DOCSLIB.ORG

Thrown Back to Square One? City: Willoughby Square Park Project Might Have to Start from Scratch

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Thrown Back to Square One? City: Willoughby Square Park Project Might Have to Start from Scratch Get tickets to Brooklyn’s ‘Best’ fest at BESTOFBROOKLYNFESTIVAL.COM BROOKLYNPAPER.COM Since 1978 • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2019 Serving Brownstonee BrookBrooklyn,lyn, Sunset Park, WilliamsburgW & Greenpoint 16 pages • Vol. 42, No. 3 • January 18–24, 2019 L ON WHEELS Cyclists fear Grand Street bike lanes stuck in purgatory By Julianne Cuba Brooklyn Paper It’s a wheel concern. The city must finish install- ing new bike lanes it began lay- ing along Grand Street ahead of the long-promised L-train clo- sure that Gov. Cuomo abruptly called off this month, demanded cyclists, who worried the change in plans will jeopardize the com- pletion of long-sought-after infra- structure. RIVER OF TEARS “I’m absolutely concerned that all sorts of stuff could fall Transportation Department assur- through the cracks,” said pedal ing him in a November tweet that pusher Philip Leff, a Williams- work on the lanes would continue burger and member of the pro- through the winter. cycling group Transportation Al- “There’s really no effort be- ternatives. ing made to actually finish,” said Department of Transportation Eric Helms, who lives just beyond workers last fall began work on the Photo by Julianne Cuba Bushwick in Queens, and rides two so-called protected bike lanes Chunks of the green Grand Street bike lanes, which the city through Williamsburg nearly ev- on Grand Street between Morgan started installing last fall, are still not in place. eryday. “No one is taking it se- Avenue and Rodney Street, months riously, someone likely will get after agency honchos revealed their those 250,000 daily L-train riders “It’s problematic because cars hurt because of it.” redesign of the commercial strip whom officials expected to pedal just park there, and I have to go Last week, the in-the-works where three cyclists died in fatal across the East River once sub- around them into traffic on Grand lanes on Grand Street between crashes since 2016. way service to Manhattan stopped Street, which is used by a lot of Manhattan and Graham avenues The redesign calls for removing — where a hit-and-run driver fa- Photo by Caroline Ourso during the shutdown. trucks going to and from indus- one of two parking lanes on that tally smashed into cyclist Mat- stretch to make room for the green But now the job is seemingly trial areas,” said Yehuda Pollack, thew Von Ohlen in 2016 — were bike paths — one of which is sep- in limbo, according to cyclists, a Queens resident who regularly only semi-complete when this re- Beautiful boy arated from traffic by the remain- who said swaths of the green bike cycles through Williamsburg. porter paid a visit on Jan. 8. There ing parking lane, while the other lanes are still not in place, caus- Another bicyclist who fre- was no green paint on the pave- Young Brooklynite Desmond Napoles — seen here in full drag as Desmond is Amazing runs behind a painted buffer and ing chaos because motorists con- quently pedals along Grand Street ment to identify the paths, and — is not letting a bout of outrage from some conservative and other critics over a recent plastic poles — which transit lead- tinue to park on the incomplete echoed Pollack’s complaints, ac- plastic Con Edison barriers sat performance stop his passion for performing, because he says his shows bring many ers said would allow Grand Street pedalers’ paths, forcing bicyclists cusing the city of abandoning the in the middle of the Bushwick- others sheer joy. Read more on page 3. to better accommodate some of to swerve into traffic. in-the-works project despite the See GRAND on page 3 Thrown back to square one? City: Willoughby Square Park project might have to start from scratch By Julianne Cuba and deliver this long-awaited project that lic at a Jan. 9 meeting. And it’s not the first time doubts Brooklyn Paper will benefit the community.” But American Development Group’s swirled around the future of Willoughby Willoughby Square Park may be head- The rep told this newspaper the dead- head ensured his firm will proceed with Square Park and the garage, which will ing back to square one. line for the deal — which agency leaders the long in-the-works project, claiming park cars using a system equipped with A years-in-the-making plan to build previously said would close in 2018 — he’s set to sign on the dotted line days light sensors, machines, and other tech- a new green space above a vending- days after the local Community Board before the city’s deadline, and that he’ll nology that automatically moves vehi- machine-style parking facility on Wil- 2 circulated documents suggesting the break ground weeks later. cles from an entry room, where drivers loughby Street Downtown will start city might sever