boxing
Amy Valentine brought her daughter Brooke, 11 months, to the Paramount for her very first boxing match. (Photo by Michael Randazzo)In the first of what will become a regular program of public events at Long Island University’s (LIU) Brooklyn Paramount Theater, Thursday night the “Brooklyn Brawl” featured seven
graffiti art
In New York, a city that fancies itself the art capital of the world, it’s no surprise that artwork presents itself almost everywhere, including the workaday subway car. A recent “B” train outing to Coney Island, for example, revealed an unexpected payload: cleverly slipped into an advertisement poster holder
Fowler Square
Photo by Michael Randazzo.Yesterday (Monday, May 18) afternoon from 12 to 6pm Fort Greene’s Fowler Square was filled with Ranger blue as part of a mobile “RangersTown” promotion in advance of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals [www.nhl.com/ice/stanleycup.htm] with the Rangers facing
Pratt President Tom Schutte
Photo by Bob Handelman.Since being named Pratt Institute’s 11th president in 1993 [https://www.pratt.edu/the-institute/history/], Tom Schutte has overseen substantial change on the school’s 25-acre campus while witnessing a transformation of the Clinton Hill neighborhood that Pratt has called home since its founding in
Em Brownlowe
Photos by Michael Randazzo.Seen at the Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene. “Em Brownlowe is traveling across the country from Portland, Oregon and he sets up a stand to create spontaneous poems for those who want them – $5 a pop.” > Language unites us this is why I am drawn
Dan Trujillo
Photo by Dan Trujillo.BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO Tonight at LIU Brooklyn’s Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, a new intergenerational theatre company, called Roots & Branches, will present two shows: “Losing the Signal” and “iMove.” Directed by Eva Burgess, “Losing the Signal” highlights the anxieties both young and old
Ingersoll Community Center
Photo by James Zhang.BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO Last Friday afternoon, April 24, Ingersoll Community Center’s expansive basketball court was filled with nearly 80 kids happily dribbling balls — with their feet. The occasion? A culmination celebration for a three-month community soccer project [/blog/2015/02/20/st-francis-coca-cola-assist-local-soccer-group-spreading-fun/] organized by Young
Brooklyn Bird Club
Photo by Gerri Hernández [http://www.gerripix.com/].BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO Last Monday, April 20, Gerri Hernandéz, who has been closely monitoring a pair of red-tailed hawks living in Fort Greene [/blog/2015/03/24/unexpected-guests-pair-red-tailed-hawks-nest-liu-brooklyn-%20 athletic-lights/], noticed that the female hawk was “restless” after weeks of being rooted
Belinda Gonzalez
Photos by Gerri Hernández [http://www.gerripix.com].BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO Gerri Hernández knows what it’s like to be kicked to the curb. Last year, the long-time downtown Brooklyn resident was forced out of fourth-story walk-up near Albee Square that she had lived in for 14 years. That is
Alex Trezza
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds’ Tommy Jakubowski on the field. (Photo by Mike McLaughlin/LIU Athletics.)BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO Eternal winter takes another hit today as the crack of the bat—like a siren call announcing spring’s arrival—will be heard in Fort Greene today (Wednesday, March 18) beginning at 3
Saint Francis Terriers
St. Francis’s Jalen Cannon shoots over LIU’s Trevin Woods in the Terriers 74-69 win over the Blackbirds on February 26. (Photo by Bob Dea.)BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO After two regular season losses—including a 74-69 overtime defeat [http://www.liuathletics.com/news/2015/2/26/MBB_0226152200.aspx]
Saint Francis College
Children from PS 20 and Arts & Letters with coaches from Young Rock Soccer Academy and St. Francis Brooklyn men’s soccer team. (Photo by Michael Randazzo) BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO On a recent Friday afternoon at P.S. 20 The Clinton Hill School, children ages 6 through 10 were crowded