BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

QUEER VOICES
George Takei To Share The Story Of His Family’s Forced Internment During World War II
By James Michael Nichols
"In order to not repeat the mistakes of the past, we have to understand it, to learn about it."
NEW YORK
On the Culture Front: Kings of War, Wilderness and more
By Chris Kompanek, Contributor
freelance arts/culture writer
Isolation permeates the walls of a middle-aged woman's studio apartment in TR Warszawa's deeply disturbing "Request Concert
CULTURE & ARTS
Dance Your Way Into the Fall With Festivals That Take You to the Past and To the Future
By ZEALnyc, Contributor
arts - culture - entertainment
American Ballet Theatre New York City Center's Fall For Dance Festival features many familiar faces, including Alvin Ailey
CULTURE & ARTS
Fall 2016 Opera Preview: Here's What You Shouldn't Miss
By ZEALnyc, Contributor
arts - culture - entertainment
Cover Photo: Baritone Gerald Finley in the Metropolitan Opera's 'Guillaume Tell' photo: courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera
BUSINESS
200 Years Of Relationships: BAM & Roundabout Theatre Company
By Damian Bazadona, Contributor
Contributor
DONORS WHAT IS AN EXCITING GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS? "When cultivating institutional relationships
CULTURE & ARTS
The Judas Kiss at BAM
By Isa Freeling, Contributor
Art & Culture Writer & Adviser: Talking all things artful
One of the most celebrated authors of his time, Oscar Wilde spent two years in jail for "gross indecency." When given the option to flee London or go into exile in Paris, he preferred waiting for the police while dining on lobster at the discreet Cadogan Hotel.
EDUCATION
Around the World in 30 Days - April 2016
By C. M. Rubin, Contributor
Blogger and Author, "The Real Alice in Wonderland"
More than ever before, all classrooms are part of a global community. The social media innovations making this connectivity
QUEER VOICES
You've Never Seen A 'Nutcracker' Quite Like This Before
By Curtis M. Wong
"The Hard Nut" puts an edgy, gender-bending spin on the classic story.
CULTURE & ARTS
Secret Society -- Real Enemies -- Real Interesting
By Isa Freeling, Contributor
Art & Culture Writer & Adviser: Talking all things artful
Darcy Argues', Secret Society is not just rich in contextual sound, but sublime, because it can't help seep through the cracks with passion to make its point. One can hear big band, experimental, jazz, and cinematic majestic phrasing, acutely adjusted to its story telling.
NEW YORK
Where to Philosophize in New York City
By Skye C. Cleary, Contributor
Philosopher and author of Existentialism and Romantic Love
New York City moves fast and aspirations soar higher than skyscrapers. The philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre described it as a place for people who can focus to infinity and whenever he stopped walking quickly, he felt anxious.
CULTURE & ARTS
Interactive Performance Art/ificial Intelligence -- Robotic Ape Comes to BAM
By Shai Baitel, Contributor
When arts and culture meets an expert in Middle Eastern Politi...
When one of the world's legendary performance artists -- Oleg Kulik -- collaborates with a visionary entrepreneur-philosopher -- Dmitry Volkov -- the audience rightly expects an intellectual blockbuster.
CULTURE & ARTS
Helen Lawrence at BAM!
By Isa Freeling, Contributor
Art & Culture Writer & Adviser: Talking all things artful
The Brooklyn Academy of Music is currently presenting a great theater/film production by impressive visual artist (you can see his art-work at David Zwirner Gallery) and Canadian Stage director, Stan Douglas, with television writer (Boardwalk Empire) Chris Haddock.
CULTURE & ARTS
Stage Door: Helen Lawrence, Les Miz
By Fern Siegel, Contributor
Deputy Editor, MediaPost
Helen Lawrence, a theater-meets-cinema multimedia production, part of BAM's Next Wave Festival, is not to be missed. Running through Oct. 17, the clever, ambitious effort, the brainchild of Canadian Stage, is hypnotic to watch.
