......Congratulations to Brooklyn's own Robert A. Levine, founder & CEO of RAL Companies & Affiliates, LLC (http://www.ralcompanies.com ) , who is the recipient of the 2008 Chairman's Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy......
... Brooklyn born comedian Chris Rush (http://www.chrisrushcomedy.com) has resurfaced with a new book ( "Milking the Rhino", available from Andrews McMeel Publishing, (http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com) and is getting ready for a one man theater run in Manhattan in the fall...
.........Carole Montgomery (http://www.carolemontgomery.com) another Brooklyn born laugh inducer, is getting ready for the New York Underground Comedy Festival (http://nycundergroundcomedyfestival.com) , set to get underway on October 2nd....
... Brooklyn's cutting edge music showplace, Southpaw (http://www.spsounds.com) owners, Mikey Palms and Matt Roff (plus a few other folks) have opened a new venue at 70 North 6th St. in Williamsburg. The venue, called Public Assembly, is open now with nightly events. Click here for more information...
... Columbia Street in Red Hook is home to one of the best kept secrets in the music and arts scene, a 75 seat theatre called Jalopy (http://www.jalopy.biz) and boasts an unrivaled collection of guitars, dobros and other stringed instruments and a great music school...
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