By Efrem Zelony-Mindell on November 20, 2015
The Vale of Cashmere, in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, is a well-kept secret to many. Thomas Roma, a Brooklynite and New Yorker, was introduced to the Vale by chance. A close friend frequented the park, asking Roma – one summer day – for a ride there. The Vale is synonymous to those who know it, as a location where countless men are able to feed desire, gender, identity, race and community with other men. This is where Roma has constructed his new body of work for Steven Kasher Gallery. A body of work aptly named,
Sometimes it’s not so surprising how a place, in nature, can become innately human. A photograph can characterize. It often takes an image-maker to add light, and the subtle magic of intimacy for a connective relationship. Thomas Roma conjugates the subjects of his show
GLOBAL FORMS THEATER FESTIVAL to be Presented by Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and New York Theatre Salon
The Global Forms Theater Festival uses multiple art forms and aesthetics as a means of exploring humanity, freedom, home, and isolationism.by BWW News Desk
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and New York Theatre Salon will present the 2nd Annual Global Forms Theater Festival. Running June 1-9, 2021, and showcasing over 100 theater artists from 34 different countries, this week-long theatrical event celebrates and uplifts the work of international and immigrant theater artists living in the United States and abroad. Through a series of in-person and online performances, videos, documentaries, workshops, and panel discussions, the Global Forms Theater Festival uses multiple art forms and aesthetics as a means of exploring humanity, freedom, home, and isolationism. This Festival gives a critical opportunity to uplift the voices of International Artists during this global pandemi
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Nearly all trash cans in Brooklyn s Backyard were overturned on Tuesday night, leaving staff and neighbors picking up huge piles of garbage. (Courtesy of Julie Baron.)
PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN Park staff and neighbors were left picking up huge amounts of garbage in Brooklyn s backyard on Wednesday after someone overturned nearly all of Prospect Park s trash cans.
The significant act of vandalism was discovered by the Prospect Park Alliance, which oversees the park, early Wednesday morning. Photos show trash strewn across the grass, walkways and even in the water at the dog pond. It is literally throughout the park nearly all trash receptacles were overturned, Alliance spokesperson Deborah Kirschner told Patch.
Photos by Paul Martinka for the Prospect Park Alliance
After being closed to the public for nearly seven years, the historic Concert Grove Pavilion in Prospect Park reopened this week following a restoration. Designed in 1874 by Calvert Vaux, who co-designed the Brooklyn park with Frederick Law Olmsted, the stunning structure features colorfully painted wood ceilings and iron columns, ornate wooden trim, and a star-patterned stained-glass dome.
The 19th-century pavilion draws on “Hindu, Chinese, Moorish, and Egyptian motifs”, a popular design trend at the time, according to the Prospect Park Alliance, which oversaw the $2 million restoration along with NYC Parks.
Located in the southeast section of the park next to the LeFrak Center and facing Prospect Park Lake, the structure was nearly destroyed by a fire in 1974. Its iron columns were saved and the pavilion last underwent a restoration in 1988. It closed to the public in 2014 because of structural damage.
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