Delights of the 2024 Brooklyn Music Festival

The 2024 Brooklyn Folk Festival drew large crowds to St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Friday evening through Sunday evening. It also created its share of excitement, as shown by the audience members up and dancing in the photo above, to the sound of Shiva Lakhan (at center on stage) and friends doing classical Indian songs and Chutney, an amalgam of […]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }

Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

Read full story · Comments { 6 }

Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

This weekend, late evening Friday, November 8 to early morning Monday, November 11, there will be no service at the 4/5 platforms at Borough Hall, as 4 service to and from Brooklyn will be suspended and 5 trains do not serve Brooklyn on weekends. 2 and 3 trains should be running normally and, for those traveling […]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }

Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

Read full story · Comments { 35 }

Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Holiday Open House Thursday

This Thursday, November 7, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM, the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, 137 Montague Street (between Clinton and Henry) will have its Holiday Open House. [C]elebrate the holidays with us and be one of the first to shop our wide selection of one-of-a kind ornaments, holiday decor and handmade gifts. Enjoy bubbles and bites as you […]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }

Brooklyn Folk Festival at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church This Coming Weekend

The Brooklyn Folk Festival returns to St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets, this coming Friday evening, November 8, with performances continuing through Saturday and Sunday. There’s a complete schedule here. Among the performers will be long time Folk Festival favorites Nora Brown (photo above by C. Scales for BHB), The Down Hill Strugglers, Feral Foster, and Jerron Paxton.  Among […]

Read full story · Comments { 1 }

Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

Barring unforeseen circumstances this weekend – late Friday night, November 1 to early Monday morning, November 4 – will be a “green light” weekend, as there are no planned cancellations, re-routings, or station skips affecting service at any local stations apart from 2  and  3 trains running on a reduced schedule because of track work […]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }

Joralemon Partially Closed for Trick-or-Treating Tomorrow

According to the NYC Department of Transportation website a large number of Brooklyn streets will be entirely or partially closed tomorrow (Thursday, October 31) for some period of time in order to facilitate Halloween trick-or-treating. The only street in Brooklyn Heights affected is Joralemon, from Hicks down to Furman. It will be closed to vehicular traffic from […]

Read full story · Comments { 4 }

Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away! Photo by Martha Foley

Read full story · Comments { 37 }

A Screening to “Undivide Us” in our Community — Inter-Faith Gathering to Battle Toxic Polarization

America is at a crossroads. Regardless of who wins the upcoming election, our house is still divided. How can we, the regular people, respond? Over 150 citizens gathered at Plymouth Church on Sunday, October 27 for a screening of “Undivide Us,” a documentary about combatting toxic polarization. The ecumenical event was also sponsored by inter-faith […]

Read full story · Comments { 0 }