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In a career that has flourished over four decades, Dionne Warwick has established herself as an international musical legend. See her perform at the Walt Whitman Theater at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. ....| more
Sometimes referred to as one of Shakespeare's "apprentice plays," The Comedie of Errors is an intricate farce that is a clear example of the playwright's comedic genius. It is based on an ancient Roman comedy, Plautus's Menaechmi, and is one of the Bard's earliest plays. More than four hundred years later, Shakespeare's Comedie continues to delight audiences of all ages. Playing at the Gershwin Theater beginning May, 3 at 8 p.m. ....| more
Neil Simon's award-winning, nostalgic comedy-drama, Lost in Yonkers, comes to the Brooklyn Center in a brilliant performance by the Montana Repertory Theatre. Simon's 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning play was his twenty-seventh to open on Broadway. Critics and audiences alike have connected deeply with its cast of memorable characters who come from three generations of a Jewish family under one roof, illustrating how family ties can bind and chafe, or nurture and uplift. ....| more
Part II of "Imagining Brooklyn," a conference series exploring Brooklyn's identity in an era of rapid change, will take place at BC on May 7 with a focus on Brooklynites' penchant for nostalgia.
The conferences are paired with the ongoing Brooklyn on My Mind radio series, in which WNYC host Leonard Lopate interviews prominent writers with a Brooklyn connection. The May 7 conference, "Imagining Brooklyn: Memory and Amnesia," will be held in the Student Center from 1 to 5 p.m. Panelists include experts in Brooklyn's history, its food and, of course, the Dodgers - or at least in how the fabled team is remembered. The program resumes at 7 p.m. in Whitman Auditorium, where Lopate leads "A Frank Conversation" with the memoirist Frank McCourt. ....| more
Tuesday: The acclaimed documentary film Breasts will be screened at 1:45 p.m. BC Town Hall: New Registration and Payment Schedule begins at 5 p.m.
Wednesday: The Conservatory Chamber Choir performs at 5 p.m. in Levenson Recital Hall.
Thursday: The Brooklyn College Library's Annual Author Party begins at 1:30 p.m.
Friday: The CUNY Central Office Job Fair
will feature more than fifty employers recruiting for full-time, part-time, summer, and internship positions. The fair begins at 1 p.m. The Chemistry Department Colloquium
on
Microbial Transformations of Radionuclides and Environmental Restoration through Bioremediation begins at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday: The BC Opera Theater presents the world premiere of Glory Denied in Whitman Hall at 8 p.m. The Opera Theater will perform again on Sunday, May 6, at 2 p.m.
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