Final Fort Greene Park Film with Food from Tamboril

Tonight, Thursday the 30th, is the final summer film in Fort Greene Park, with Nuevo Latino food from Tamboril, the new Myrtle Avenue restaurant that opened last Saturday. Tamboril, located at 527 Myrtle between Grand and Steuben, will offer a sampling of their regular menu, including coconut tostones, bacalao cakes, empanaditas, and plantains.

Starting at dusk, the Fort Greene Park Conservancy in association with American Opera Project (AOP), will present an evening of "Baseball through the Eye of the Artist".

First AOP presents scenes from its opera-under-development "The Summer King" by Daniel Sonenberg. The protagonist of the opera is Josh Gibson, the renowned negro-league baseball slugger whose tragic story ended just before Jackie Robinson broke through the color barrier with The Brooklyn Dodgers. Using a contemporary musical language of jazzy melodies and jagged harmonies the opera portrays Gibson as a mythic character trapped by societal circumstances: a mega-athlete emotionally unable to weather the strong tides of change.

Then the films begins, with the Conservancy presenting "Bang The Drum Slowly," the acclaimed 1973 baseball film that marked the beginning of Robert DeNiro’s illustrious film career. Directed by John D. Hancock focuses on the intense brotherly relationship between a star pitcher and his less talented, terminally ill catcher.