If you are in Paris: Go see this tonight.
Sheva Fruitman, a talented photographer, jewelry designer, and an old friend of OTBKB, sends word of the opening of her jewelry exhibition in Paris tonight (Naila de Monbrison, 6 Rue de Bourgogne, Paris 75007).
Doesn’t that sound lovely? We so wish we could be there.
On May 4th at 1:30 p.m. hear Marc Kaminsky read at the Stephen Dweck Center of the Brooklyn Library at Grand Army Plaza:
Shoes and Socks: On Holocaust and Memory. Holocaust
survivors speak often of shoes: an ill-fitting pair could be a death
sentence and a good-enough pair offered a chance at survival. Marc
Kaminsky presents stories by survivors.
Kaminsky organized and conducted the first writing and
reminiscing groups for older adults, developing a model for what has
become a standard practice in gerontological settings. For his work on
the culture of aging and Yiddishkeit, he has received fellowships and
grants from The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation amd the Memorial
Foundation for Jewish Culture, among others.
The Road from Hiroshima,
his long narrative poem, was produced as a play for voices by Dennis
Bernstein for the National Public Radio in commemoration of the 40th
anniversary of the bombing; the production won the Art of Peace Award.
Speak Out! For Peace in Iraq and Justice at Home at the PowerHouse Arena 27 Main Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Tuesday March 18th, which is the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War.
Tickets sold out almost instantly for Speak Up! A Benefit Concert for Peace in Iraq and Justice at Home, which St. Ann’s Warehouse and Josh Wood Productions are presenting, at the suggestion of Laurie Anderson, Antony and Lou Reed, Tuesday, March 18, 8 PM at St. Ann’s Warehouse. To further encourage empathy and compassion, and to provide New Yorkers with concrete options for action, the concert producers, along with powerHouse Books, are presenting a free pre-concert event, Speak Out! For Peace in Iraq and Justice at Home.
Participating organizations: American Friends Service Committee, Arab American Family Support Center, Brooklyn For Peace, CODEPINK, The Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center, Iraq Veterans Against the War, New York Civil Liberties Union, NYC United for Peace and Justice, NYC Military Families Speak Out, The Nation Magazine, War Resisters League and Veterans for Peace
Speakers: Naomi Klein, Laura Flanders, Donna Lieberman (NY Civil Liberties Union), Jose Vasquez (Iraq Veterans Against the War)
Exhibits: Eyes Wide Open and Costs of War
Film Footage: Iraq War Winter Soldier Testimonials and MORE.
Isabel Hill, the filmmaker who made Brooklyn Matters, the documentary about the Atlantic Yards Project, is curating a film series.
The series is called New York Matters and there’s a film this
Friday March 14 called: Every Mother’s Son. It was on PBS and has
received numerous awards.
It is an incredible documentary and the filmmaker
will be present to answer questions after the screening…
Location: Spoke the Hub
295 Douglass Street
between 3rd and 4th Aves.
info; spokethehub.org
$5 suggested donation.
Thanks to Not Only Brooklyn, the weekly e-newsletter about events in and out of Brooklyn for this blurb about an interesting event this evening. If you want to receive this treasure trove of cultural events email Neil at arbrunr(at)aol(dot)com.
At 7 p.m. tonight: BookCourt hosts Brooklyn writer Gabriel Cohen presenting the third and most personal of the new books he is publishing this year: Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky: The Buddhist Path through Divorce. Not only those who have been through a divorce can appreciate the life lessons and wisdom he shares, as Buddhism helped him deal with such a painful experience, with recovering his life. FREE! 163 Court St near Dean St, Cobble Hill, 87
This weekend, many families will come out to watch English sword dancing
during the annual festival sponsored by a local women’s sword dance team,
Half Moon Sword. What is English sword dancing?
Well, it’s fun, flashy, interesting to watch, and — you’ll just have to come and see. All
performances at the festival are free. There will be 11 teams dancing this
year, most of them coming here from other states. Each team has its own
costume, or “kit.”
On Saturday, February 16, we will dance mostly in Manhattan, although
there will be one performance, at the Brooklyn Heights Library at 3 PM
(280 Cadman Plaza West). See our website, www.halfmoonsword.org, for
Manhattan locations.
