A celebration of “neighborhood greats” will take place Friday, October 19, 2012, from 6-9:30 p.m., at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague Street. Featured at the “Spirits of Brooklyn Heights” gala are composer/lyricist Robert Lopez (“The Book of Mormon,” “Avenue Q”) and Harry Chapin’s daughter, urban/folk/soul singer Jen Chapin, who will perform […]
About Chuck Taylor
Journalist Chuck Taylor worked as a writer and Senior Editor at Billboard magazine for 14 years, has interviewed more than 500 entertainers and music executives, and penned front-page stories for Billboard about Celine Dion, Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, Elton John, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Tony Bennett and many more. He has been interviewed on an array of music and pop culture topics for ABC's “20/20,” “CBS Evening News,” CNN FN, VH1's “Behind the Music,” MTV, BBC and A&E's Biography"; and has been quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, TV Guide, People, Entertainment Weekly and numerous others. He is a voting member of NARAS (Grammy Awards).Author Archive | Chuck Taylor
Filming For ABC’s ‘Zero Hour’ Friday: Vehicles Should Be Outta The Way!
Just in: Today, Friday, October 5, from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., filming is taking place for ABC’s “Zero Hour. Cars should already have been moved from the following streets: East & West side of Clinton Street, between State and Atlantic Avenue; North & South side of State Street, between Sidney Place and Court Street; […]
BBP’s Pier 5 Showcased in October 6 ‘open-housenewyork Weekend’
To celebrate New York’s architecture & design, the 10th-annual “openhousenewyork Weekend” will allow access to hundreds of sites talks, tours, performances and family activities in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs. Included in the event is a tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5, on Saturday October 6, from 2-3 p.m. Slated for (alleged) completion this […]
Lena Dunham Could Probably Soon Buy Mansion House, As Book Deal Reaps $3.6M
Poor, poor misguided Uley… On the “Entertainment Weekly” website, he comments, “Is Lena Dunham honestly that big of a draw? To the general public, she’s a no name. I know of her, but I’m not interested in reading a book by her. Seems like publishers might be jumping the gun on this one.” Those literary […]
BBP’s Harvest Festival: Saturday, October 20
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy in partnership with Brooklyn Bridge Park, celebrates autumn with the Harvest Festival on Pier 6, Saturday, October 20 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Join the festivities, including a free pumpkin patch, face painting, storytelling and arts & crafts for the family. Birdie from GreeNYC will also make a special appearance. Musical performances […]
Dutch & New York Artists Collaborate For NYFA Int’l Composers Exchange
The New York Foundation for the Arts’ (NYFA) International Composers Exchange is offering composers from different nations artist-in-residency opportunities in New York to advance their careers through seminars, creative exchanges and performances. On Saturday, October 13 at 8 p.m., five Dutch and New York acts will collaborate in concert at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, […]
Open Thread Wednesday, October 3, 2012
It was on this day in 1951 that the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” occurred, when the New York Giants’ Bobby Thomson hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games. Mind you, four years later, […]
Middlebury College Bobolinks Perform At Our Lady of Lebanon Monday, October 15
Middlebury College’s oldest coed a cappella group Bobolinks will perform Monday October 15 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen Street (Henry Street entrance). The concert is free, with donations appreciated. Bobolinks’ repertoire ranges “from rock to hip-hop to bizarre British neo-pop & everything in between.” The group was selected to […]
Heights Resident & HBO’s ‘Girls’ Guru Lena Dunham Shops Million-Bucks Book Deal
Now you can add “author” to the lofty list of accomplishments from Brooklyn Heights resident and Emmy-nominated actor, director, executive producer, writer and creator of HBO’s “Girls” Lena Dunham. The critic’s darling is shopping a book proposal, according to Slate. “Not That Kind of Girl: Advice by Lena Dunham” is currently in proposal form, with […]
Reminder: Stephen Levin Hosts Free Screening Of ‘Gasland’ Monday At BH Cinema
Reminder: Tonight, Monday, October 1, at 6:45, Council Member Stephen Levin hosts a free screening of “Gasland”—Josh Fox’s documentary about the Halliburton-developed drilling technology known as “fracking,” or hydraulic fracturing—at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street. The movie is also airing on HBO throughout 2012. More info: “When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to […]
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