ties with Long Island– “We’re scheduled to close with EDC drop them off, to one of its below-ground from scratch at the end of the month, based American Development Group, on Jan. 22,” said Perry Finkelman. “The parking bays. if the city and its chosen developer can’t which it tapped to build both Willoughby work will commence on March 1.” Last year, city officials doubted that wrap up their deal for the project, ac- Square Park and the garage beneath it In October, Economic Development Finkleman could come up with enough cording to a rep for the agency over- back in 2013. Corporation bigwigs said they would cash to fund the job, leading him to scale seeing the job. “Learned by phone from the (city) break ground on the job this month — back the underground facility in order to “The developer has until Jan. 27 to that it is going to default the developer 15 years after the city promised to build secure the necessary financing. close on an agreement to develop the of the Willoughby Square garage and the new meadow in exchange for upzon- That downsizing included cutting site,” said an Economic Development issue a fourth (Request For Proposals), ing much of Downtown, and a decade af- the garage’s original 700 spots to 467, Corporation Development Economic Corporation spokesman, who admitted possibly for a garage no larger than is ter officials controversially kicked some and shrinking it from three to two lev- Documents shared by the local community board suggest the city “it’s possible” another builder may be permissible as-of-right,” CB2 District residents out of their homes in the area, els, which cut the project’s budget from may be looking for a new developer for its long-awaited Willoughby chosen. “EDC is working diligently to Manager Rob Perris wrote in notes dated some of which were rent-stabilized, to roughly $97 to $82 million, Finkleman Square Park and garage project Downtown, which if true would bring find a path forward with the developer, Dec. 4, which he shared with the pub- make way for construction. told this newspaper at the time. the years-in-the-making project back to square one. Condos in Heights library start at over $1M By Julianne Cuba cluding a 24-hour attended lobby, Brooklyn Paper children’s center, bicycle storage, Buyers will need to drop bar and outdoor terrace, and out- stacks of cash to live above these door lounge areas with grills and stacks. play equipment. The developer erecting the lux- It will also house two retailers: ury condo building whose bot- an outpost of java joint the Brook- tom floors will include the new lyn Roasting Company and an- Brooklyn Heights Library is now other spot featuring rotating ven- hawking units inside the swanky dors curated by the operators of tower, where one-bedroom resi- beloved local food-and-drink fest dences start at more than $1 mil- Smorgasburg . lion. The library system raked in $52 Builder Hudson Companies on million from the sale of the old A Batton Lash cartoon in this paper in 1985. Jan. 8 unveiled a new sales website branch, which some book-lovers for its 38-story high-rise dubbed rallied against, despite the local One Clinton, which is rising at the community board , civic group, and Batton Lash, 65 Cadman Plaza West site of the for- Borough President Adams ulti- mer Heights branch that Brook- mately lending their support to lyn Public Library sold off back the redevelopment project. Illustrator got his start here in 2014. The condos and new stacks are Part of the tower’s bottom three slated to open in the summer of rine Park, joined the Paper’s By Colin Mixson floors will include the newly built Noe and Associates / The Boundary 2020, according to reps for the Brooklyn Paper staff as a young delivery man, library, as well as a new lab run The in-the-works Brooklyn Heights Library will occupy parts of the new One Clinton tow- developer, which must also build A legendary Brooklyn- dropping issues off at Court by the Department of Education er’s bottom three floors. 114 units of so-called affordable born comic artist — who Street law offices shortly af- where local students can perfect housing as part of the deal. ter it debuted in 1978. got his start doodling strips their science, technology, engi- But bigwigs of Hudson Com- The characters and archi- neering, and math skills. reps for the developer, who said Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo — is appliances, the reps for Hudson panies in 2015 announced those for the Brooklyn Paper — tecture Lash encountered on prices for the tower’s five-bed- creating the high-rise itself, with Companies said.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Ototheatre
    NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Ototheatre: Learning to Listen and Perform in Sonically Augmented Spaces A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS for the degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Field of Theatre and Drama By Lauren R. Beck EVANSTON, ILLINOIS December 2017 2 © Copyright by Lauren R. Beck 2017 All Rights Reserved 3 Abstract Ototheatre: Learning to Listen and Perform in Sonically Augmented Spaces Lauren R. Beck This dissertation explores a form of performance I call “ototheatre,” which is a mobile and participatory audience experience executed with portable sound technology. Ototheatre is an emergent artistic form that sits at a convergence of contemporary technologies and audience consumption habits. Case studies, including smartphone applications and new theatrical works incorporating novel uses of sound technology, reveal the antecedents and characteristics of this form of theatre. I explore the methods by which these works create intimate, interactive theatrical experiences that extend modes of audience experience. Podcasts are a new media practice that have multiple theatrical antecedents and ototheatrical potential. I analyze a particularly theatrical podcast, choreographer Hofesh Shechter’s Everyday Moments, to show new possibilities for individual modes of performance scripted by podcast artists for solo listening. I trace a genealogy that includes the théâtrophone, radio drama, and the downloadable podcast to demonstrate how the recorded voice has long been creating remote theatrical experiences for audiences through the use of mediatized sound technology. While radio has been called a “theatre of the mind,” I argue that podcasts can create an intimate, post-humanistic theatre of the body. I examine artistic sound works that are related to the audio tour to explore ways of mapping space with sound.
    [Show full text]
  • Rijil Hamama Leaf His Phone and New Clothes, According to Authorities
    INSIDE: PAGES AND PAGES OF COUPONS TO SAVE YOU CASH! Yo u r Neighborhood — Yo u r News® BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2014 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn and Williamsburg AWP/14 pages • Vol. 37, No. 9 • February 28–March 6, 2014 • FREE GATEWAY BUG Bklyn Bridge revamp plan raises noise fears By Matthew Perlman cars on a service road on the Manhat- Residents of the cooperative build- The Brooklyn Paper tan-bound side of Adams and moves ings overlooking the bridge ramp also A massive overhaul to the Brooklyn the bridge traffic one lane closer to the worry that construction work for the Bridge entrance-way that the city says neighboring apartment complex Con- project will kick up dust and rattle their will make it safer for pedestrians and cord Village, which residents say will nerves and are demanding that the city increase traffic noise so much it could bicyclists could make neighbors’ lives a do an environmental study before lift- threaten their well-being. ing a single jackhammer. noisy nightmare, residents warn. “Noise is not a matter of comfort, “There’s such a large population The revamp proposal widens and but a matter of health,” said Denise Photo by Elizabeth Graham extends the walking and bike path in Maher, a Villager and member of the of both young and old people here,” Adams Street resident Denise the center of Adams Street, replacing activist group Everyday Adams Street, said Concord Village resident Anita Maher says the city’s plan to re- the cement and metal barriers that are which formed in response to the pro- Maldonado.
    [Show full text]
  • Queens Today
    Volume 65, No. 147 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2019 50¢ NYC expands QUEENS supervised release ahead TODAY of bail reforms By David Brand November 12, 2019 Queens Daily Eagle The City Council and at least one local district attorney’s office will expand fund- THE STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY ing for a supervised release program at will hold a joint hearing today to examine courthouses across the five boroughs as the the $51.5 billion 2020-2024 MTA Capital city prepares for new state measures that Plan. This hearing will offer lawmakers curtail the use of cash bail for most people an opportunity to receive testimony and charged with nonviolent offenses. ask questions of MTA officials and expert The city’s supervised release initiative, stakeholders. first pioneered in Queens, relies on social workers and case managers who work with defendants to ensure they return to their A BROOKLYN MAN HAS BEEN pretrial court dates. The program “offers charged with murder for allegedly stabbing a strong, proven solution to the challenges a man to death outside of a homeless shelter and opportunities provided by the State's in East Elmhurst last week. Prosecutors say Justice Joseph Zayas, administrative judge in Queens Supreme Court, Criminal Term, bail reform measures,”See more said Elizabethon page Glaz 16- Ricardo Henry, 34, got into an argument with said supervised release gives judges more options than simply releasing defendants on Continued on page 2 Abdul Silas in front of a homeless shelter on their own recognizance under new state bail laws. Eagle file photo by Andy Katz Ditmars Boulevard.
