If you’ve been wondering why you haven’t seen Paul Giamatti around Brooklyn Heights recently it may be because he’s pretty darn busy! (more…)
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BBC Covers Heather’s Knishes
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Brooklyn Heights resident/BHB contributor Heather Quinlan gets some more press attention this week for her NY accent movie If These Knishes Could Talk, this time from the BBC:
BBC: For the last year-and-a-half, Quinlan, a native New Yorker and film-maker, has followed the same routine for her first documentary, If These Knishes Could Talk.
The film, part comedic banter and part serious discussion, will not only bring a taste of the NY accent to audiences, but also examine how it’s changed as the city has changed.
“I have one grandfather who was a speech teacher and another grandfather who was a truck driver, and both are New Yorkers. And I feel like this film kind of bridges the gap between those two worlds a little bit,” Quinlan explains.
Happy 5th Birthday, Self-Absorbed Boomer
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BHB contributor Claude Scales is celebrating 5 years of his own blog Self Absorbed Boomer today. Claude’s been an essential cog in the BHB machinery and if you haven’t read his personal take on things Brooklyn and beyond now is a good time to check out SAB.
Video Premiere (Sorta): MGMT’s “Congratulations”
Brooklyn Heights resident/ rock star Andrew Vanwyngarden’s MGMT dropped (as we believe is the vernacular) their latest video this week. It’s weird. Really weird. It’s like Dune on shrooms while watching Fraggle Rock after robotripping.
Watch it and read what Spin has to say after the jump. (more…)
Cast Your Vote: Movies in the Park on September 2!
Ever wish you could select the movies played at Brooklyn Bridge Park? Here’s your chance! The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy announced that the polls are open for the final evening of this season’s Syfy presents Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies with a View. On September 2nd, the pick will be determined by public vote.
Here are your options:
Dreamgirls
Some like It Hot
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
The Iron Giant
Click here to make your choice, but make it fast, the polls close September 1st! For more information on each film, including movie posters and film trailers, visit http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/go/events/movies-with-a-view.
Brooklyn Heights People: Caitlin Pasko
Caitlin Pasko, a Brooklyn Heights newbie and BHB reader, also wears the hat of songstress. As Lacrymosa, she’ll perform at The Living Room on September 5, 19, and 26 at 8pm in the first residency of her career. (more…)
Video Premiere (Sorta): John Legend, The Roots, Common & Melanie Fiona “Wake Up”, Shot in Brooklyn Heights
The John Legend video for “Wake Up” featuring the Roots, Common and Melanie Fiona, shot in Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights has hit the interwebs. The cover of the classic Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes song features a rap by Common, seen here in a funky 70s flashback motif shot on Cranberry Street.
Oy Vey! Dinner for Sch***ks in Brooklyn Heights
Apart from the just weird fact that mainstream motion picture Dinner for Schmucks is playing at the mostly indie/artsy Brooklyn Heights Cinema, I was more intrigued by a conversation I recently overheard in front of the theater. Two members of the “Greatest Generation” pondered:
Man: You know schmucks is dirty word.
Woman: Yes.
Man: I can’t believe they’d name a movie that…schmucks.
Well let’s pray that they haven’t heard Cee-Lo’s latest smash hit (NSFW).
H.P. Lovecraft, Master of Horror, Lived in Brooklyn Heights
Just as Ten Montague Terrace had its window to hell in Michael Winner’s 1977 The Sentinel, so an apartment at 169 Clinton Street seemed to writer H.P. Lovecraft, the 120th anniversary of whose birth was yesterday, during his residence there in 1925-26. Born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft came to New York to pursue his writing career. He lived in Flatbush during a brief, unhappy marriage, then moved to the Heights. Dan Lockwood writes in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle: (more…)
Dr. Love Makes Housecall on Willow Street or I Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll All Night (in My Minivan)
Today, the most awesomest thing happened in Brooklyn Heights — this minivan with all FOUR members of KISS on it was parked on Willow Street. We’re talking original KISS here folks – Peter, Ace, Gene and Paul.
I’m sure my old pal/Brooklyn Heights native Binky Phillips would have a story to tell about that van… or at least the band. Oh wait… he does: (more…)
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