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 [...]
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 [...]
MARP: Bringing Main Street “Feel” to Myrtle Avenue
Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Krishan Manners in Agents of Change
Ten years ago, I visited Myrtle Avenue for the first time. Having recently moved to Clinton Hill, I ventured out to learn what businesses and services were convenient to my home. I quickly decided that rather than walk down a dirty street, much of it boarded up and disfigured with graffiti, I would just drag [...]