    [Show full text]
  • New Prospect for a Rock Venue
    INSIDE: GET THE RIGHT RESULTS WITH OUR CLASSIFIEDS SECTION Yo u r World — Yo u r News BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2017 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/14AWP/144 pages • Vol. 40,40, No. 30 • July 228–August8––August 3, 220170177 • FREE SERVING UP OUTRAGE Residents protest at controversial new Crown Heights restaurant Changing Brooklyn By Colin Mixson Brooklyn Paper This conversation was over be- fore it started. The owner of a Crown Heights restaurant criticized for using the neighborhood’s violent past as a promotional tool was a no-show at a rally there on July 22, anger- ing residents who thought they would have a chance to work things out. “We gave her a perfect oppor- tunity, even if she just wanted to Photos by Jason Speakman do damage control. But she didn’t Summerhill owner Becca want to talk to anybody,” Ayanna Brennan advertised this Prescod, who has lived locally wall’s fake bullet-holes as an for 30 years, said of restaurant attraction for her new Crown What a nut owner Becca Brennan. “It’s to- Heights restaurant. tal bad business.” The event was organized as Sinister squirrel attacks fi ve a way for community members “The reason we maintained to speak directly to the owner of the distressed wall is for the in Prospect Park biting binge “boozy sandwich shop” Summer- aesthetic,” Brennan said in the hill after she incited ire last week statement. “We have kept other By Colin Mixson with a press release that boasted a elements of the original space as Brooklyn Paper Wild well to create a visually engag- “bullet hole–ridden wall” inside 30-year Crown Heights resident Ayanna Prescod spoke railed against Summerhill outside Call it a cautionary tail! the recently opened space at 637 ing experience.” Brooklyn the Nostrand Avenue business on July 22.
    [Show full text]
  • Drivers: Bus Lane Is a Pain
    Jan. 8–14, 2016 Including Canarsie Digest FREE SERVING BERGEN BEACH, CANARSIE, GEORGETOWN, MARINE PARK & MILL BASIN SWEATING BULLETS Two Brooklyn Democrats fear NRA’s supposed threat BY MAX JAEGER fear in the same manner that mass Talk about a powder-keg situation. shooters are using guns and ammuni- The National Rifl e Association took tion to create an atmosphere of fear,” aim at two Brooklyn politicians on Jan. she said. 4 — responding to the pols’ calls to limit Mayor DeBlasio and a slew of Brook- bulk ammunition sales by posting pho- lyn politicians and activists decried tos implying violence against them. the National Rifl e Association follow- The picture, which accompanies a ing the posting. screed from association-backed Amer- Councilman Jumaane Williams (D– ica’s First Freedom magazine editor Canarsie) tweeted “The absurdity is Mark Chesnut, depicts Polaroid photos insane,” and Councilman Brad Lander of State Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D–Ca- (D–Park Slope) called the tactic “be- narsie) and Assemblywoman Jo Anne yond outrageous.” Simon (D–Boerum Hill) surrounded by Persaud and Simon announced draft bullets. The rifl e association lowered legislation last month to limit the num- itself to base bullying to try to get its ber of bullets a person can purchase message across, Persaud said. over a 90-day period to two magazines TOO ON-TARGET: Critics say this photo the National Rifl e Association published is a threat “They are using intimidation and Continued on page 10 against Brooklyn pols Roxanne Persaud, left, and Jo Anne Simon. America’s 1st Freedom No sweat! Drivers: Folks managed get through the Polar Bear Plunge with a smile, but the 40-degree Bus lane air temperatures and strong winds made it a real gauntlet.
