By Lisa J. Curtis
Brooklyn Heights playwright Paulanne Simmons
explores the relationship between a troubled black teen and an
elderly, blind, white woman in her ambitious new play "The
Volunteer," opening Jan. 30 at the Theater for the New City
in Manhattan.
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By Marian Masone
Each year in Park City, Utah, hundreds
of new filmmakers vie with established independent directors
to make a name for themselves at Sundance, the most well-known
of American film festivals.
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By Tina Barry
I’ll admit it. I felt a little tingle after
walking through the doors of the new SEA Thai Bistro in Williamsburg.
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By Paulanne Simmons
For its debut production at its new space
in the Brooklyn Public Library’s Pacific Street Branch, the Ritual
Theatre Company has chosen to mount August Strindberg’s "Miss
Julie."
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By Paulanne Simmons
Most people regard film as either a form
of entertainment or a source of information. For Simcha Weinstein,
curator of the new Brooklyn Heights Jewish International Film
Festival, working in film was a life-transforming experience.
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To see what Brooklyn
Center for the Performing Arts does best, see this Saturday night’s
performance by Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba, the resident company
of the Grand Teatro de Havana.
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