CULTURE & ARTS
Feasting on "RICE" at BAM
By Isa Freeling, Contributor
Art & Culture Writer & Adviser: Talking all things artful
The audience was utterly spellbound by the sharp clear and absolutely precise synergy of the dancers, not just with each other, but their physical representation of nature, as it effects the growth and nourishment of sustenance, the life and death of RICE. The food of life.
EDUCATION
Around the World in 30 Days -- July 2015
By C. M. Rubin, Contributor
Blogger and Author, "The Real Alice in Wonderland"
This month, I continued my conversations with leaders from around the world on today's pressing issues in education -- from the challenges of graduates seeking jobs to the psychological burden of bullying to the Japanese academic community's protests for peace.
EDUCATION
The Global Search for Education: Is This the Age of the Arts?
By C. M. Rubin, Contributor
Blogger and Author, "The Real Alice in Wonderland"
Arts education is making a difference in improving struggling schools by increasing student engagement and positively changing young lives in countries all over the world.
CULTURE & ARTS
David Byrne Presents Great Music With COOL Color Guard!
By Isa Freeling, Contributor
Art & Culture Writer & Adviser: Talking all things artful
In a world where we think we have seen everything and certainly as New Yorker's we know everything-- inexhaustible David Byrne, surprises us with Contemporary Color presented by BAM at The Barclay Center in Brooklyn.
CULTURE & ARTS
An Adieu to Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
By Alexandra Villarreal, Contributor
Student, Writer
When I think of a lake, I imagine its stillness and peace. Calm looms over a clear surface without tides. No matter if the wind shouts or murmurs, the water barely stirs. It's settled, unperturbed. It craves nothing but silence.
CULTURE & ARTS
Flamenco Vivo Shares Spanish Dance with U.S. Audiences One Performance at a Time
By Alexandra Villarreal, Contributor
Student, Writer
Suddenly, one of them stands to sing. Unsurprised, his tablemates join him, clapping to the rhythm and improvising lyrics for dinnertime ambiance.
CULTURE & ARTS
A Gift to New York City -- The LES Arts Extravaganza -- Memorial Day Weekend at Theatre for a New City
By Melody Breyer-Grell, Contributor
Writer
In a city that is constantly mourning its cultural and lifestyle losses, The Theatre For a New City has achieved what even the veritable NYC Opera has not.
CULTURE & ARTS
Standing Ovation for 'KODO' at BAM
By Isa Freeling, Contributor
Art & Culture Writer & Adviser: Talking all things artful
Truly Mr. Bando with 'KODO' producer Nobuyuki Nishimura achieved this with their amazing ensemble of 15 performers, who transformed from dragons to musician's, from athletes to actors. With excellent choreography by Kazumi Boy and lighting design by Kenichi Mashiko, the stage was truly trafficking magic.
CULTURE & ARTS
The Iceman Cometh: Theatre Review
By Isa Freeling, Contributor
Art & Culture Writer & Adviser: Talking all things artful
The house was packed, and after the performance concluded everyone stood on their feet to applaud passionately; the cast deserved no less than claps of thunder, the electricity permeated the room.
CULTURE & ARTS
First Nighter: Nathan Lane, Brian Dennehy in O'Neill's 'Iceman Cometh'
By David Finkle, Contributor
Writer, Drama Critic
Can a great play also be not entirely good? I ask this because the question kept wandering around my head as I watched and listened to--and watched and listened to and watched and listened to--Robert Falls's 2012 production of Eugene O'Neill's (classic?) The Iceman Cometh for Chicago's Goodman Theatre. It's finally reached the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
CULTURE & ARTS
My Brooklyn Bridge: The Party's Not Over
By Glen Roven, Contributor
Emmy award winning composer/lyricist/conductor/CD producer and...
I've always been rather late to the party, and although I'd had my share of evenings at BAM and the wonderful concerts at Bargemusic, it wasn't until recently that I discovered the depth of serious music, opera and theater happening throughout the borough.
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