Arts and Fun

 A New York City artist has lassoed a small public park, creating a whimsical landscape of bright red, yellow and blue enclosures out of recycled lobster rope for visitors to explore. … Full Article

Many Coney Island residents and business owners are complaining about sand drifting and piling up on the boardwalk. … Full Article

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What began as a school project soon turned into The Bishop – a new gallery and project space in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, opened just last month by co-directors Jackie Cantwell and Molly Myer. … Full Article

Narrows Community Theater, Inc., a Bay Ridge-based theater company famous for presenting revivals of Broadway musicals, is venturing into the world of office politics with its next production. … Full Article

Music that sticks is hard to find these days. But New York-based trio, The Rotaries, have emerged as a band that creates ageless music that will stick around like superglue. … Full Article

Maestro Anton Coppola was honored by family, associates and friends at a Lifetime Achievement in Music celebration in an intimate soiree at the Columbus Citizens Foundation on 8 East 69th Street, Manhattan, on Wednesday, April 17.  President Frank Fusaro, with assistance by Louis Tallerini, … Full Article

It has been said that poetry is music written for the human voice. In “Market of Dreams” (Indio Sine), Brooklyn-based poet Ololade Siyonbola tells the story of an immigrant child who comes to the U.S. … Full Article

Richie Havens, the Brooklyn-born folk and rock singer-songwriter who was best known for his performance at Woodstock in 1969, where he sang “Freedom,” has died at 72.

His family said in a statement that Havens died Monday of a heart attack. … Full Article

Lucy – the bewitching narrator of Julie Sarkissian’s debut novel “Dear Lucy” – has an unusual if sometimes eerie voice. … Full Article