    [Show full text]
  • Tilt Racoco Tilt
    March 29–April 6, 2019 March RACOCO TILT RACOCO TILT Imagine your head is a pinball machine. But who’s playing? TILT is a live performance/construction site swirling movement, wood, live music, tap dance, pinball, and the story of Don Quixote into a visceral experience of a delusional brain. Choreography Stage Manager Rachel Cohen Hjørdis Linn-Blanford Music Additional set/prop design/carpentry Lynn Wright David Franklin, Jon Harper, Patrick Morris, Isabella Olgaard, Justin Perkins, Stephanie Beck, John Dyer, Richard Vivenzo, and Blair Special Guest Levin Heather Cornell Electricians Performed Kia Rogers and Kent Sprague Toby Billowitz, Rachel Cohen, Remi Harris, Masumi Kishimoto, Meghan Schardt, Lynn Wright, (guitar, Ableton), Eric Eble (double Company Assistant bass); Nikki D’Agostino (bass clarinet, bass and alto sax); Eric Masumi Kishimoto Hoegemeyer (Ableton, percussion) Installation Coordinator Set Design Remi Harris Bill Kennedy Project Manager Costume Design Josh Bisker Olek Publicist Lighting Design Michelle Tabnick Jon Harper Technical Director Tavish Miller RACOCO TILT RACOCO TILT ABOUT TILT Cast & Crew Toby Billowitz has danced with many choreographers and companies, including Jordan Fuchs, Artichoke Dance, Freefall, Jill Sigman/thinkdance, and Ben Munisteri. He has puppeteered at drag shows, NYC Halloween parades, at BAM and around the country with Phantom Limb, and on Broadway in War Horse. He dedicates these performances to Kevin McWha Steele, who was a great appreciator and maker of art of many types. Josh Bisker is an urban planner, activist, performance artist, and arts administrator. He came on board as TILT’s project manager, helping the cast and crew get all of the show’s pieces into shape and deliver this spectacular performance for your enjoyment.
    [Show full text]
  • LOVE TRAIN at RISK Cutting the G Train Will Kill Brooklyn Romances — Really!
    INSIDE: PAGES AND PAGES OF COUPONS TO SAVE YOU CASH! Yo u r Neighborhood — Yo u r News® BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2012 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Bay Ridge AWP/16 pages • Vol. 35, No. 12 • March 23–29, 2012 • FREE LOVE TRAIN AT RISK Cutting the G train will kill Brooklyn romances — really! By Natalie O’Neill each other,” said Amber Van Natten, Other Brooklynites proclaim, only The Brooklyn Paper a Greenwood Heights resident whose half-jokingly, that they might have to Ending the G train extension is an boyfriend resides in Greenpoint. “It’s a split if the city nixes G service at Fourth assault on romance that will push many huge disservice to relationships.” Avenue–Ninth Street, Seventh Avenue, straphanging couples into long-distance Her beau, Christopher Moessner, 15th Street–Prospect Park, Fort Hamil- lives near the Nassau Avenue station ton Parkway and Church Avenue. mode, and might even break them up, — a seven-mile, 50-minute trek from “My girlfriend lives in Park Slope and lovebirds say. her home that involves planning ahead we’ll have to break up if the G line exten- Busy couples that depend on the at-risk and packing a bag. sion stops,” James Botha wrote on a peti- G train extension — which provides one- If the Metropolitan Transportation tion backing the additional G stops . seat service between North and Brown- Authority cuts service at the five stops The extension of the G only began two stone Brooklyns — worry that chopping in Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and and a half years ago when the MTA started Photo by Elizabeth Graham the subway line will make cross-borough Kensington, dating would become much a lengthy overhaul of the Culver Viaduct LOVE ON THE LINE: Brooklyn lovebirds like Amber Van Natten and relationships the third rail of dating.
