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A young man from Bay Ridge went on a treasure-seeking odyssey this week, winning a city-wide scavenger hunt that included $10,000 in real pirate booty, notes Daily News.
12-year-old Sebastian Bekkaoui, a 7th grader at I.S. 201 in Dyker Heights, wound his way through a labyrinth of city locations along with his mom Sheila Doherty. Over five days, they traveled via public transit to solve the treasure riddles step-by-step. Continue reading »
The Narrows Community Theater cast of 9 To 5: The Musical. (Photo credit: Christian Fleming)
It’s the classic story of three women who get to live out the dream and hold their boss prisoner with a garage door opener, and its coming to Bay Ridge next week!
The Narrows Community Theater will present 9 To 5: The Musical. Featuring music written by Dolly Parton, it is based on the 1980 movie starring Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda. The musical version first appeared on Broadway in 2009. Continue reading »
Photo courtesy Regina Opera Company.
The Regina Opera Company is getting a new concert ready that will be swinging along Broadway! On Sunday, May 5, at 3pm, Regina Opera will perform favorite show tunes at Our Lady of Perpetual Help auditorium (5902 6th Avenue).
Ed Russo, master of the keyboard, will be accompanying Regina Opera soloists, including Anthony Tolve (tenor, pictured), Elena Jannicelli-Sandella (soprano), Heather Roberts (mezzo-soprano), and Jessica French (mezzo-soprano).
The cost is $12 for general admission, $5 for teens – $5, and free for children. For further information, visit reginaopera.org.
The Art Room (8710 3rd Avenue) has announced “Flower Power,” an exhibition featuring artwork by students from 2 to 12 years of age, and inspired by inspirational artist Georgia O’Keeffe.
Art Room students have worked over 3 weeks on their paintings, which will be framed and shown in The Art Room gallery for 2 weeks following the opening on Saturday. The open house is this Saturday, April 27, from noon until 5pm.
The Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts released a statement through their Facebook page today that the organization will be taking a short break.
We will not be having a 2013 Spring Art Festival, but hope to have some smaller events later in the year. We’re taking this year off to regroup and reorganize and are planning to bring you a Festival in 2014 and will keep you posted. We’d like to thank our patrons, artist, craftspeople, performers, and the public for their continuing support.
The festival traditionally starts a few days after Easter. This year’s edition would have been the 45th annual festival – this is the first time that it will be taking a year off.
On one hand, we’ve been saddened my the recent spate of annual events that have need to skip a year – including the 2012 NYC Marathon and Sheepshead Bay’s 2013 Grillin’ By The Bay, both cancelled because of complications from Hurricane Sandy.
But in each case, it is encouraging to see a sense of commitment from organizers to come back strong the following year. So Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts, we look forward to seeing you this time next year.
Regina Opera Company soloists Michael Boley (left, tenor) and Jessica Sandidge (soprano). Photos courtesy of Regina Opera Company.
The Regina Opera Company will present its 43rd Anniversary Concert on Sunday, April 7 in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help auditorium (5902 6th Avenue). Regina Opera will present an afternoon of opera, Broadway, and classical selections, featuring soloists such as Jessica Sandidge (soprano) and Michael Boley (tenor). The concert will be accompanied by Victoria Ulanovskaya.
Tickets are $12 for general admission, $5 for teens, and free for children. The show begins at 3pm.
The Bay Ridge Poets Society at The Owl’s Head wine bar in January. (Photo credit: Matt Shelly, courtesy Bay Ridge Poets Society)
“I didn’t even know we had cultural things like that here.”
That’s what a friend of mine told me a few years ago at the former Mooney’s Pub. I was explaining that before coming out for drinks, I had been at the Alpine to see a screening of “Ajami,” one of the movies in the 2010 Other Israel film festival.
The news that such a thing had a footprint in Bay Ridge was met with surprise.
Fun fact: we totally have such things. Here’s another cultural/artistic program that might surprise you, but will make you glad that it’s here – the Bay Ridge Poets Society, now prepping for its third monthly open mic night this Sunday evening (March 24, 6pm) at The Owl’s Head wine bar (479 74th Street). Continue reading »
For the past few days, we’ve been listing inconsistent – and often incorrect – information on the Regina Opera Company’s operatic double-bill this past Tuesday, this coming weekend, and the weekend after.
The performance this past Tuesday, February 26, featured the Company’s understudies and was accompanied by piano. This performance was the only performance that was free.
The performances on Saturday 3/2, Sunday 3/3, Saturday 3/9, and Sunday 3/10 is accompanied by the Company’s 35-piece orchestra. This is $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and students under 25, $5 for teens, and free for children. The listings in the events calendar and the February 20 event newsletter mistakenly had the details for the understudy performance. The February 27 newsletter and the short article on February 25 listed the correct makeup of “the talent,” though the prices for young viewers was incomplete.
We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience.
The Regina Opera – a small company that moved to the auditorium at Our Lady of Perpetual Help last year – will produce a double-bill for two weekends, begining March 2. La Serva Padrona (2 acts) and Suor Angelica (1 act) are both short operas sung in Italian with English supertitles. Show dates are Saturdays and Sundays, March 2, 3, 9, and 10. All show times are at 3pm.
All four performances are accompanied by a 35-piece orchestra.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and students under 25, $5 for teens, and free for children. Our Lady Of Perpetual Help is at 5902 6th Avenue.
Here’s a music video that was shot on location in a familiar place. In it, Hip Hop pioneer DMC joins the Lordz of Brooklyn for a musical collaboration at Brooklyn Made Tattoo on 93rd Street. Produced by Darryl Jenifer of the Bad Brains and directed by LOB front man Kaves – who also owns and operates Brooklyn Made, this simple and to the point nostalgia-laden rock song with rapped lyrics manages to get the job done.