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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.
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Photo via Bar Chord, 1008 Cortelyou Road in Ditmas ParkWilson Pickett was determined to wait for the midnight hour. The Strangeloves growled that the nighttime is the right time. Bob Seger’s still working on his night moves, the Rolling Stones want to spend the night together, and AC/DC
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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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Jeff Lederer. (Courtesy of the musician)Stop me if you heard this one before: Popeye the Sailor, Herman Melville and jazz legend Albert Ayler [http://www.ayler.co.uk/] walk into a bar. Actually, that’s not the set up for a joke but a shorthand description for a recent
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Photo courtesy of Preston Riddick.BY MEGAN MCGIBNEY Preston Riddick is a familiar face [/blog/2013/06/12/neighborly-neighbors-preston-the-martial-arts-instructor/] around Fort Greene-Clinton Hill. Besides being a longtime resident (since 1973!), Riddick is well known for his contribution to the neighborhood’s arts scene. In recent years, he has led the
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Daniel Garcia. Photo by aaronisnotcool [http://aaronisnotcool.com/]From new transplants hailing from places across the city, country and globe to residents who have lived in our area for decades, our neighborhood is home to an amazingly diverse collection of people. This interview is part of our “The Ditmas Park
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Image courtesy Make Music New YorkGet ready to rock! Registration for Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org/], the free one-day outdoor festival that gives artists an opportunity to take their music to the streets, sidewalks, parks, gardens, and other public spaces throughout the city, is open through Wednesday, April
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What does it mean to be home? To know that the place where you live is more than a haphazard assortment of furniture – that, amidst the wooden floors and old photographs and even the dirty dishes breeding in the sink, it’s a place where you feel as though some
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How’s this for a backstory? Ironworker Pete Herman was working on the new Citi Field [http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ballpark/index.jsp], when he was struck in the head with a beam. Ever since then, he’s been writing music, and his wife Michelle tells us that,