On Sunday, February 17, there will be three locations for performances at
12:30 PM: In Park Slope at Old First Reformed Church (7th Ave. and Carroll
St.); and in Brooklyn Heights at First Unitarian Church (Monroe Place and
Pierrepont St.) and the Brooklyn Historial Society (Pierrepont St. and
Clinton St.). Each stand will feature three or four teams.
Then at 2:30, all 11 teams will dance one after another at the Brooklyn Museum (200
Eastern Parkway). While this performance is free, the Museum asks for a
entrance donation.
I just love these emails from Rocky Sullivan’s about their pun quiz this evening.
Greetings, Pub Quiz Super Thursdayistas,
Well, we’re all coming down off our Super Tuesday high, and we now know:
* The Dems are gonna be at this a good while longer;
* GOP pundits hate the candidate GOP voters like;
* You could vote for Dennis Kucinich in New York but still vote for another candidate’s delegates;
* Green Party prez candidate Cynthia McKinney packed Rocky’s this weekend;
* You were a dispicable miscreantic excuse for a human if, at the beginning of your victory speech, you didn’t mention the tornado devastation in Tennessee and Arkansas.
* Obama, Clinton, McCain, Romney and Huckabee all made victory speeches;
* I wish I had $5 million to plow into my campaign. What campaign? No campaign…just wish I had $5 million.
* That this interminable, greenhouse-gasses increasing, filthilly expensive race for the White House still has nine months to go…
Feel a little grimy? Come on down to Rocky Sullivan’s Pub Quiz tonight — it’s a soul-scrubbing, heart-bolstering exercise that will leave you feeling smart, energized, passionate and, perhaps, tipsy.
It’s a General Knowledge night, with Aya Alt’s reach-for-the-clouds guest round and the usual retinue of prizes.
Also, here’s Punk Rock to etch into your calendar. ETCH, NOW!!!:
Rocky Sullivan’s Punk Rock Matinee
Sunday, February 24th 5pm
@ Rocky Sullivan’s 34 Van Dyke @ Dwight in Red Hook
http://rockysullivans.com
Don’t miss acclaimed singer Amy Burton singing John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man, as part of the Brooklyn Philarmonic’s 2008 Corigliano Festival at the Brooklyn Public Library (Grand Army Plaza branch).
What a show! This performance will be at the brand new S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture (at the Brooklyn Public Library) on Saturday February 9th at 4 p.m.
Hear the wonderful Amy Burton in performance.
This event is FREE to the public.
Brooklyn’s John Corigliano is internationally celebrated as one of the leading composers of his generation. In orchestral, chamber, opera and film work, he has won global acclaim for his highly expressive and compelling compositions and his kaleidoscopic, ever-expanding technique. He has received virtually all of the most important prizes — several Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize for his Second Symphony, a Grawemeyer, and even an Academy Award for his score to Francois Giraud’s 1997 film “The Red Violin” — as well as honorary doctorates, awards, fetes, lauds, and accolades too numerous to list. He is one of the few living composers to have a string quartet named after him, and his work has been performed by some of the most visible orchestras, soloists and chamber musicians in the world, and recorded on the Sony, RCA, BMG, Telarc, Erato, Ondine, New World, and CRI labels.
Corigliano holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Music at Lehman College, City University of New York, and serves on the faculty at the Juilliard School of Music. In 1991, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; in 1992, Musical America named him “Composer of the Year,” their first ever. He has received grants from Meet the Composer, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation.
This Sunday, February 10 at 4:00, the Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music’s Youth Orchestra will perform its second concert at Old First Church. (If you search really hard on the BQCM website, you’ll see this listed as a choral performance. That’s an error.)
As a parent lucky to have been there from day one, I’ve had the pleasure of watching the orchestra ("open to all instrumentalists age 9-18 who can read music") blossom
over the past year and a half under conductor Yvonne Hicks. Yvonne is
one of those incredibly demanding, occasionally intimidating, yet
absolutely adored teachers some of us may be fortunate enough to
remember from our own school days.
Yvonne’s
is not one of those off-tempo school orchestras only a parent could
love. Even though some of of the kids are relatively new at the game, I
bet any WQXR type would find this a pleasant alternative to a Sunday afternoon
listening to recorded music. Great opportunity, too, for parents
looking to scope what’s happening at BQCM–or to introduce a budding
musician to the idea of playing with other kids. And it’s free to boot.
