Arts and Fun

The music director of Saint Anselm Roman Catholic Church in Bay Ridge is leaving “Amazing Grace” and other hymns behind, at least for one night, to perform Beethoven’s glorious Ninth Symphony. … Full Article

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Fox has pulled from websites a recent episode of "Family Guy" that depicts mass deaths at the Boston Marathon, and has no immediate plans to air it again. … Full Article

Nachos are the ultimate comfort food, the extreme guilty pleasure and the perfect dish for Cinco de Mayo parties. … Full Article

Award-winning writer Colum McCann (“Let the Great World Spin,” “Zoli”) will offer a preview of his forthcoming novel “Transatlantic” as the next author to speak for the Walt Whitman Writers Series on Wednesday, April 17 at 4:30pm in St. … Full Article

Brooklyn-based author Amy Brill wrote her first story, “The Lost Dog,” when she was in first grade. … Full Article

The Federation of Italian-American Organizations held its 36th annual fundraising gala at the El Caribe County Club on Sunday, April 7, and the dinner helped raise funds for the federation’s new Italian Cultural Center in Brooklyn. … Full Article

STAMFORD, Conn. — Jackie Robinson's daughter says she and her family are excited about a new movie about her father, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. … Full Article

Brooklyn-based writer Joshua Henkin has recently released “The World Withou … Full Article

During the dance performances this past Saturday night at Gowanus Arts, I realized that Andy Warhol based his "15 minutes of fame" notion on a viewer's attention span between TV commercial breaks in the 1960s. … Full Article