Brooklyn (NYC)

The Brooklyn Academy of Music Is Fighting to Regain its Mojo

America’s oldest performing arts venue does not draw the attention or audiences it once did. Now it has lost another leader as it works to adjust to an uncertain future for cultural institutions.

By Robin Pogrebin

Archives and Records Brooklyn (NYC) Documentary Films and Programs Mana Contemporary Manhattan (NYC) Mekas, Jonas Movies

Jonas Mekas, Master of Avant-Garde Film, Shows His Tender Side

Mekas’s diaristic film clips, left behind when he died, fuel a new documentary that renders an intimate portrait of a man who often trafficked in the abstract.

By Colin Moynihan

Brooklyn (NYC) Deaths (Obituaries) Grimaldi, Patsy Grimaldi's Pizzeria Juliana's Pizza (Brooklyn, NY, Restaurant) Pizza Restaurants

Patsy Grimaldi, Whose Name Became Synonymous With Pizza, Dies at 93

His coal-oven pizzeria in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge has drawn patrons from New York City and beyond.

By MOSAEC

Art Artificial Intelligence Brooklyn (NYC) Brooklyn Academy of Music Computers and the Internet Da Costa, Marc (Artist) Dinkins, Stephanie (Artist) Hopkins, Karen Brooks Reggio, Godfrey

Can BAM Be a Trailblazer Again Through A.I.?

The Brooklyn organization, seeking new audiences and pushing boundaries, debuts Techne, four digital installations from the Onassis Foundation’s ONX Studio.

By Frank Rose