I just got word about the 4th Annual Brooklyn Israel Film Festival at Kane Street Synagogue. This event will feature three nights of thought-provoking and award-winning films, plus discussion with the filmmakers. You can see a preview of each movie by going to the festival’s website.
Thursday, January 31 (8:00 pm): “Souvenirs,” a humorous, compassionate documentary about a soldier in the Jewish Brigade during World War II who returns to Amsterdam with his son to see if he left behind any “souvenirs”. Winner: Best Documentary, 2006 Israeli Academy Awards (Ofir).
Saturday, February 2 (8:00 pm): “Someone to Run With, a heartfelt drama based on the best-selling novel by David Grossman. Noah Stollman, the film’s screenwriter will speak after the screening. Winner: Best Supporting Actor, 2006 Israeli Academy Awards (Ofir) plus nominated in 11 other categories.
Sunday, February 3 (7:00 pm): “Watermarks,” about the champion women swimmers of Hakoah Vienna, the legendary Austrian Jewish sports club. Director Yaron Zilberman will speak about his film. Winner of several film festivals including the Grand Prix in the International Paris Cinema Film Festival and Best Cinematography, 2004 Jerusalem Film Festival.
The event will take place at Kane Street Synagogue, located at 236 Kane Street , between Court and Clinton Streets in Cobble Hill. Cost: $10 per film or $25 for the entire series. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door. Subway: F to Bergen Street ; 2, 3, 4, 5, M, N, R or W to Borough Hall/Court Street .
On January 22, the Brooklyn Academy of Music presents Mavis Staples as part of their “Come Share the Dream” program. Jan 22 at 8pm at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Endowed with one of contemporary music’s most
electrifying voices and idolized by musicians from
Pink Floyd to Bob Dylan, gospel and soul legend
Mavis Staples never stops. She first made her mark
more than five decades ago as the lead voice of
The Staple Singers. The group, led by her father
Roebuck "Pops" Staples, and with her gifted
siblings on harmony, topped the gospel charts and
was christened "God’s greatest hitmakers." By the
mid-1960s, the group had become musical allies of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with Pops declaring, "If
he can preach it, we can sing it."
On the morning of January 21, Staples will share
her family’s memories of their friend as keynote at
BAM’s 22nd Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. And on the evening of January 22,
accompanied by her band, she will perform songs from her most evocative album to date, We’ll Never
Turn Back. Produced by the incomparable Ry
Cooder and recently named one of Rolling Stone‘s "Top Albums of 2007," the album includes versions of some of the
freedom songs that became the soundtrack to the
Civil Rights Movement and it provides resounding
evidence that, 50 years on, Staples still makes
people sit up and listen.
BAM Rose Cinema will present the Metropolitan Opera’s “groundbreaking series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world.”
This year, Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD will reach more than a million people worldwide, and BAM participates in this second season with eight transmissions at BAM Rose Cinemas.
January 12 1:30 Macbeth
January 26th 1:30 Hansel and Gretel
February 16 at 1 p.m. Manon and Lescaut
March 15 at 1:30 Peter Grimes
March 22 at 12:30 Triston and Isolde
April 5 at 1:30 La Boheme
April 26 at 1:30 La Fille du Regiment
Tickets
$22 for Screening ($20 for BAM members)
$42 for Brunch and Screening ($40 for BAM members)
All screenings take place at BAM Rose Cinemas. Brunch takes place in BAMcafé.
!I’m not sure. But I’m thinking of doing this. For more information go to Slope Sports
2007-2008 NEW YEAR’S EVE FUN RUN
presented by
Brooklyn Road Runners Club and Slope Sports
3.3 MILE FUN RUN
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
DATE/TIME
Monday, December 31, 2007 —
11:15pm start
START/FINISH
Start/Finish Line is at the Grand Army Plaza entrance of Prospect Park
ENTRY FEE
$15 before December 30, 2007 for Brooklyn Road Runners Club members, $20 Non-members
Race Day: BRRC Members $20, $25 Non-members
No refunds and/or exchanges. Race will occur rain, snow or shine.
Greetings, Pub-Quiz Ball-Drop Buffs…Tonight’s the last Rocky Sullivan’s Pub Quiz of 2007. Thanks to all of you who’ve made it down to Rocky’s for our Thursday night Quiz, to you who’ve almost made it, and to you who, by gumby, will one of these days. We’ve been at it every Thursday
since mid-September. Well, not Thanksgiving night, but all the
others. We’ve churned out eight rounds every week — questions, photos
and music. You’ve taken home lots of prizes, except the ones you
fluidically imbibed and left behind at Rocky’s.