    [Show full text]
  • New York City 2018 Progress Report NEW YORK CITY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS
    State of the Region: New York City 2018 Progress Report NEW YORK CITY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS New York City Regional Co-Chairs Winston Fisher Partner, Fisher Brothers Cheryl A. Moore President & COO, New York Genome Center Appointed Members Stuart Appelbaum Douglas C. Steiner President, RWDSU Chairman, Steiner Studios Wellington Chen Marcel Van Ooyen Executive Director, Chinatown Partnership Executive Director, Grow NYC Marlene Cintron Peter Ward President President, New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation Sheena Wright Cesar J. Claro President & CEO, United Way of New York City President & CEO Kathryn Wylde Staten Island Economic Development Corporation President & CEO, Partnership for New York City Carol Conslato Kinda Younes Co-chair Queens Chamber of Commerce Foundation Executive Director, ITAC Lisa Futterman Regional Director New York City Ex-Officio Members Workforce Development Institute Alicia Glen The Honorable Martin Golden Deputy Mayor of New York City New York State Senate, 22nd District Ruben Diaz, Jr. Gail Grimmett Bronx Borough President President, Protravel International & Tzell Travel Group Eric Adams Steve Hindy Brooklyn Borough President Co-founder and Chairman, Brooklyn Brewery Gale A. Brewer Dr. Marcia V. Keizs Manhattan Borough President President, York College Melinda Katz Kenneth Knuckles Queens Borough President Vice Chair, New York City Planning Commission James Oddo Gary LaBarbera Staten Island Borough President President, Building and Construction
    [Show full text]
  • SCUM RUSH Invasive Species No Good for fi Sh, Birds, Turtles, Park Advocates Say
    INSIDE: PAGES AND PAGES OF COUPONS TO SAVE YOU CASH! Yo u r Neighborhood — Yo u r News® BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2012 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn and Williamsburg AWP/12 pages • Vol. 35, No. 27 • July 13–19, 2012 • FREE SCUM RUSH Invasive species no good for fi sh, birds, turtles, park advocates say By Natalie O’Neill house in the past few weeks — po- The Brooklyn Paper Meadows of tentially hogging oxygen and block- An invasive pond fern has taken ing sunlight, according to Cornell over the Prospect Park lake, and University’s Chuck O’Neill. nature lovers fear the verdant gunk “It has a tendency to crowd out will choke out aquatic life and make other plants and cause mortality in turtles blind. fish,” said O’Neill, who special- A rapidly growing species called izes in the study of invasive spe- azolla caroliniana has formed a cies. “It’s a nuisance.” Photo by Bryan Bruchman sprawling green and red sheen on SHAME The researcher says contam- Prospect Park’s lake is coated in a thick layer of the surface of the lake by the boat- See LAKE on page 3 aquatic plantlife. ‘Redeemer’ redevelopment Photo by Elizabeth Graham Church near arena to be demolished, rebuilt with retail or housing Bicycle teacher Eddie Carmona shows adults how to ride. By Natalie O’Neill ner with a private developer to con- The Brooklyn Paper struct a building with a church on the Religious leaders will bulldoze a ground floor and either residential or crumbling-but-historic church a few commercial space above it.
    [Show full text]
  • The-Mysteries.Pdf
    THE FLEA THEATER JIM SIMPSON ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CAROL OSTROW PRODUCING DIRECTOR PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE MYSTERIES ED SYLVANUS ISKANDAR CONCEPT AND DIRECTION JILL RAFSON DRAMATURGY DAVID DABBON ORIGINAL MUSIC DIRECTION AND ARRANGMENTS JODY SCHUM MUSIC DIRECTION DAVID DABBON ORIGINAL MUSIC CHAse BROCK CHOREOGRAPHY COLLABORATIONTOWN ADDITIONAL CREATIVE SUPPORT MICHAEL WIeseR FIGHT DIRECTION AMY JO JACKSON VOICE AND TEXT DIRECTION JASON SHERWOOD SCENIC DESIGN SETH REIseR LIGHTING DESIGN LOREN SHAW COSTUME AND HAIR DESIGN JEREMY S. BLOOM SOUND DESIGN MARIssA BERGMAN PROPS MASTER RIA DI LULLO PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER BETH DEMBROW MANAGING DIRECTOR RON LASKO/SPIN CYCLE PRESS REPRESENTATIVE This work was supported by an Exploration grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to The Flea Theater for the Building