Update: Open Streets Montague has been cancelled today because of rain. The poetry lessons will be indoors at 144 Montague, and Mad for Chicken is still offering the kids eat free deal. We’ll advise you if any of the activities scheduled for today will will take place next Saturday. The pop-up blooms (photo by C. […]
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Heights Author Melanie Hope Greenberg Reads Her “Mermaids On Parade” at B&N on Atlantic Saturday
Another tip from Mary Frost in the Eagle. Author, illustrator, and Brooklyn Heights resident Melanie Hope Greenberg will be at Barnes & Noble, 194 Atlantic Avenue, this Saturday, June 10 at 11:00 am to read her children’s classic, Mermaids on Parade, which is about the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, which will take place the following […]
Magic Mike at Books Are Magic! Channing Tatum Delights PS8 Kindergartners (and Their Moms) With Surprise Book Reading on Montague Street
This afternoon, the kindergartners at PS 8 went on a field trip to Books Are Magic on Montague St. for a surprise book reading by Channing Tatum of his new children’s book The One and Only Sparkella and the Big Lie. The kids and Channing also worked on an art mural project led by Piera Bonerba of Le Meraviglie Art. […]
Montague Between Henry & Hicks Closed Tomorrow 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
We’ve received this message from the Montague BID: Montague St. between Henry & Hicks will be closed to all vehicle traffic and parking tomorrow, Tuesday, May 30 between 10am-3:00pm for a very special book launch at Books are Magic with PS8. Be a good neighbor. Please don’t park between Henry & Hicks. Thanks for your […]
BHA Spring Into Service May 7, 2023: Help Fill Food Pantries and Donate Gently Used Childrens’ Goods
The Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual Spring Into Service event is this Sunday starting at 10:00 a.m. There are three ways to participate this year. 1. Help Take Care of Our Trees – In partnership with City Councilmember Lincoln Restler’s office and the Big Reuse, BHA calls for volunteers to give our trees some needed TLC. Volunteers will […]
Update on Book Festival
All scheduled activities for today’s Brooklyn Book Festival — see here — will be held indoors, except for the Literary Marketplace, which has been cancelled because of forecast high winds. You can still support participants in the Literary Marketplace by purchasing on line. (Official BKBF Poster by Johnnie Christmas courtesy @bkbookfest at Instagram.)
Brooklyn Book Festival: Children’s Day on Sat., Oct. 1, Festival Day on Sun., Oct. 2
The Brooklyn Book Festival is a can’t miss, best of Brooklyn, why we live here, what’s not to like, fun for all, books are not dead, no they’re magic! annual event that has something for everyone. Here are just a few highlights from the many planned events. Jazzed and Poetic Sunday, Oct. 2, 10:00 a.m., […]
St. Ann’s School Dumps Hundreds of Books On Clinton Street
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure, or so the adage goes. It started with a late-afternoon post to Buy Nothing Brooklyn Heights/Dumbo/Vinegar Hill. St. Ann’s School had just dumped hundreds of books in the trash. “Curb Alert: Close to 40 Clinton by the parking garage at 3:50pm Tuesday…Hundreds of books. So many good ones.” The post fomented […]
BOOKS ARE MAGIC Coming to Montague St.!!!
Books Are Magic, the second coming, is opening on Montague St.! Owner Emma Straub announced via social media today that the wildly popular Cobble Hill book shop is opening a second location at 122 Montague St. (between Kiehl’s and Haagan-Dazs). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Books Are Magic (@booksaremagicbk) You might remember […]
“Hybrid” Brooklyn Book Festival Underway
The main events of this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival take place this coming weekend. This year’s Festival is “Hybrid,” with many events in person and many on-line. Children’s Day is Saturday, October 2; schedule and locations here. The main event, and Literary Marketplace (see photo) will be on Sunday, October 3; schedule and locations here. There are “Bookends” events taking […]
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