Arts & Culture
Photo courtesy of Gypsy George“It’s a nickname I inherited.” He doesn’t talk much about why, but what an appropriate name it is. Whether you know him personally or not, you’ve seen him around. He’s having coffee at Roots Cafe [/blog/food/cuppa-cuppa-roots-cafe/] (639 5th Avenue
albums
Amelia Robinson performs as Mil’s Trills. (Photo by Molly Robinson)Park Slope resident and Brooklyn-bred Amelia Robinson has been rather busy as of late. Robinson — who performs under the name Mil’s Trills [http://milstrills.com/] — released her second album on September 23. Titled Now That We’re Friends…
Anthony Finkel
For this year’s 40th annual Flatbush Frolic [/blog/photos/scenes-from-the-2014-flatbush-frolic], the street fair that brings thousands of people to Cortelyou Road in September, the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org] is planning big things — and they’re now looking for local vendors and area musicians to get involved in
Musicians
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
Musicians
Photo via Lucas Ninno [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasninno/4729225978/in/photolist-92Gaav-dqLcaP-i4jujj-biELrR-nniyRJ-ebg5aD-8cUw7W-rwok81-g4kApQ-dU8uoL-9iYuXR-fMCAzw-6Z52hd-fKSQ9y-fKSRDQ-bd9yb6-BoCa5-muWHPu-muVwde-muUYer-nkLCaU-qcMDNB-nkLCjS-g4m6JF-fJp4an-g4kzgZ-g4kArq-iCQ18F-quepdn-g4kzWC-q9S3WX-g4kxVx-D265C-quepfg-fgif7-q9S3J2-8h8mLH-4cgLQ2-dpeut-iurd3C-iN46Ub-4VuFWy-fJFzv1-iCNUSz-fJp3uV-iCNUrp-ke8eqM-2NjEwU-iurdo7-4wVzE7] Calling all musicians! PS 130 [http://ps130brooklyn.com/2015/03/
annabelle cazel
Remember that time when Brooklyn Industries used devastated Sandy communities as the backdrop for an ad shoot? Très cool. (Source: BrooklynIndustries.com) Sheepshead Bay is very expensive. You don’t want to move here. People get stabbed all the time, bicyclists are run off the road and we don’t
bay improvement group
Well, this is certainly something new. Councilman Chaim Deutsch and the Bay Improvement Group are teaming up to bring live music to Emmons Avenue’s Driscoll Tucker Park, beginning this Sunday. As you can see from the flier above, there will be three dates, with three hours of live music
Neighbors
Bree and the Whatevers [http://breeandthewhatevers.com] were made in Ditmas Park. While Bree Klauser (singer/head songwriter) and Matthew Klauser (guitarist/ former Ditmas Park resident/ Brother of Bree Klauser) are siblings, the band’s currently lineup only came to fruition after Bree moved into what she calls “[her] Victorian
Central Brooklyn
Attention, budding musicians (and their parents): Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org] is holding an open house [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/beat-cave] tomorrow (Saturday, March 29) for 15-26-year-olds who’d like to trade some time volunteering in the park for no-cost time in their recording studio, the Beat
bands
You might know Willie Simpson as a Sheepshead Bites contributor, but you probably didn’t know he’s also a songwriter. And now he’s produced his first full-length music video for his song “Memory Lane,” and he didn’t even bother telling his closest friends and part-time employers about
brokelyn
Brokelyn published a list yesterday called 5 BK girl successes who are out there killing it [http://brokelyn.com/the-real-girls-of-brooklyn-5-success-stories-who-dont-fit-the-stereotype/?ic_source=featured_posts] , including a florist, poet and activist, restaurateur, playwright–and Ditmas Park-based singer Doe Paoro [http://doepaoro.bandcamp.com]. In their mini-profile, Doe Paoro (otherwise known as
bayfest
While organizers of the not-so-Great GoogaMooga reneged on their “rain or shine” billing [http://gothamist.com/2013/05/19/todays_googamooga_festivities_are_c.php] in the face of Sunday’s drizzle, hundreds of Sheepshead Bay residents flocked to Emmons Avenue to prove what the phrase really means. Bay Improvement
elementary schools
Source: ps193pa.orgMidwood’s P.S 193 Gil Hodges School once had an award-winning music program, but budget cuts have scaled back their capabilities. That’s why school music advocates at organizing the Spring Music and Family Fest, a fundraising musical showcase to restore the program to its former glory.
dinosaur pet
Source: AVRO via Wikimedia CommonsMulti-Grammy winning musician, children’s storybook author and former Brighton Beach resident Neil Sedaka has never forgotten his roots. With his second children’s book, Dinosaur Pet [http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-Pet-Neil-Sedaka/dp/1936140365%3FSubscriptionId%3D0JJEH4PKQM4ZHS8QY102%26tag%3Dthehuffingtop-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1936140365]
adam yauch
Source: Wikimedia CommonsIt’s impossible for teachers to know which of their students over the years will go on and do great things, but sometimes a teenager’s character stands out so strongly they make an impression. Such was the case with Adam Yauch, also known as MCA of the
andrew febbraro
A web video from a Sheepshead Bay rapper is circulating over the web, in which the auteur hopes to educate youth on the importance of Occupy Wall Street, reports the Medical Daily [http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20111117/7936/rew-york-dakota-macleod-occupy-wall-street-the-occupy-wall-street-movement-rapper-inspired-by-oc.htm] . The rapper told former Sheepshead Bites writer Angelina Tala