Borys Liakhu

За фахом — історик, випускник педагогічного університету. У журналістиці понад 20 років. Працював журналістом у друкованих виданнях, а також на радіо й телебаченні. Цікавлюся історією, літературою та суспільними процесами. Вільно володію українською та російською мовами. Займаюся спортом, люблю котів і собак)

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Brooklyn’s Starry Silence: From Basquiat to Bernstein

Brooklyn isn’t the kind of city that can do without its own “celebrity graveyard.” After all, we’re talking about a borough of New York, and New York has long functionedas a factory for producing stars,...

The Anatomy of Brooklyn’s New Concert Culture: The Aesthetics of Controlled Chaos

The world of entertainment never stands still. No sooner has the public grown accustomed to one format than the industry immediately starts coming up with another—one that’s louder, flashier, more expensive, or at least strange...

Architecture in Motion: Brooklyn’s Ballrooms

Humanity, as we know, has never been particularly restrained when it comes to dancing. At first, these were quite spontaneous, almost primal movements around a campfire in a cave—without mirrors, choreographers, and certainly without critics....

Brooklyn Philharmonic: A Symphony of a Grand Entertainment Machine

The Brooklyn Philharmonic is a rather prestigious, almost iconic institution in New York. It isn’t as “formal and ceremonial” as Manhattan’s musical institutions, but that was precisely what gave it its special charm. At a...

A Brooklyn sitcom that had all of New York in stitches

Brooklyn is, by its very nature, an almost perfect “movie neighborhood.” Just look at the famous, world-renowned Brooklyn Bridge—the star of hundreds of films and TV show opening sequences. Although in the early days of...

Brooklyn Mafia Lawyer

Bruce Cutler, a lawyer with a very difficult personality, who turned John Gotti, the boss of the New York mafia, into the Teflon Don. After five years, during which there were three trials against Gotti,...

Living the high life and drunken arguments with her boyfriend — why the community didn’t like the reality show

Brooklyn 11223 is an American reality television series that premiered on Oxygen in March 2012. The show follows the lives of a group of twelve Italian-American men and women in their mid-twenties who live in...

How the “Naked Brothers” conquered Brooklyn television

The Naked Brothers Band is an American musical comedy television show created by Polly Draper for the Nickelodeon cable channel, depicting the daily lives of Draper's sons, who front a fictional world-famous rock band. The...

From elite to popular—the distinctive features of Brooklyn cinemas

In the 19th century, Brooklyn did not yet have movie theaters in the modern sense of the word. The first movie theaters as such appeared only in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But...

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Brooklyn Arts and Innovation Festival

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Pat Cooper – The Brooklyn Stand-Up Comedian Who Built His Career on Roasting His Own Family

He built his repertoire by poking fun at his Italian-American heritage. Later, he openly insulted stars he worked with, including Frank Sinatra and Howard...

Joy Reid: a TV presenter who amplifies the voices of marginalized communities

Joy Reid is an MSNBC correspondent and author of many famous books. A well-known political analyst, NYT bestselling author and the renowned host of...

Mrs. Maisel in Brooklyn or Joy Behar’s Success Story

The importance of humor is often underestimated in our lives, but it should not. Using your sense of humor, you can easily overcome life's...
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