“Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.” – Victor Hugo
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Kelley
Playwright Daniel John Kelley is not a native of Southern Brooklyn. Instead, he spent most of his life in Cobble Hill. Yet, when it came to writing his next play, Wall, Ball, Summer and Fall (A Coney Island Adventure), it was Coney Island he drew the story from. Specifically, the fast-paced, local pasttime of handball. He set his play on the famous Seaside handball courts off of the boardwalk and let the diverse athletes that are drawn to a sport played with nothing but a wall and a rubber blue ball be his inspiration.
Daniel John Kelley will host a reading of his play on May 19 at 7 p.m. at Hunter College’s Frederick Loewe Theater, at 68th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. He hopes to have a reading somewhere closer to the setting of his play as well, but has yet to find the right venue.
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From the photographer:
[S]hot with a digital point and shoot from my balcony looking west on the bay during a clear, and especially colorful, summer sunset.
I really enjoyed this image. Very evocative.
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I cannot take credit for this post’s punny headline.
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Shell Road. May 11, 2012.
Trains are inspected, repaired and washed in the 75-acre Coney Island Transit Complex.
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Community Board 15′s coach, Tony Scavo, husband of Chairperson Theresa Scavo, was already grumbling when I showed up an inning or two into the charity softball game, in which the Board faced off against the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association.
Donning a black CB15 baseball cap, Scavo turned and spat, “This isn’t a baseball game. What is this? They got all the ringers!”
I waited for him to chuck the cap on the ground and start kicking it in the clay, but he never did.
And, indeed, Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association – which organized the event to raise funds for Bay Academy Junior High School – had a roster of stars that stole the game.
MBNA scored 20. Community Board 15? Just nine.
Of course, they all were winners, having helped raise between $1,200 and $1,500 for the neighborhood school. The group will present a check to a Bay Academy rep at their next meeting.
The game ain’t just about money, though, said MBNA spokersperson Edmond Dweck.
“It serves many purposes; bringing together the community, friends and family. It gives everyone a good chance to enjoy the day. And more people seem to be attending,” he said. “It’s good to see that we’re akcnowledging good contributions back to the community, and, of course, the ultimate goal of providig more benefits for the children in our neighborhood schools.”
