Only the Blog Knows How to Admit that She’s Wrong. I stand corrected. I want to thank Eric Richmond, owner of the Brooklyn Lyceum, for  clueing me in on what’s been going on at the Lyceum. I have attended a couple of events there — a Polygraph Lounge show (and auction for MS51) and a fabu dance party. I love the space and love to hear that it is alive and well.  I apologize for saying that the space was underutilized. I don’t know a whole lot about what’s been going on there. Here’s what Richmond had to say:

come on guys…

it appears that this "blogdoesntknow" and that the"blogdoesntresearch".

a cursory review of the events at the lyceum at the bizarre name of brooklynlyceum.com probably wouldnt turn up much.

not.. the brooklyn underground film festival
not…mum
not…cyro bptista(two runs)
not…the circus of vices and virtues(docuumentary on the bbc)
not…duck baker and marc ribot
not…dance theater workshop
not…the polyphonic spree
not…asbury shorts of new york
not…cmj music festival (2002 & 2005)
not…marshall arisman exhibt for 3 months
not…several weddings
not…fundraisers for a number of groups and schools.
not..the improv summit where the best improv groups in the city perform
not..the 6 month run of too much light makes the baby go blind.
not…the 500 people who visited it during open house new york 2005
not…posters for shows that have at times laminated park slope and ft greene and williamsburg.

maybe a perusal of one link on the brooklynlyceum.com website such as http://www.brooklynlyceum.com/before  might shed some light

maybe a perusal of another link http://www.brooklynlyceum.com/RE/photos

maybe  a litsearch on nytimes.com for "brooklyn lyceum" or "public bath #7"

maybe read one of the banners or signs or posters on the exterior of the building.

as for the scaffolding, until such time as we get a good
contractor/architect combo up to the task, it will remain in place. a
bit of an eyesore, but get a grip folks. of all the things in life to
have an opinion on, isn’t that a pretty superficial one. to come up
with all that negative conjecture without ever visiting the buiding or
its website and denigrating its based on its exterior and having no
clue that it is a theater that has been attended by over 100,000
patrons in the last five years is pretty pathetic.

maybe the folks running the lyceum(me plus one other person) have
figured out that the glib brooklyn faux-journalists are not the target
market. the lyceum has been open for 5 years and has had over 75
productions and over 500 nights of events. and it is still here.

think about it. the tough marketing-phobic skin that park slopers
have precludes many different experiences. a friend of mine nailed it
several years ago when we were discussing the differences betwen new
york and chicago. Chicago is a theater town, new york is a fashion
town. paraphrased, chicagoans enjoy the hunt for art, new yorkers
refuse to hunt. that is changing as new york is invaded with the rest
of america, but not in time for you.

reviews and listings in the times, new york magazine, time out new
york, the new yorker, the voice and others have completely passed
beyond your view. more likely is that without a million dollar ad
capaign to search you out you are completely unable to navigate culture
at the sub-broadway, non bar-band levels.

i always find it humorous when i get european tourists who visit because they have seen footage of it on the bbc.

the lyceum is a wonderful building and a cultural resource in a
resource starved region. too bad you missed it, you might enjoy it. but
more likely those who supplant you in brooklyn will.