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2013 Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir performs at the 2013 MLK Tribute (Photo: Elena Olivo)The 27th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was held yesterday at BAM. A festive...
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Confessions of a Motion Addict
Photo of Trisha Brown and Stephen Petronio by Lois GreenfieldExcerpt from a memoir-in-progress by Stephen PetronioI met Trisha Brown in 1979 while working as stage manager for a Movement Research...
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Fresh Hamm: BAM’s Dirty Little Red Secret (The Socialists Are Running Amuck!)
by Louie FleckA curious artifact appeared on eBay, and BAM Hamm Archives was lucky enough to win the auction. It is a letter on Brooklyn Forum/Academy of Music stationery to the Honorable Bainbridge...
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Peter Brook—Wisdom from The Suit's director
by Alicia Dhyana HousePeter Brook. Photo: Colm HoganPeter Brook is considered theater royalty and so I was absolutely thrilled to interview the legendary director for an article I wrote for BAMbill...
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BAMfamily: It's so much more than fun and games
by Jessica GoldschmidtThe BAMfamily season has officially launched. The 15th Annual BAMkids Film Festival is glimmering on the horizon like the yearly jewel of family fun it is. And amid all the...
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The Laramie Project Cycle—A Return to Laramie
by Dan BacalzoPhoto by Michael LutchIt’s been more than a decade since Tectonic Theater Project first traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, in the wake of the brutal murder of gay college student Matthew...
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A Dancer's Perspective: Tamara Riewe of Trisha Brown Dance Company
by Tamara RieweTamara (center) in I'm Going to Toss My Arms... Photo: Laurent PhillippeThe week of shows is upon us, our days of padding barefoot into the office kitchen to increase the line for the...
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The (Benefit of a) Suit
The Benefit dinner included several spectral suits floating overhead.Nonhlanhla Kheswa (L) and William Nadylam (R), the well-dressed lead actors in The Suit. (All photos: Elena Olivo)BAM’s annual...
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Ben's been watching this 360 degree video, reading Snow Fall, and listening to the new Bob Dylan copyright fiasco box set. (And when we stopped by his office last week, he was in a heated conversation...
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You’re five and old enough to go out with Mommy
By Raphaele de BoisblancJane before The NutcrackerI am a staff member here at BAM. I’m also the mother of a five-year-old girl, Jane, and a two-year-old boy, Charles. I grew up in Paris and was lucky...
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Richard Pryor's Greatest Hits
by Andrew Chan In anticipation of BAMcinématek's hiatus-breaking, 18-film tribute to legendary comedian Richard Pryor, we’ve spent the past week collecting some of his most memorable one-liners on...
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Tweet of the Week: The Infinite Regression Edition
Our Tweet of the Week comes from Karen Backstein @KarenatashaB, who poses a question we thinkTrisha Brown might enjoy immensely. Karen tweets about Homemade, Trisha Brown's 1966 piece in which a...
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March On! Art Opening
Last Tuesday, March On!, BAMart's spring exhibition organized by Dexter Wimberly, an independent curator, and BAM's Visual Art Curator David Harper, celebrated its opening in the Natman Room off the...
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From the Astrology Dept: The Planets and Planetarium
Dear BAMystic,I recently learned about the upcoming performance of Planetarium—the collaboration between Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly—and that it’s happening in the first week of...
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Life with Richard Pryor: An Interview with Jennifer Lee Pryor
by Nellie KillianThis month we've been looking back on the best films of Richard Pryor in our series A Pryor Engagement, and we've been privileged to have some special guests (including Richard Pryor,...
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Laramie Sparkles: The Opening Night Reception for The Laramie Project Cycle
The Opening Night Reception for The Laramie Project Cycle took place on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.(L-R) Special guest Emma Johnson of the Johnson Family Foundation, and Moisés Kaufman, artistic...
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The Stagehand Chronicles: Your Love Is On Fire
by Tamar MacKayGinger and Bill Horton in front of the BAM Harvey TheaterIn honor of Valentine's Day, we met with couple Ginger and Bill Horton, two of BAM's resident stagehands, who are both trained...
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BAM Alumni: Daniel Goldberg, Film Critic
by Nathan GelgudPhoto by David WorthingtonEvery year, BAM Education offers the Young Film Critics program to high school students. It’s a series of free after school classes taught by veteran NYC film...
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Moment Work: The Laramie Project
by Tamar MacKay Photo: Julieta CervantesOn February 12th, the Tectonic Theater Project’s highly anticipated The Laramie Project Cycle began its run at BAM. The cycle is based on the events surrounding...
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In Context: The Laramie Project Cycle
Photo: Julieta CervantesThe Laramie Project Cycle plays at the BAM Harvey Theater until Sunday, February 24. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of...
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