Demand for the Performing Arts Program. PlayWRIGHTS (in order of performance) ACT I - THE FALL Dael Orlandersmith........Song of the Trimorph (Lucifer’s Lament) Liz Duffy Adams....................................................Falling for You Jason Williamson........................The Eighth Day (Creation Hymn) Johnna Adams............................................................God’s Rules Madeleine George.............................A Worm Walks into a Garden, or The Fall of Man Jorge Ignacio Cortinas..........................................Right of Return David Henry Hwang..................................................Cain and Abel Trista Baldwin...................................................................Build
    [Show full text]
  • The 36Th Annual New York Dance & Performance Awards
    THE 36TH ANNUAL NEW YORK DANCE & PERFORMANCE AWARDS 7:30PM ET DECEMBER 14, 2020 VIRTUAL BESSIES CEREMONY Justice. Transformation. Education. Reimagining the dance ecology. MARCH 17–20 2021 VIRTUAL PLATFORM Register at Dance.NYC @DanceNYC #DanceSymp Leadership support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Howard Gilman Foundation. The Symposium is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the National Endowment for the Arts. CONGRATS TO ALL BESSIE ARTISTS... AND TO ANGEL, LUCY SEXTON! Join us for Live Artery in January! Featuring full digital remounts including 2020 Bessie Nominee Kimberly Bartosik I daela’s through the mirror of their eyes. Photo: Dancers Joanna Kotze, Dylan Crossman, NEW YORK LIVE ARTS and 2020 Bessie Nominee Burr Johnson in 219 W 19th Street through the mirror of their eyes New York 10011 by Maria Baranova newyorklivearts.org NOTE Enjoy The Bessies while sipping our very own original Bessies cocktail recipes! Mixology courtesy of Salty Brine. WaLK THE BALL! 1 half lime, quartered 3 slices cucumber 1 small handful cilantro 2 oz tequila Tonic 1 teaspoon mezcal (optional) Muddle limes, cucumber and cilantro in a chilled Collins glass. Add tequila and ice. Top with tonic and stir. Float mezcal on top for some smoky goodness, if desired. Get down with your bad self, and dance and strut and vogue it out! THE SHOW MUST GO ON 2 parts lemon juice (SOFT COCKtaIL) 2 parts grapefruit juice 1 part real maple syrup Seltzer Add lemon juice, grapefruit juice and maple syrup to a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for ten seconds.
    [Show full text]
  • The Skin of Our Teeth by Paula Vogel 12 Theskin Journals of Thornton Wilder
    360° SERIES VIEWFINDER: FACTS AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE PLAY, PLAYWRIGHT, AND PRODUCTION WWW.TFANA.ORG TABLE OF CONTENTS The Plays 4 Perspectives 7 Dialogues: Foreward to The Skin of Our Teeth by Paula Vogel 12 TheSkin Journals of Thornton Wilder The Playwright 18 Biography: Thornton Wilder 19 "A Most Important Broadcast": ThorntonWilder, Eleanor Roosevelt & the Election of 1940 The Production 21 Interview: Backwards to the Future Arin Arbus in conversation with Alisa Solomon 31 Cast and Creative Team About Theatre For a New Audience 40 Mission and Programs 41 Major Supporters The Skin of Our Teethis sponsored by Endowment support for The Skin of Our Teeth is provided by The Howard Gilman Foundation Fund for Classic Drama. Notes Front Cover Art designed by Milton Glaser, Inc. This Viewfinder will be periodically updated with additional information. Last updated February 2017 Credits “Perspectives” edited by Jonathan Kalb. "Preface to Three Plays" by Thornton Wilder. Copyright©1957 by Thornton Wilder. Reprinted by arrangement with The Wilder Family LLC and The Barbara Hogenson Agency, Inc. All rights reserved. Paula Vogel's "Foreward to The Skin of Our Teeth" originally published in The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2003). Reprinted by arrangement with the author. "Biography" of Thornton Wilder provided by A. Tappan Wilder. The Journals of Thornton Wilder, 1939-1961, Selected and Edited by Donald Gallup, published by Yale University Press. Copyright©1985 by The Wilder Family LLC. Reprinted by arrangement with The Wilder Family LLC and The Barbara Hogenson Agency, Inc. All rights reserved. "A Most Important Broadcast" excerpts a pamphlet, "Prominent Writers' Statements of Why They Are For Franklin D.
    [Show full text]