Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – As gentrification continues to steamroll through Downtown Brooklyn, one new project stands out as a crowd-pleaser with little controversy, the restoration of the old Paramount Theatre [/paramount-theater-construction-begin-later-year/] at Flatbush and Dekalb. Speakers standing in front of the lowered scoreboard. L-R: Brett Yormark, BSE Global CEO; Kim Cline, LIU
Arts & Culture
Rendering of Flatbush Avenue facade of LIU Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Paramount signage by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture. Used by Permission of Long Island University.The historic Brooklyn Paramount Theatre (at Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues) is getting closer to hosting big-time entertainment acts [/historic-paramount-theatre-host-entertainment-events-fortgreene/]thanks to the partnership between its
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End of summer. (Courtesy: Melissa Erikson / Flickr) [https://www.flickr.com/photos/merikson/15101387188/in/photolist-p1syhC-p8jGxi-agqiDg-7p2i92-2Z4Ybp-oSkwiX-fQo3fS-rNCaZ-fCyweX-dCtAKb-p1ozox-osBcLT-3fkKHR-pG3mhH-7p6a5d-p3h1uR-E7MzYs-fGjazP-8DYdTV-pD349h-ksDgNr-7p68z7-diXWeS-7p6asN-i65UXe-7p2h2i-dcdk2B-c6UoUG-aeKAoD-8C9FTT-8BMx2M-fv3gBr-5iVtZj-8GjCW8-fJK7x7-7p69US-cxh6Qw-dCizdn-5V9MTW-aeNpSq-oED7st-7p6aHm-cZL3PE-5nZt5c-8guQYZ-at5Eoe-oZRQZN-6S6hM5-2XUGBW-agPXm6] Keep up with what’s going on in t
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Image via NBA [http://www.nba.com/nets/15-16-kids-auditions]If you have child between ages six and 13 who won’t stop dancing and enjoys the stage, you may want to see if they’re interested in auditioning for the Brooklyn Nets Kids Dance Team, which is holding open auditions
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The beautiful weather we enjoyed last weekend has morphed into cloudy conditions to begin the week. (Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We’re starting out today with some pockets of rain in the nabe, but the expected thunderstorms
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Though the heat is on, at least the humidity has kept to a minimum. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. As temperatures soar into the mid-nineties and above this week, you may want to take your kids to cool
Beyond the Fence
Athena Castillo and Milo Wissig, two senior students at Pratt whose work was destroyed during the Feb. 15 fire, had their new pieces displayed at the “Flameproof” exhibition, held at the Seagram Gallery in Midtown East. (Photo by Amanda Woods)After a four-alarm fire ravaged the sixth floor of Pratt