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Photo via Facebook/On Stage at Kingsborough. [https://www.facebook.com/OnStageAtKingsborough/photos/a.418807574833035.81980.204863736227421/1033311030049350/?type=3&theater] On Stage at Kingsborough is a performing arts center that brings world-class shows of all types, such as dance, theater, and music, to Kingsborough Community College. They just
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Jazz and world artist Oran Etkin returns to BAM and will perform off his new album for children. (Courtesy: Brooklyn Academy of Music [http://www.bam.org/kids/2017/oran-etkin-timbalooloo])Brooklyn Academy of Music [http://www.bam.org/] announced this week its 2016/17 BAMkids full season [http://www.bam.
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Whether your kids have a creative touch with textile arts, an ear for music, or can’t wait to find their spotlight, Brooklyn is home to a number of fine arts camps you won’t want to miss. Courtesy Brooklyn Center StageBrooklyn Center Stage [http://www.brooklyncenterstage.com/] 495 3rd
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THERE WAS A TIME when the world was full of beauty and wonder. When heroes split mountains and swam with dragons. When divine beings walked the earth and emperors ruled under the will of heaven. When people lived in harmony with the universe and believed in a connection between all
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“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,” Theodor Geisel once said. “It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.” The celebrated author, known to generations of children as Dr. Seuss, reveled in nonsense. Dreaming up unforgettable characters, places, and even words, Dr. Seuss
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Mark Harborth (Photo by Christine Bush/South Slope News)Maintaining a successful theatre company in New York City takes a great deal of blood, sweat, and tears, but 14th Street’s Gallery Players [http://galleryplayers.com/] is doing it with style, as they begin their 49th season here in Brooklyn.
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Photo via NYC Parks Department [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/albemarle-playground]The Singing Winds [https://www.facebook.com/SingingWinds] are back in Albemarle Playground [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/albemarle-playground] (McDonald Avenue, between Albemarle Road and Caton Avenue) this summer, bringing free activities for neighbors of all ages every Tuesday
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Image via Joao M. Da Silva [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205522978891055&set=gm.885622424791577&type=1&theater] This Saturday, February 28, the Kensington-based musician Joao M. Da Silva, of Luciernaga [https://soundofluciernaga.wordpress.com/], and Russ Alderson, of Xanthocephalus [http://xanthocephalus.tumblr.com/], are
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We were pretty pumped when neighbor Michael Hirshon [http://www.hirshon.net/info] sent us a link to these drawings he made of spots along Cortelyou Road [http://www.hirshon.net/visual-stories/cortelyou]. After we immediately pestered him with questions about his love of putting pen to paper, he was
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[/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Screen-Shot-2014-11-04-at-11.40.42-AM.png]Photo via the Theatre Historical Society of America After we wrote about the Kings Theatre asking neighbors for their memorie [/blog/art-music/share-memories-kings-theatre-opening-date-nears]s of the visually stunning arts space that is now undergoing a $94 million renovation project [/blog/art-music/photos-inside-the-stunning-loews-kings-theatre-restoration]
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The trend, right now, is for high school students [http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/summer-college-programs-help-high-schoolers-test-waters/2014/02/21/75460b24-8398-11e3-8099-9181471f7aaf_story.html] to spend their summers on college campuses. Parents want their children comfortable in the academic world and excited for the college experience. Brooklynites–as self-proclaimed leaders of all
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Attention playwrights! The Gallery Players [http://galleryplayers.com/] (located on 14th Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues) is currently accepting submissions for their Black Box New Play Festival [http://galleryplayers.com/news/the-17th-annual-black-box-new-play-festival/], scheduled for June of this year. Plays may range from ten minutes to full-length, and must not