Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Casanova: Actor, Lover, Priest, Spy” by Ian Kelly
Giacomo Casanova has a reputation as a debauched libertine, the model for Don Giovanni, someone who deserved a punishment…
March 28, 2014-
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Ken Radnofsky and Damien Francouer-Krzyzek play the third movement, "Christopher Street," of David Amram’s Greenwich Village Portraits.
I’ve been fortunate to know David Amram since my Bells of Hell and Lion’s Head days. Last month he presented a performance of his recent works at Le Poisson Rouge, a performance venue that occupies the space once belonging to Art d’Lugoff’s Village Gat…
March 24, 2014
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Brooklyn Eagle Offshoot’s Millennial Restaurant Reviewers Chow Down At Ani Sushi
The Brooklyn Eagle’s neighborhood site, Brooklyn Street Beat, has enlisted the help of two plucky millennials to file reports on area eateries. “Sarah” and “Troy” have already tried “The Cleanser” at DUMBO Kitchen but didn’t offer an opinion opting to just let us know they were there. Hey, they’re putting the social in Social Media. […]
March 18, 2014
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Stout standoff: Guinness vs. Brooklyn Dry Irish
A few weeks ago I noticed Brooklyn Brewery’s “Dry Irish Stout” on a shelf at my local supermarket. This piqued my curiosity. “Dry” isn’t a word I’ve associated with stout. I decided to get some and compare it to the stout I, and most people, know best:…
March 17, 2014
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Omission Accomplished: Five People Left Off BKMag’s 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture List
BK Mag’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture should have just been called an Ode…
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Mannequin Girl: A Novel” by Ellen Litman
Growing up is hard to do and, as Ellen Litman demonstrates in her insightful new novel “Mannequin Girl,” it…
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Shirky Gives the Word at BHA Annual Meeting: the Internet Will Not Destroy Culture
A lot went on at Thursday night’s Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting, much of which is touched on in our “Tale of the Tweets” coverage. I have a few points about the business side of the meeting to expand on. In addition to the awards for “best diner” to Clark Restaurant and to Patricia and […]
March 4, 2014
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Mr. Lynch’s Holiday: A Novel” by Catherine O’Flynn
Tempting as it sometimes seems, it’s impossible to run away from your life, or from yourself. But interesting things…
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Coney Island Brewing’s "Seas the Day" India Pale Lager
India Pale Lager? I’ve long been a fan of India pale ales, or IPAs as they’re usually called. I like their intense hop bitterness balanced, in the best of them, by a rich barley malt flavor. I didn’t know quite what to expect from this lager offering b…
February 27, 2014
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Brooklyn Heights Cinema Launches Indiegogo Campaign To Finance Digital Projection
Brooklyn Heights Cinema’s Kenn Lowy has set up an Indiegogo campaign to help save the theater. No, it’s not to buy the building, it’s to help the theater convert from 35mm film projection to digital. “If we don’t make the transition to digital,” Lowy warns, “we lose the opportunity to show some exciting films. In […]
February 26, 2014
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