A prize is a prize, no matter how long it’s in your pocession. We’re just beginning. 2008 is the Year of the Quiz, according to
the Journal of American Cultural Sciences*. It’s also the year of the
U.S. presidential election, the Beijing Summer Olympics, and a year planning on leaping for pure joy.On that last note, 2008’s leap day — February 29th — is the day
after a Rocky Sullivan’s Pub Quiz. Hence, more February to crow
about your team’s success the previous night.Oh…2008’s also the year that Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards
project collapses under the weight of community opposition, an unkind
economy, legal beagles shining lights into dark corners, and the
project’s own disconnected hubris.Further into the future, be sure to mark your calendars for the
Quiz Event of the New Year: January 17, when along with Develop Don’t
Destroy Brooklyn, we present QUIZ DON’T DESTROY — an entire evening
dedicated to the battle over Bruce Ratner’s disastrous Atlantic Yards
project. Pit your knowledge against teams from local newspapers,
bloggers and community groups. Arrive early for good seats.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
I loved it! It is depressing but not as depressing as it sounds — a film about a French man (who was the editor of Elle Magazine) who suffers a stroke and is left with locked-in syndrome. He can’t speak and can only blink one eye to communicate yes or no. Amazingly, he writes a book this way. Directed by Julian Schnabel, it’s an amazing work of art, a great story, too. We saw it at BAM
All I know is I want to see Juno very much!!!! I also want to see The Diving bell and the Butterfly directed by Julian Schnabel. Hepcat liked No Country for Old Men.
Juno (PG-13) 91min
1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:35, 9:45pm
No Country for Old Men (R) 122min
3, 6:15, 9pm
Brooklyn Exclusive!
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (PG-13) 112min
1:30, 4, 6:45, 9:30pm
The Kite Runner (PG-13) 128min
1, 3:40, 6:25, 9:15pm
Classic Children’s Double Feature
The Red Balloon and White Mane (G) 74min
Dec 22—Jan 1 at 1pm daily
The Brooklyn Writers Space presents: Sharon Guskin, Honor Molloy and Wendy Ponte
7 pm on December 17th at Union Hall (Downstairs)
702 Union Street @ 5th Ave. in Park Slope
R Train to Union.
The Brooklyn Writers Space provides shared writing space to established and emerging writers. Their monthly reading series at Union Hall presents Writers Space writers.
Sharon Guskin has been a resident of Yaddo, the Ragdale Foundation,
the
Blue Mountain Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
She’ll
be reading from her new novel, which is set in New York and Shanghai.
Honor Molloy is a Dublin-born storyteller. She has received fellowships
from
the NEA, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, a Pew
Fellowship in the Arts and has been a member of BWS for three years.
Honor
will read from her fictional memoir Smarty Girl, an imaginative
portrait of
Dublin in the 1960s.
Wendy Ponte writes for Mothering Magazine and other publications about
parenting and childbirth issues, and is the co-author of Having a Baby,
Naturally. She writes the P.S. I Love You column for The Brooklyn
Papers,
and is currently at work on a novel inspired by her family
history.
My friends in Brooklyn just told me about Inspired Books in Kingston, New York. The shop is owned by former Park Slopers, who opened the shop for a variety of reasons. Here’s their mission:
To be a prosperous, sustainable community
gathering place where people get tools and encouragement for their own
healing and growth… and in turn take that healing out into the world.
Here’s what they offer besides books:
Services
- Coaching
- Workshops
- Spiritual counseling
- Johrei channeling
- Neurofeedback
- Astrological readings
* Community
There are a couple ways to enjoy the Inspired! community. Our
favorite is for you to stop by our store, located in the Uptown area of
Kingston, NY. If you can’t do that, join us on this site. If you want
to become an even more central part of Inspired!, join the Inspired!
club. Members get frequent-buyer discounts, the inside scoop, and even
an occasional party!* Entertainment / The Arts
How could we have a place named Inspired! without attention to
the arts? Without inspiration there would be no art. Nor would it be
easy to find inspiration without art.Currently there are two primary ways we connect with the arts.
