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A $100,000 grant will bring free concerts to Brooklyn housing projects

Basketball courts will morph into outdoor stages for a new program of free concerts, dance, plays and film screenings in three Brooklyn public housing complexes.

Founder of Paris's famed Shakespeare and Co bookshop dies

George Whitman, the founder of the famed writers' refuge and English-language literary hub in the French capital -- died Wednesday aged 98, the shop said.

Grammy group plays at b-ball court

Fort Greene's cultural community is realizing what longtime residents of the Walt Whitman Houses have long known - that the basketball courts are where it's at.

Baby tossed in trash survived for 12 hours

The newborn thrown down a trash chute by a teen Brooklyn mom survived for more than 12 hours in a pile of garbage, court documents show.

A $100,000 grant will bring free concerts to Brooklyn housing projects

Posted on 2012-06-26 04:00:12

Basketball courts will morph into outdoor stages for a new program of free concerts, dance, plays and film screenings in three Brooklyn public housing complexes. Read More

Hi, Mighty, just wanted to remind you and all your loyal readers that there are still plenty of seats left for a special benefit concert that Gary Sinise of CSI:NY and Forrest Gump fame, will perform with his Lt. Dan Band for U.S. Army Spc. Bryan Dilberian, a wounded veteran and triple amputee. Read More

Founder of Paris's famed Shakespeare and Co bookshop dies

Posted on 2011-12-14 11:44:20

George Whitman, the founder of the famed writers' refuge and English-language literary hub in the French capital -- died Wednesday aged 98, the shop said. Read More

Nazaryan: Brooklyn Nets desperately need a new name

Posted on 2011-10-20 04:00:00

Professional sports are rife with terrible team names. Read More

Grammy group plays at b-ball court

Posted on 2011-06-17 04:00:00

Fort Greene's cultural community is realizing what longtime residents of the Walt Whitman Houses have long known - that the basketball courts are where it's at. Read More

Baby tossed in trash survived for 12 hours

Posted on 2011-05-24 11:22:45

The newborn thrown down a trash chute by a teen Brooklyn mom survived for more than 12 hours in a pile of garbage, court documents show. Read More

New Jersey's turnpike rest stops may be named for famous people with connections to the state, but it's connections to cash that are proving enticing to officials seeking ways to close the state's budget gap.

New Jersey considers renaming rest stops to highest bidder

Posted on 2010-03-28 00:28:42

New Jersey's turnpike rest stops may be named for famous people with connections to the state, but it's connections to cash that are proving enticing to officials seeking ways to close the state's budget gap. Read More

Russian gays called on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to support their rights as she unveiled a statue of American poet and gay pride symbol Walt Whitman in Moscow on Wednesday.

Russian gays ask Clinton for support

Posted on 2009-10-14 08:59:35

Russian gays called on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to support their rights as she unveiled a statue of American poet and gay pride symbol Walt Whitman in Moscow on Wednesday. Read More

Somebody's always raising eyebrows by dropping trou in the theater. The latest example of baring all for a good long time can be seen at the Cell, where "Leaves of Grass" is being performed, as flyers promise, "without irony or clothing."

'Leaves of Grass': Walt Whitman's poetry sans 'irony or clothing'

Posted on 2009-08-14 03:08:08

Somebody's always raising eyebrows by dropping trou in the theater. The latest example of baring all for a good long time can be seen at the Cell, where "Leaves of Grass" is being performed, as flyers promise, "without irony or clothing." Read More

This column was excerpted from the commencement speech delivered by John Patrick Shanley on May 16 at the College of Mount St. Vincent.

Shanley gives no 'Doubt' that the best life gets you back where you started

Posted on 2009-06-02 01:31:12

This column was excerpted from the commencement speech delivered by John Patrick Shanley on May 16 at the College of Mount St. Vincent. Read More

Cops harass folks who live in projects, survey sez

Posted on 2008-09-18 22:19:17

Tenant surveys at two city housing projects show a large number of residents report being arrested or stopped and quizzed by cops even though they live there, the Daily News has learned. Read More