The Brooklyn
Public Library celebrates the Chinese New Year on Jan. 24 with
a day of arts and cultural activities. The event will feature
a reading by Brooklyn author and illustrator Kam Mak ["My
Chinatown: One Year in Poems" (HarperCollins, 2001)], as
well as crafts and entertainment for children ages 6 to 12. It
runs from 11 am to 1 pm.
Comment.
By Paulanne Simmons
If "What’s That on My Head!?!"
were any more cutting edge it might slit viewers’ throats.
Comment.
By Tina Barry
The logical sequel to Biscuit, a successful,
southern-style barbecue restaurant in Prospect Heights that serves
biscuits, fried chicken and ribs, would be a spin-off of the
first, with, perhaps the addition of a wood-lined pit for slow
roasting.
Comment.
By Lisa J. Curtis
Brooklyn Academy
of Music’s "Winter Soul" program on Jan. 24 at 7:30
pm pairs soul legend Sam Moore with newcomer singer-guitarist
Raul Midon for a one-night-only performance that promises to
put R&B’s living history alongside its future.
Comment.
By Kevin Filipski
There is no doubt that New York City is
a dance mecca.
Comment.
By Paulanne Simmons
Five years ago, Stephen Haff, a music and
drama teacher at Bushwick High School, founded Real People Theater,
a company of young actors who rework classic and modern plays
into what they call the "Ghetto Remix."
Comment.
By Paulanne Simmons
In 1955, 25 Japanese women who had been
disfigured by keloid burns after the bombing of Hiroshima came
to Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan where they were to undergo
reconstructive plastic surgery. The U.S. Air Force provided the
transportation, and city Quakers provided the lodging.
Comment.
By Tina Barry
For those wringing their hands over the
demise of Max Court in Carroll Gardens - take heart. In October,
two of the three Max Court owners (one left, the "new one"
is Andres Rodas) opened Fragole Ristorante in its place.
Comment.
By Lisa J. Curtis
"From Burma
to Brooklyn: New Works by Erica Harris" is on display at
the Object Image Gallery (91 Fifth Ave. between Prospect Place
and Park Place in Park Slope) through Feb. 8.
Comment.
By Deborah
Kolben
Atlantic Yards: Goodbye New Jersey.
Hello, Brooklyn.
Comment.
By Ed Weintrob, Paper founder
Weintrob: That the Nets are coming is beside the point. And that
is the real story, a story masterfully buried by developer Bruce Ratner
and his media shills. (When the New York Times is your real estate partner,
it’s amazing the story its pages will tell — more than three
pages featuring nine upbeat, luciously illustrated stories in Thursday’s
edition.)
Comment.