Known as the fourth largest city in America in its' own right, Brooklyn is a market that, until recently, was underserved by the entertainment industry. Recent economic development initiatives have sparked new projects that include the future home of the Nets NBA basketball franchise, the rebirth of Coney Island and the transformation of the Brooklyn waterfront into the world class Brooklyn Bridge Park.

These new developments, added to the Coney Island baseball home of the New York Mets minor league affiliate, The Brooklyn Cyclones, and Steiner Studios, have provided new opportunities and created a growing need for quality representation.

..."Notes from Brooklyn", the 2nd annual benefit concert for The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service (http://www.bbcs.org) is being held on Thursday, February 11, 2010 and featuring Dana Fuchs and The Dana Fuchs Band, The Revelations featuring Tre Williams and a spectacular dance performance by Purelements, while Brooklyn born comedienne Carole Montgomery will MC the evening, which kicks off with a VIP pre-party.

...Jalopy Theater (http://www.jalopy.biz), located on Columbia Street in Red Hook is home to one of the best kept secrets in the music and arts scene. Jalopy boasts an unrivaled collection of guitars, dobros and other stringed instruments and a great music school.

...the newest fun rage is in Williamsburg, and it’s the Brooklyn Bowl (http://www.brooklynbowl.com), where you can go bowling, hear great live music, dance under the amazing disco ball, have ice cream sundaes, drink awesome brews and listen to great DJs spin sounds on a state of the art sound system.

…The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (http://www.cbjcjazz.org) just announced Brooklyn's longest running continuous festival dedicated to jazz, the 11th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival - "Expressions of Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow". This celebration of an American original art form will take place during Jazz Appreciation Month, April 1 - 30, 2010 at multiple venues throughout the borough. The Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival 2010 will feature a lineup of international, local musicians; jazz forums; youth performances and a Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame & Museums (TM) induction ceremony. Confirmed venues include: Brooklyn Tech Auditorium, Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club, BAMcafe Live, Afroarts Designs, Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture - Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch, Jazz966, Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College, Sistas' Place, Two Steps Down Restaurant, Brooklyn Borough Hall and Brooklyn Historical Society. CBJC welcomes the International African Arts Festival family as our annual gala concert production partner to be held on Saturday, April 10th.

...Ice skating continues at Prospect Park’s Wollman Rink. Session times and other information can be found at the Prospect Park website (http://www.prospectpark.org). Find out what's going on in Prospect Park on the Calendar of Events for tours, concerts, exhibits, programs, and much, much more.

…Taxi Confidential (http://www.taxiconfidentialbook.com), written by Brooklyn’s Amy Braunschweiger, is available at a number of Brooklyn bookstores. Be sure to check out the blog, as cabbies always have incredible music stories.

…Celebrate Brooklyn!! has become one of the top concert series and although the winter has yet to begin, it’s never too soon to remember that the kick off for next summer's series will be in June; this past summer’s lineup included Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal and Jackson Browne... sign up for email updates at http://www.briconline.org.