On my customary morning stroll around Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, I found actors rehearsing Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew for Random Access Theatre’s free performances of that classic comedy at the Granite Prospect on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings (July 18, 19, and 20) starting at 7:00. More information here. Also at Brooklyn Bridge Park this Sunday, the Pier Kids series, in conjunction with CityScience, presents The Great Brooklyn Bridge on the Pier 6 lawns from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. Also on Sunday Smorgasburg will be on the Pier 5 uplands (near the Joralemon Street entrance) from 11:00 a….
Jonathan Ames, Randy Cohen at Brooklyn Historical Society Wedesday
Jonathan Ames (photo, right), writer — Wake Up Sir!, The Extra Man (adapted as a movie with Kevin Kline and Katie Holmes), The Double Life is Twice as Good, and others — raconteur, creator of the HBO series Bored to Death, promoter of the World’s Most Phallic Building contest (in his opinion, the Williamsburgh Bank Building), and Brooklyn resident will be at the Brooklyn Historical Society this coming Wednesday evening, July 23, starting at 6:30 as a guest of Emmy winning writer Randy Cohen (photo, left), who will interview Ames as part of his podcast and radio show…