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(Photo via Noah Haidu)In New York City’s unofficial theme song, Frank Sinatra famously promised that if you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere. For Park Slope pianist Noah Haidu [http://www.noahhaidu.com], exactly the opposite was true. After dropping out of Rutgers, Haidu tried
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(Photo via Chelsea Symphony/facebook)The Chelsea Symphony [http://chelseasymphony.org] will premiere Song of Zippy, an orchestral work by Ditmas Park composer Tim Kiah, on Friday, January 27. The piece, inspired by the passing of Kiah’s dog, draws on themes and techniques not often associated with classical music.
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Winter JazzFest 2016. (Photo by Bart Babinski)Winter JazzFest [http://www.winterjazzfest.com] premiers this week venues across the city, with 150 different performances over six days of improvisational music between Thursday, January 5 – Tuesday, January 10. This year, the jazz series that has become a highlight of the season
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Self-portrait. (Photo by C. Stephen Hurst)Renowned photographer C. Stephen Hurst [http://www.hurstarts.com/?detectflash=false]provided the “something extra” at this year’s holiday party for tenants at 50 East 19 Street. The property management company hired Hurst, who lives in the building, to take professional, take-home holiday
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Self-portrait. (Photo by C. Stephen Hurst)Renowned photographer C. Stephen Hurst [http://www.hurstarts.com/?detectflash=false]provided the “something extra” at this year’s holiday party for tenants at 50 East 19 Street. The property management company hired Hurst, who lives in the building, to take professional, take-home holiday
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(Image from Kurtis Blow Christmas Rappin’)Super Hi-Fi, Brooklyn’s finest double trombone-fueled live dub act [http://superhifimusic.com] is bringing back their Very Dubby Christmas Show at Bar Chord (Friday, December 23), but with a grungy twist. The band just released an album of Nirvana covers done version-style and
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(Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)A recent DPC article [/blog/library/brooklyn-public-library-gets-3-million-grant-bring-xbox-every-branch/] announcing that a state grant would bring video game consoles (along with other technology) to every branch of the Brooklyn Public Library drew some skeptical remarks from commenters who doubted the expenditure was a good use of library
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(Photo credit: Cari Ann Shim Sham)On the cusp of releasing a new album, Afro-jazz fusion band Molly Tigre [http://mitchmarcusmusic.com/molly-tigre/] is returning to Bar Chord, where they’ve locked-in many of the improvisations that shaped the songs they’ve recorded. The quintet, which features the compositions of
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(Photo via Sharon Jones & The Dap-King [https://www.instagram.com/p/bd1T6qj8RN/?hl=en]s / Instagram)Workers at the Kings Theater had a difficult job over the weekend: Calling patrons who had purchased tickets to next month’s appearance by Sharon Jones to tell them the concert is cancelled
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Shun, painting by Eliza MooreThe Flatbush Artist’s Open Studio tour returns this year with new work by 26 incredible local artists, exhibiting painting, photography, multi-media work, sculpture, jewelry and more in fourteen homes around the neighborhood this weekend. In this free, self-guided open studios tour between Newkirk Avenue and
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Slavic Soul Party! (Photo credit: Monkey Dart Photos)A band whose members hail from all around Brooklyn will celebrate the release of its latest album with a concert at Williamsburg’s National Sawdu [https://nationalsawdust.org/]s on October 29. Slavic Soul Party!, which built its reputation with a weekly
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Kris Davis at the piano (photo by Peter Gannushkin)The rise of Kensington-based musicians, like pianist Kris Davis [http://krisdavis.net], and performance venues to showcase them, is emblematic of Brooklyn’s ascendancy as a center for improvisatory music. “I think my music appeals to an audience that is looking
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Battle Trance in the woods. (Photo courtesy of the band)“When Travis LaPlante invited you to be in a quartet with three other saxophones,” I asked Ditmas Park saxophonist Patrick Breiner [http://breinersounds.tumblr.com/], “what was your first thought?” “Yes,” said Breiner, simply. “ I had no expectations of what
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(Photo credit: Lander Camarero)From his Midwood home, playwright & performer D.M. Kinch [https://brooklynculturejammers.com] has watched venues for alternative theater appear and disappear in Ditmas Park over the past 30 years. Kinch would welcome theater venues back to the neighborhood, especially venues to stage the politically charged
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Mary LaRosa Lederer with the Brooklyn Real Big Band. (Photo: Benton Collins)The annual Reeve Place Block Party has always had something special — a 16-piece big band set up in the street playing classic jazz arrangements from the 40s through the 60s. But for the 10th anniversary, scheduled for September
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Kent Theater on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue H. (Photo via Kent Theater / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/120335414645072/photos/a.609364815742127.1073741825.120335414645072/609364932408782/?type=3&theater] )With the announcement of the $10 million renovation to the Pavilion Theater [/blog/art-music/pavilion-theater-converted-nitehawk-prospect-park-condo-plans-scrapped/] in Park Slope, Ditmas Park residents