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Chris Farrell

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.org/locations/central] . The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) has made a gift of a cast-copper eagle sculpture [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/02/23/eagle-above-our-doorway] that debuted at the

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” was composed in 1818. Halloween has been left to make do with endless replays of 1962’s “The Monster Mash,” but for the last seven years, the Brooklyn Music School

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 Quartet is making unique music not by going further out but by finding spaces in between. As violinist Jesse Mills [http://www.jesse-mills.com/JM/Jesse_Mills,_violin___Welcome.html]

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 and evocative version of Kurt Weill’s [https://www.kwf.org/] “Lost in the Stars [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQhUkT32H5A]” on his new album, scheduled for release Friday.

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 the spontaneity and iconoclasm of free jazz with more traditional song structures and a strong R&B groove. New Grass [https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/albert-ayler/new-grass-6/] was a

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.cuny.edu/web/academics/schools/mediaarts/schools/feirstein.php] will be screened for an invitation-only audience of industry professionals at the Brooklyn Academy of Music [https://www.bam.org] on

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 actors Tanner Novlan and Robby Stahl listed in the leading roles. But anyone who has seen the film can tell you that the Brooklyn neighborhood that lends its name to

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 her parents using the duffle bag she carried her high school volleyball uniform in. Ashley August (Photo courtesy of the artist)“My parents are immigrants and there’s only about

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 turn the other way and look as far backwards as I can, try to get at something elemental.” For the next couple of weeks, at least, Smith, a banjo player

‘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 Onstage@Weeksville [http://www.weeksvillesociety.org/onstage-at-weeksville/] theater series has scheduled for the Weeksville Heritage Center [/weeksville-heritage-center-preserving-history-weeksville-community/]. Doris Payne, already the subject of a f [http://www.imdb.com/title/