To support the visual arts, we feature a different artist every other
month. (Go back to our home page for information on our current
artist.) We also feature different musical artists in our coffee area
every Saturday night. See our Events schedule to see who is playing in
the future.Who We Are
AnnE O’Neil is the owner and founder of Inspired! She
opened the store for many reasons: to support people in their growth
and healing, to practice conscious business, and to spend her days
around people who care about each other, the world, and themselves.
This might be a good gift choice for an idealistic high school or college senior on your gift list. Or anyone you know who wants to make a difference—and still support themselves.
Making a Living While Making a Difference: The Expanded Guide to Creating Careers with a Conscience by Melissa Everett
Melissa Everett is a friend of my friends in Kingston New York. They went to a book signing party the other night at INSPIRATION BOOKS, a bookstore in Kingston, NY owned by a former Park Sloper.
Sunday, January 13 at 6 PM | Suggested Donation: $5
Reservations: (718) 832-0018 or www.bax.org
Childcare provided. (Childcare reservations in advance please.)
THE BAX Platform is a hybrid conversation series combining the best of your front stoop and kitchen table with the unique perspective of the newsmakers – making sure all things are considered. This installment, PARENTING 2008, explores parenthood and decision-making. What is "effective" parenting? Can two people differ in style and be effective as a couple? What does it mean to be an involved parent? How to deal with parenting in two households? What challenges are unique to gay parents? This and more make up an interactive, intimate conversation. Discussion moderated by BAX Executive Director Marya Warshaw. Parenting 2008 is co-sponsored by Park Slope Parents.
Featured panelists include Sharon C. Peters, director of Parents Helping Parents, Rachel Malinowitzer, M.Ed., a licensed psychotherapist working in the field for 20 years, Nancy Mc Dermott a writer and a parent living in Park Slope, Brooklyn; Carolyn Farhie, a lesbian mom, psychotherapist, and leader of the Center Kids’ Planning Biological Parenthood for Women; and Dan Janzen, a freelance copywriter raising a son and daughter with his wife in Park Slope.
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange is a multi-faceted performing arts center offering an annual presenting season, artist services, and educational programs for youth and adults. For more info, call (718) 832-0018 or visit www.bax.org. BAX is located at 421 5th Ave. at 8th St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Take the F train to Fourth Avenue or the R train to 9th Street.
Just got this email from Louis Rosen (one of the 2007 Park Slope 100):
Just wanted to remind everyone that Capathia Jenkins (also 2007 Park Slope 100) and I opened our brief, two-night stint at the popular new Manhattan nightclub, The Metropolitan Room, last night. We’re glad to report that it’s a terrific room, with excellent sound, and a delight to play. Our second show is:
WHAT: CAPATHIA JENKINS & LOUIS ROSEN
WHEN: This SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 at 9:30 pm.
WHERE: The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, between 5th & 6th Avenue, NYC, NY. 10010 (212) 206-0440, www.metropolitanroom.com, $20 cover charge and a two-drink minimum.
Capathia and Louis are showcasing a mix of new and older songs, including a few preview selections from our new record with words by the renowned poet, Nikki Giovanni—due for release in May 2008 on the PS Classics label—our first CD, SOUTH SIDE STORIES, and more. And as always, we’re thrilled to again be joined by our favorite pianist and bassist, Kimberly Grigsby and Dave Phillips.
My friend Carlton Schade will be speaking THIS THURSDAY about Human Dieback. If you don’t know what that is you should definitely come hear the first of three talks he is giving about the enormity of the human predicament, and why the 21st century will likely be known as the Dieback Century.
Troubling Trajectories: On Course for a Human Dieback this Thursday,
Dec. 6 at 8:00 p.m
at the Old Stone House (Third Street and Fifth Avenue)
Join Green Grape in Brooklyn this Thursday,
November 29, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm for a rare opportunity to taste four
different grower champagnes back to back!
The bubblies are all from Terry
Thiese, the primary importer of grower champagne, and a member of his team will
be on hand to answer questions about what Terry calls “farmer-fizz."
Grower champagnes are made by small producers who have the advantage of growing
their own grapes and fashioning their own style. The event is FREE and no
reservations are required.
The Greene Grape is located at 765 Fulton
between South Oxford and South
Portland (718) 797-9463.
I will be running in the Turkey Trot tomorrow. Looks like I should register today. I’ve always wanted to do it: it seems like a great way to start Thanksgiving: run off the pounds before you even eat.
Our T-giving isn’t until 6 p.m. so I will have plenty of time to rest up after the race. And I’m not even cooking.
