ARTS and CULTURE
The Rise and Fall of a Party in the Park
Darren Sands |
For years, the Heatwave barbecue in Prospect Park was a huge event for young black professionals. Then it disappeared. Why?
ARTS and CULTURE
World's Greatest Novels—Not At Your Local Library?
Candace Amos |
A trip to six Brooklyn branch libraries in low-income neighborhoods found that many classic novels are not on the shelves. As budgets tighten and many readers go digital, do these missing titles represent A Brave New World or Darkness at Noon?
ARTS and CULTURE
Brooklyn's Story, In Its Own Words
Jarrett Murphy |
When Brooklyn residents become poets and storytellers, Brooklyn is a place of elusive magic, summer memories and a world on the doorstep.
ARTS and CULTURE
BrooklynEdges: A Mosaic Grows as Boerum Hill Changes
Julie Turkewitz |
For 10 years, as the neighborhood around her Wyckoff Street address has changed, Susan Gardner has been covering her house in color.
ARTS and CULTURE
Some Nabes Lag In Broadband Access
Jarrett Murphy |
Three of New York’s boroughs are among the eight least broadband-connected counties in New York State, according to data published Friday.
ARTS and CULTURE
Brooklyn Edges: LGBT Youth Relive Life's Drama On Stage
Julie Turkewitz |
A theater organization has LGBT youth play the roles of people who spurned them, giving the actors a chance to write their own next act.
ARTS and CULTURE
Amid Wave of Watering Holes, Hell's Kitchen Keeps Tabs on Bars
Jane Teeling |
Community leaders know they can’t stop every new bar. But they can try to impose rules—on everything from hours of operation to soundproofing—for watering holes to live by.
ARTS and CULTURE
The New 911: Emergency Calling Changes
Jarrett Murphy |
Problems with the performance of the 911 system on Sept. 11 led the Bloomberg administration to undertake a four-pronged emergency communications transformation program
ARTS and CULTURE
In A Bad Economy, Even Opera Vocalists Sing The Blues
Arturo Conde |
The soft labor market is a challenge for all job seekers. But young people who have trained for artistic careers—who help make New York a cultural capital—face unique obstacles. Do they also possess special tools to survive?
ARTS and CULTURE
City Limits Partners With New Civic News Website, TV Show
City Limits |
There’s a new player in the New York civic news game: MetroFocus, a website run by WNET that will eventually evolve into a regular nighttime television broadcast.
