Meredith Deliso
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Swing's the thing this summer at the Library
— Meredith Delisomdeliso@cnglocal.com
It's Memorial Day, so show some respect
It’s Memorial Day, and you don’t have a beach house or lakeside cottage to run off to. Don’t feel left out — there’s plenty to keep you occupied this long...
Circus returns to the Waterfront Barge on June 5 — and the price is right
We were already big fans of “Showboat Shazzam,” a long-running circus series at the Waterfront Museum and Barge in Red Hook. And now that it’s cheaper, we love it even...
Two craft fairs for the Etsy crowd
A hip craft fair returns, and Etsy makers find a new home in this week’s Market Watch.Renegade Craft FairMcCarren Park’s DIY spectacular — the Renegade Craft Fair — sets up...
Celebrate Brooklyn kicks off with Andrew Bird next Friday night!
— Meredith Delisomdeliso@cnglocal.com
Hustvedt's comic 'Summer without Men'
Siri Hustvedt could really use some science fiction in her life.The writer, teacher, poet, and lecturer is the busiest she’s ever been, one week flying off to speak at the...
It's a jungle out there as DUMBO 'grows' a cool photography project
If you already thought the city was an urban jungle, you ain’t seen nothing yet.In “The Treehouse,” a large-scale photography exhibition by Robert Holden, 25 nature scenes are scattered throughout...
High anxiety! BAM to screen 'Vertigo' starting on Friday
— Meredith Delisomdeliso@cnglocal.com
'Comic' possibilities at the Brick Theater's festival of superheroes
The Brick is channeling its inner geek once again.After the past success of “Game Play,” a video game theater festival; and “Nerdlesque,” a dorky burlesque show, comes the ultimate fan-boy...
Walk of art! Springtime means festivals all over the borough
This spring, art is synonymous with the first weekend in June. In neighborhoods all across the borough from June 2 to 5, unique festivals will bring dance, music, workshops and,...
Our guide to your great Memorial Day weekend
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and you don’t have a beach house or lakeside cottage to run off to. Don’t feel left out – there’s plenty to keep you occupied this...
RELOCATED! Brooklyn Bridge Park's dance party tomorrow is moved to Tobacco Warehouse
Celebrate Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Bridge Park dance party is not only hot, but now it’s wet, too.The Prospect Park-based performing arts festival made the call this morning to move its Thursday...
You know what — Moby has still got it!
In a conversation with WNYC’s John Schaefer at the Brooklyn Museum last Thursday, the focus was on his photography, which Moby, whose 1999 breakout album, “Play,” launched a thousand car...
It'll be a record night at Pete's when singer belts out tunes about Guinness Book heroes
Finally, the Guinness Book of World Records has been set to music.Singer-songwriter Sarah Paul Ocampo has taken the world record volume’s greatest stars from its greatest era — the 1970s...
Get on the pole — at Galapagos
A pole is a terrible thing to waste.That’s what the organizers behind Polesque, a new pole-dancing competition, realized after they had one custom-built for Galapagos Art Space last year for...
The ultimate 'Hedwig' singalong at the Bell House
— Meredith Delisomdeliso@cnglocal.com
You'll go 'Coconuts' for this comedy show
Comedy fans, add the third Tuesday of every month to your schedule.A new monthly show is coming to Union Hall, hosted by Gabe Delahaye, of the pop culture website Videogum.“All...
Great weekend reads from our bookworms
The BookMark Shoppe’s pick: “Cleopatra’s Daughter”Many know the tragic ending to the real life story of Cleopatra and Marc Antony. But not many people know the story continued on with...
Big DUMBO arts party on Thursday
— Meredith Delisomdeliso@cnglocal.com
Dyker's 'Boulevard' of bookstore dreams
Don your party hats — Boulevard Books is having a birthday bash.The Dyker Heights bookstore is marking its one-year anniversary on May 21 with cocktails, cigars, music and readings. And...