The trot begins at 9 a.m. on Thursday near the Oriental Pavillion in Prospect Park. You can pre-register on Thursday morning between 7:30 and 8:30 am. at the Kate Wollman Rink.
Thanks to GL, I hear that there is pre-registration from 4-6 p.m. at Jack Rabbit Sports on Wednesday night. Jack Rabbit is on 7th Avenue between Garfield and Carroll. If you don’t wanna run, you can walk (or trot).
The event supports Bishop Ford High School and it costs $16 or $18 dollars depending on whether you pre-register or not.
On Thursday November 22nd from 1-7 p.m. Rocky Sullivan’s presents its:
SINGLE AND MISFITS THANKSGIVING
Buffet offering traditional and vegan fare
Open jukebox, board games, and of course football all day long. ONLY
$12!!
On Thurdsay November 29th at 7 p.m. there’s a screening of
Brooklyn-focused Documentaries at the Brooklyn Historical Society in
Brooklyn Heights. The program is called, Brooklyn on Film, 1899-2007.
This screening will present documentaries showing the lives of Brooklyn
residents from different communities in Brooklyn, including Haitian
Voudo rituals in the Flatlands area of Brooklyn, Hassidic community
life in Crown Heights, gang members breaking into rap music in the
Albany Housing Projects in Crown Heights, and development controversies
in Prospect Heights and Greenpoint.
The program will also show turn-of-the-century filmed footage of
Brooklyn of Coney Island celebrants and the Brooklyn Bridge in 1899 –
1903, as well as Sarah Bernhardt addressing a crowd in Prospect Park
in 1917.
This event is part of the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival which hopes
to help bring awareness about the different communities in Brooklyn by
illuminating their social and cultural histories and current-day
realities.
Brooklyn Artist’s Gym presents a show of paintings by Cordula Volkening, opening on December 9th from 4-8 pm. The location of BAG is: 168 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets.
The show is titled, You: Would You Like An Invitiation To My Destination?
In September, Cordula was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma (advanced brain cancer). After her diagnosis, Cordula stopped working at her design and construction business and resumed her career as a visual artist.
In the 1980s, her artwork was shown in solo and group exhibitions in NY, Chicago, Washington, Germany and France, and earned a variety of honors, including fellowships, awards and media mentions.
Now Cordula works in her studio in the days between radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Cordelia writes, "Hey, I got advanced brain cancer – my system kicks me in the butt and screams: Be your authentic self or you are going to die sooner not later. Any questions?"
Cordula, 50, grew up in a small village in the middle of Germany and has lived in Brooklyn since 1985.
She holds a degree in fine art from the School of Art and Design in Kiel, Germany, and also attended the Arts Students League in New York. She is the owner of a NYC company called Living Art Space.
Her paintings can be seen on her myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/cordulavolkening She cites Mark Rothko, Jean-Michel
Basquiat, Miro and Kandinsky as important influences. "My work as an
artist is to supply language that is unpretentious and allow stories to
be told without using tried-out recipes." she writes on her myspace page.
Don’t miss her show, which will be on view and for sale from December 9-13, 2007 at Brookyn Artists Gym.
A month ago, I sat next Charlie Libin, a cinematographer friend at a dinner party, and he told me about an interesting new film he worked on called, Able Danger, that was filmed in the Ditmas Park neighborhood.
One of the filmmakers got in touch with OTBKB yesterday:
Hey Louise,
I saw your mention of our film “Able Danger” and was wondering if you
wouldnt mind putting a link to our site up.– that would be great….
Charlie Libin told me that the story is about a character loosely based on Sander Hicks, who owns Vox Pop. The film does not have a distributor. I am happy to see that they’ve really improved their website.
Here’s the blurb from IMDB: Tom Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical café/bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard hitting 911 conspiracy expose, finds himself entangled with a mysterious Eastern European beauty, Kasia, who is on the run from strong hand of a global 911 cover up.
In this contemporary take on film noir. When Tom is implicated in the murder of his friend and employee, he is forced to unravel Kasia’s complex web of lies. As it turns out, Kasia possesses the smoking gun that proves the identities and methods of the real architects of 911, and Tom Flynn is willing to die to expose the truth.
Persona (introduced by Bibi Anderson)
Shame (introduced by Jonathan Lethem)
Fanny and Alexander (introduced by Pernilla August)
