Kelly Ripa [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b7e6f00184/the-bensonhurst-spelling-bee-with-kelly-ripa] from Kelly Ripa [http://www.funnyordie.com/kelly_ripa] In light of the whole reality television phenomenon, it seems Bensonhurst is pretty popular right now in the media. So in honor of the more exploitative aspects
2013 election
Tom Allon is a Manhattan media publisher, as well as a candidate for mayor of New York City. While he will be competing in the Democratic primaries, he recently secured a position as nominee for the Liberal Party, securing an early presence in the 2013 election, writes Politicker NY [http:
Opinion
Source: DiFara.comTime Out New York is out with it’s annual cheap eats issue [http://newyork.timeout.com/restaurants-bars/1590753/cheap-eats], and once again, there’s no love for the restaurants of Southern Brooklyn. This Manhattan-centric rag only mentions one restaurant that barely qualifies as being in our part
advertising
The granddaddy of Brooklyn advertising circulars, Newsday’s Marketeer, has folded after more than 20 years, depriving tens of thousands of coupon clippers of local business bargains. For me, the loss is personal. Before Marketeer was purchased by Newsday in the late 90s, I was a columnist. It was my