Tags archives: Prospect Park
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This Saturday Grammy award-winning Latina musician Carla Morrison played a free show at the Prospect Park Bandshell. She followed Hurray for the Riff Raff and Buscabulla as part of the Bud Light Music series, which was presented in association with the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC). The Conference puts on an annual showcase, this year’s iteration meant to showcase both emerging and established artists. Morrison’s presence definitely represented the latter.
Apart from winning the hearts of a vast and dedicated fanbase, the pop artist has also won two Latin Grammys. In 2012, she took home both the award for Best Alternative Song for "Déjenme Llorar" and the Best Alternative Music Album award for Déjenme Llorar. She was also nominated for the Song of the Year award for "Déjenme Llorar". The record has since gone on to be certified Gold in Morrison's native Mexico. This bout of success began the previous year with Morrison’s nomination for the "Best Alternative Music Album" for Mientras Tu Dormías at the 2011 Latin Grammys and has continued to the present.
Originally from Tecate in the Mexican state of Baja California, Morrison began expressing an interest in music early. She moved to Arizona in her late teens to study music at Mesa Community College. Soon thereafter, she dropped out to pursue a more self-taught and personal musical education. She studied with David Barrios[...]
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Within recent years, Brooklyn has become a place that many artists have flocked to. One such artist is Dianna Carlin, who has been active within the Brooklyn arts scene since 2000. Carlin who is better known as Lola Star, has become a local celebrity through her popular Lola Star's Dreamland Roller Disco. Dreamland Roller Disco first opened in 2010 and combined Carlin's love of rollerskating and the glamor of Coney Island for a wide audience to enjoy. However, the skating rink sadly closed in 2010.
After four years of searching for new location, Dreamland recently reopened in Prospect Park's Lakeside Rink. Each Friday Lola Star will host themed skating parties in the new location. This week's party will be based on the 1980 film "Xanadu” staring Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly and Michael Beck. With more dance parties on the horizon, Carlin is “excited” to have Dreamland up and running again. The skate parties are scheduled to go through the end of August but Carlin hopes to offer more parties in fall and winter months.
I recently spoke with Carlin about how she got the name Lola Star, how she has adapted to the changing face of Brooklyn and what role community activism has played within her work. Carlin got the nickname because, “I use to skate around my parent's basement listening to Barry Manilow's 'Copacabana' on repeat and dreamed of being a rollerskating star. My parents would yell downstairs 'What are you doing down there Lola?'” This was in reference to the [...]
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