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Pete Hamill ponders his words during an interview in New York City in 2007. Pete Hamill has lived the kind of life some author might latch onto down the road as a good blueprint for a script.

Chester Francis-Jackson, Gleaner Writer The Courtney Washington Collection of lifestyle clothing was conceived and created for the everyday sophisticated modern woman.

Lecture Open to Public At Pratt Institute on Thursday, Dec. 3, renowned artist Eric Fischl will speak as part of the sixteenth annual Pratt President's Lecture Series.

Just two days after her high school graduation, Reid Peppard was on a plane bound for Paris.

You are not logged in. Register now . November 30, 2009 by Brooklyn Eagle , published online 11-30-2009 Brooklyn Cohousing will continue to have open orientations and business meetings for interested persons throughout the holiday season, as follows: Wednesday, Dec.

This 1970 German documentary on Robert Crumb contains rare footage of Ralph Bakshi in his studio during the making of Fritz the Cat.

When asked to describe her work, illustrator Margaret Cusack best explains it as, "Realism created with stitchery and fabric." Margaret's amazing ability to intricately weave detailed images onto fabric has garnered her an incredible repertoire of stitched works commissioned by various organizations.

The new Pratt building under construction at 524 Myrtle Avenue last week. The gentlemen wearing signs are carpenters protesting the non-union labor putting up the buliding.

State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, left. Eliot Brown. Back in May, at a state Senate hearing on the $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project planned for Brooklyn, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery started to launch into criticism of a fellow senator, Marty Golden.

When we started covering Brooklyn, Downtown was holding on as a major hub for high-end retailers like the flagship location of Abraham & Strauss or the Martin's on Fulton Street.

Danny Simmons used to hang out in the clubs on DeKalb Avenue back in the 1980s, before he moved to the neighborhood in 1992.

We continue our series on the next four years of New York City transportation and planning policy with today's essay by Ron Shiffman.

Whether given as a gift or used to wrap them up, Kamal Patel 's couture paper goods exist in a league of their own.

THERE is no lack of wall murals and public sculptures in almost every nook and corner, and from this display of artistic prolificacy, public knowledge on the Malaysian art scene should not be a matter of contention.

A new art piece allows viewers to write down a thought and put it into the sculpture itself.

These Village Pillows by Brooklyn illustrator Rachael Cole are a set of cushions that work like a puzzle to build a country town, including houses, trees, a car, a horse, a dog and a duck.

Nearly three months after they were arrested , the two suspects in the Eddy Sanchez beating are scheduled to appear in court today.

On November 10, 1981 Clinton Hill was designated an historic district. A better description of this area of Brooklyn could not possibly be found than the one that follows from This is Brooklyn: A Guide to the Borough's Historic Districts and Landmarks, by Andrew S. Dolkart: "Clinton Hill, one of the most beautiful and varied neighborhoods in ...

I'll be speaking tonight in Brooklyn , at the Pratt Institute of Architecture, in case anyone is around and up for an architecture talk.

The twentyten isn't for the faint of heart. Nina Zilka, Jeff Dodd and David J. Krause make up the design dream trio that is an independent fashion label.