Philippe Theise, Author at The Nabe

A late spring sunset in the nabe. (Photo by mcmillianfurlow)

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The Day: Make Music New York, Hillstock and a Fallen Branch Injures Locals

June 21, 2013

We’ve got news on music saturating the nabe throughout the weekend and a fallen tree branch that injured two people on Monument Walk in this morning’s news wrap.

Walter Rutledge and Alex Smith, Jr., the artistic adviser and executive chairman of Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center, said that the program for Souls of Our Feet: People of Color Dance Festival, the organization's annual event, spans multiple styles of dance and will appeal to everyone. (Philippe Theise)

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Souls of Our Feet: People of Color Dance Festival at LIU’s Kumble Theater

June 20, 2013

Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center’s annual event, Souls of Our Feet: People of Color Dance Festival, enters it’s second and last day of performances tonight.

Standing in the park that Walt built, Prison Ship Martyrs Monument memorializes the American prisoners who died in British vessels in the East River during the Revolutionary War. (Photo by Francisco Daum)

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The Day: A New Nets Coach, Block-Rockin’ Soccer and History in Fort Greene Park

June 14, 2013

The Brooklyn Nets hire a familiar face as their new head coach, youth soccer takes center stage in the nabe this weekend and the Fort Greene Park Conservancy hosts gardening and literary events on its home turf.

SONYA member Jane Greengold discusses her assembled painting,

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Artists Show Work in Annual SONYA Studio Stroll

June 13, 2013

Artists showed work throughout the nabe in the 14th annual SONYA Studio Stroll.

Brooklyn Public School students streamed into BAM on a rainy Friday afternoon to watch the Brooklyn Philharmonic's Open Rehearsal with Erykah Badu. (Photo by Philippe Theise)

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Orchestra at Her Back, Erykah Badu Inspires Students at BAM

June 13, 2013

On a rainy Friday afternoon, Brooklyn public school students heard singing, orchestration, and insights into creativity from Erykah Badu and the Brooklyn Philharmonic during an open rehearsal for weekend performances of “You’re Causing Quite a Disturbance.”

Members of the Greene Hill School community work on a mural last Wednesday, June 5. Barbara Frailey, Greene Hill's education director, said that all of the school's 93 students have helped paint the abstract design, which students also created. Frailey said that work continues tomorrow morning around 9:30. (Photo by Philippe Theise)

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The Day: A New Mural, a Piano Concert in the Park and Brooklynettes Auditions

June 12, 2013

We’ve got news of a mural going up, a book launch, a pop-up piano concert and an open audition for the Brooklynettes happening this week in the nabe.

Memorial Candles for Leon Avery, 63, stand outside the entrance to 24 Monument Walk in the Ingersoll Houses. (Photo by Philippe Theise)

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Ingersoll Residents Recall Leon Avery, Lament Violence in the Community

June 11, 2013

Residents of the violence-plagued Ingersoll Houses remembered Leon Avery, 63, who died of wounds from a stabbing on Saturday morning, and blame crime on chronic joblessness.

ConstructionKids staff member Ingrid Aravena, president Deb Winsor, and staff member Jared Vazales work to build a model of the Brooklyn Bridge in the front yard of BLDG 92 in the navy yard, where ConstructionKids has a second-floor workshop. (Philippe Theise)

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Brooklyn Bridge in the Brooklyn Navy Yard

June 7, 2013

If you thought you recognized a New York City icon in the front yard of BLDG 92 on Flushing Avenue yesterday, you weren’t mistaken.

A wooden house is one of only a few that live across the nabe. (Photo by Mitchell Trinka)

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The Day: Open Studios, a Bike Race after Dark and a Wooden House Walking Tour

June 7, 2013

We’ve got new on open houses for kids’ summer programs, a bike race in the navy yard and a walking tour of wooden houses in Brooklyn all happen this weekend. But first, lots of rain today through early tomorrow.