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Chris Farrell

Chris Farrell

Oct
11
Name The Brooklyn Public Library Eagle

Name The Brooklyn Public Library Eagle

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The eagle has landed—permanently, one hopes—at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch [https://www.bklynlibrary.
2 min read
Oct
04
Schtick Or Treat: Brooklyn Music School’s Musical Haunted House Returns

Schtick Or Treat: Brooklyn Music School’s Musical Haunted House Returns

FORT GREENE – Christmas has been the inspiration for hundreds of memorable songs and scores of pop hits since “Silent Night”
4 min read
Jul
20
Endangered Heart Quartet: A Paradoxical Chamber Music Group

Endangered Heart Quartet: A Paradoxical Chamber Music Group

DITMAS PARK – In an age when digital distribution renders the avant garde just another playlist on Spotify, the Endangered Heart
5 min read
May
30
New Album ‘Heart Of Hearing’ Features Theremin & Eclectic Covers

New Album ‘Heart Of Hearing’ Features Theremin & Eclectic Covers

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A Prospect Heights musician uses an instrument often associated with weird and spooky sounds to create a plaintive
4 min read
May
25
Shakers n’ Bakers Reinterpret Albert Ayler’s ‘New Grass’ For Today’s Audience

Shakers n’ Bakers Reinterpret Albert Ayler’s ‘New Grass’ For Today’s Audience

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Fifty years ago, Albert Ayler [https://www.discogs.com/artist/202309-Albert-Ayler] attempted a musical experiment—recording an album combining
4 min read
May
21
Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema’s First Graduating Class Produces Films As Varied And Diverse As Its Students

Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema’s First Graduating Class Produces Films As Varied And Diverse As Its Students

BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – Works created by the first graduating class of the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema [http://www.brooklyn.
4 min read
May
11
Erasmus Hall’s Cameo Appearance In ‘Flatbush Luck’

Erasmus Hall’s Cameo Appearance In ‘Flatbush Luck’

FLATBUSH – If you watch the credits roll at the close of Flatbush Luck [http://www.flatbushluck.com], you’ll see
4 min read
Apr
11
Brooklyn Poet & Performer Ashley August Featured In BAM’s ‘Word. Sound. Power.’

Brooklyn Poet & Performer Ashley August Featured In BAM’s ‘Word. Sound. Power.’

FLATBUSH – Growing up as the daughter of immigrants in Flatbush, Ashley August hid her dreams of being a performer from
4 min read
Apr
02
That’s All Folk! The 10th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival (April 6-8)

That’s All Folk! The 10th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival (April 6-8)

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – “Everybody always wants to look forward to the next thing,” said Eli Smith. “For me, I prefer to
4 min read
Mar
08
‘The Guide To Getting What’s Yours’: Weeksville Presents Story Of Famed Jewel Thief

‘The Guide To Getting What’s Yours’: Weeksville Presents Story Of Famed Jewel Thief

CROWN HEIGHTS – A one-woman show inspired by the exploits of an octogenarian jewel thief is one of the plays the
3 min read