Fort Greene: One year into an ambitious, five-year, $300-million fundraising mission, the Brooklyn Academy of Music has already netted half of the coveted cash. But can the arts center raise the rest at in a time when other arts institutions are seeing sharp declines in donations? Comments (1).

Fort Greene: This guy breaks in and steals Japanese currency. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and the Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).

Theater: Our critic has a problem with the Sam Mendes-directed production of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” at BAM. Comments (2).