Irondale: Acting Out on The Hill
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Emily Wasserman in Arts on The Hill
Jim Niesen, the Artistic Director of Irondale Ensemble, talks about walking to Fort Greene from his home in Boerum Hill. As soon as he arrives at the corner of Fulton and Lafayette, the intersection where the streets cross right past BAM, he can feel a certain pull. That intersection, for him, is like the “spokes [...]
StoryCorps: The Value of Listening
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Selma Jackson in Arts on The Hill
Many of you, at some point in time, have heard some of the very intimate, often heart- wrenching two-person interviews on NPR recorded in portable recording studios all around the country. These are produced by StoryCorps, a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through recording and listening to stories. [...]
Mark Morris Dance Group Reaches Out
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Kate Hanley in Arts on The Hill
Walking past the modern white building at 3 Lafayette Avenue that houses the Mark Morris Dance Group, you might wonder what happens inside those walls besides occasional performances that would give you a chance to peer out one of its many windows, or linger on one of the trellised decks. The answer is, plenty. Being [...]
The Hill is Swingin’
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Mia Narell in Arts on The Hill
Parlor Jazz— that Saturday night of music in a parlor on Vanderbilt Avenue —was a long time coming. Jim Morehand began working as an artist’s representative in the ‘90s, after graduating from Pratt, and it was after adding a jazz vocalist to his roster of artists that he started exploring the ways and means of [...]
Urban Bush Women: Celebrating 25 Years
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Selma Jackson in Arts on The Hill
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, the founder and principal choreographer of Urban Bush Women (UBW), says UBW’s work is “creating art as a catalyst for social change.” Brooklyn experienced this first hand when UBW, rooted in the African Diaspora and community connections, began hosting “hair parties or meetings with organizations and corporations and with teens, mothers [...]
Open Mic at Tillie’s: Finding Talent on the Block
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Michelle Herrera Mulligan in Arts on The Hill
A Japanese opera singer? A 12-piece Hawaiian ukulele ensemble? Artists such as these may have provided Tillie’s Open Mic Night’s most exotic performances over the years, but they haven’t been the ones to bring the crowds. Since co-owner Patricia Mulcahy helped to start the program in 1998, it’s belonged to the regulars, the local Fort [...]
Seize the Day for a Cherished BAM Cultural District
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Howard Pitsch in Arts on The Hill
Oh, let us look up my friends. For too long Fort Greene has endured flubbed hopes as once-promising plans for developments demised. Yet the expectancy for a BAM Cultural District intensifies the spirited revival of our area including the Brooklyn Academy of Music—whose edifice now sparkles with a recreated cornice.
BAM is a not-for-profit entity chartered [...]
