Play’s the Thing: Mike Jacobs’ record-breaking debut with the New York Mets brings back memories of other members of the inaugural Brooklyn Cyclones, which shared the league championship in 2001. Comment.

Cyclones: Original Cyclone Mike Jacobs has been having a blast since being called up to the Mets a couple of weeks ago — at a record-setting pace. Comment.

Charging that Brooklyn Bridge Park planners have misled the community with their designs, and that they are only concerned with developing high-rise luxury housing, a group of activists this week vowed to sue. Comment.

The original co-developer of what was considered by many to be an architecturally dazzling — if oversized — residential development planned for 100 Jay St. in DUMBO, says he was wronged by his former development partner. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: If it’s in Brooklyn, build away. Just don’t build it anywhere near Mayor Mike’s backyard. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Talk about an odd couple. Comment.

How best to describe Beast, the new bar and restaurant in Prospect Heights? First, there’s the name, which alternately conjures up images of meat roasting on spits - and an S&M bar. Comment.

The Heights Players’ upcoming season promises to be something special indeed. It will be a broad sampling of favorites dating back to the group’s very beginnings. Comment.

There’s something amusingly appropriate about the subtitle of the fifth annual New York Korean Film Festival - "Truth and Dare." Comment.

After 9-11, Chris Cheung closed his Chinese eatery in the Bowery, Tiger Blossom, and went to work for a few formidable establishments: Jean Georges, Nobu and Ruby Foo’s, in Manhattan, and in Brooklyn, Park Slope’s Long Tan and Brooklyn Heights’ Thai Grille. Comment.

"Fall of Rome" author, Martha Southgate, will read from her latest novel at two Brooklyn bookstores this month, before setting off on a cross-country book tour. Comment.

When theater companies try to reinvent Shakespeare, the result is often an aberration that may distort, rather than develop, the work. But thriftshop theatre workshop seems to have a knack for reinterpreting the Bard in ways that are both meaningful and creative. Comment.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is grand marshal of this year’s West Indian American Day Carnival parade on Monday, Sept. 5. Comment.

The Williamsburg Jazz Festival returns on Sept. 8 with four days of jazz concerts and education. The fest of "truly American music" was first organized by Jesse Selengut (pictured) in 2003 and strives to give emerging talent an opportunity to play alongside nationally recognized touring acts. Comment.