This weekend, from 11:30 PM Friday, July 19 to 5:00 AM Monday, July 22 there will be no 3 train service, though 2 trains should be running normally. To get to or from 3 train stops between Franklin Avenue and New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn, take the 4 train, which will make these stops. This […]
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Heights resident since 1983. Lawyer, with strong interests in history, philosophy, literature, music, architecture, astronomy, paleontology, ships and the sea, railroads, baseball, food and wine. Married, with one child.Author Archive | Claude Scales
Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic’s weekend begins on Friday evening, July 19 at 7:00, when violinist Daniel Kurganov and pianist Constantine Finehouse present “Homage to a Golden Age,” a concert featuring works by Bloch, Chausson, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Franck, “and encore works composed/arranged by Kreisler, Heifetz, et al.” On Saturday evening, July 20 at 6:00, and again at 8:00, members […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend, from Friday, July 12 at 11:00 p.m. to Monday, July 15 at 5:00 a.m., there will be no Manhattan bound service at Court Street, or from the N/R platforms at Jay Street-MetroTech, as Manhattan bound N and R trains will be diverted to the Q line, over the Manhattan Bridge, between DeKalb Avenue […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic’s weekend begins Friday evening, July 12 at 7:00, when pianist Jeffrey Biegel plays works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Granados, and Chopin. On Saturday evening, July 13 at 6:00 the Ulysses Quartet (photo) will perform works by Haydn and Bartok. They will return on Sunday afternoon, July 14 at 4:00 to play works by Schubert, […]
Movies With A View Returns This Week
Hard though it may seem to believe, this summer marks the twentieth season of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s free “Movies With A View,” which are shown on Thursday evenings in July and August at the Harbor View Lawn on Pier 1. This year’s lineup includes favorites from previous seasons; among these is local hero […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
It’s another “green light” at local stations this post-Fourth weekend; indeed, there will be extra service to Manhattan at Court Street and Jay Street-MetroTech, as Manhattan bound N and Q trains will be running on the R line from 11:00 p.m. Friday, July 5 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, July 8. The following work week, each […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
In recognition of Independence Day, on Friday evening, July 5 at 7:00 Bargemusic will present a concert of all American music by the composers Gottschalk, Rzewski, Wheeler, Copland, Bolcom, Bond, and Bernstein/Smit, all on piano by Olga Vinokur (photo). On Saturday evening, July 6 at 6:00 Ms. Vinokur returns with Scriabin Inspired by Chopin (with […]
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