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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions

By Claude Scales on May 4, 2012 12:47 am in Arts and Entertainment, Events, History, Legal, movies, Nature, Theater

The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will present a screening of Nancy Buirski’s film, The Loving Story, a love story about a couple whose wedding set the stage for the Supreme Court’s decision, in Loving v. Virginia, that struck down statutes prohibiting interracial marriage.

The show begins at 3 p.m. Saturday, and there will be a discussion with Buirski afterward. The event is free with museum admission, which is free for BHS members; for non-members it is $6 for adults, and $4 for seniors over 62, teachers, and students 12 and over (college students must have ID; children under 12 are free). Continue Reading →

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Brooklyn Bridge Park Summer Film Series Announced

By Chuck Taylor on April 30, 2012 10:47 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, movies

Brooklyn Bridge Park has announced its 13th-annual “Movies With A View” SyFy summer series of free films, running from the beginning of July, every Thursday through the end of August, on Pier 1.

Ditch Plains and Calexio will offer food at the series, although visitors are allowed to bring their own snacks and beverages (sneer: no open alcohol allowed), while no chairs with metal frames are permitted on the lawn. Here’s the schedule: Continue Reading →

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Brooklyn Heights Cinema Showcases ‘Rumur Films’ Thursdays In May

By Chuck Taylor on April 26, 2012 10:13 pm in Fun, movies

The Brooklyn Heights Cinema will showcase the “Rumur Films Retrospective” each Thursday evening in May, featuring five flicks by Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley, the pair behind Brooklyn-based production studio Rumur.

Galinsky & Hawley have been making innovative social documentaries for two decades, including 2011’s “Battle for Brooklyn” (showing at BHC May 31), a 93-minute doc that, according to New York magazine, shows “how Atlantic Yards used the pretense of democracy to enrich the powerful, but also energized actual citizens to fight the good fight.” Continue Reading →

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Reminder: Downtown’s Dekalb Market Is Mad Fun

By Chuck Taylor on April 18, 2012 9:33 am in Downtown Brooklyn, Events, Food, Fun, Gardening, movies, Music

If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out the wonderfully novel Dekalb Market yet, the weekend is coming! This new community destination in Downtown Brooklyn—which was voted Best New York Architecture in 2011 by the New York Observer—is uniquely housed in a collection of salvaged shipping containers, and includes an incubator farm, weekend events, performances and a collection of 60+ eateries and work-sell spaces.

Coming up Saturday April 21 is Spring Cleaning Day, with such specialties as shaves, nails and Eco Living workshops. Sunday April 22 offers an Earth Day Seed & Garden Market and Urban Chicken Workshops. The Dekalb Market, which is open seven days a week through the summer, is located at 138 Willoughby Street and Flatbush Ave in 11201. Much more info is here. Continue Reading →

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Nelson George on Brooklyn’s African American Bohemia at BHS Thursday Evening

By Claude Scales on March 13, 2012 4:26 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn History, Events, Literature, movies

Nelson George, author, most recently of The Plot Against Hip Hop (published by Brooklyn based Akashic Books), and film director will be at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) this Thursday evening, March 15, starting at 7:00 p.m., for a screening of his new documentary Brooklyn Boheme. Continue Reading →

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One-Eye Jimmy Re-Release Party at Montero’s Monday

By Claude Scales on March 1, 2012 11:21 pm in Arts and Entertainment, movies

Former Heights resident and still loyal BHB reader and commenter Nabeguy alerts us to the pending release of DVD and BluRay recordings of The Search for One-Eye Jimmy, a Brooklyn-made cult classic movie. The release will be celebrated at an invitation-only (but tell them Nabeguy sent you) event at Montero’s, 73 Atlantic Avenue (just west of Hicks Street) this coming Monday evening from 8:00 to 10:00. More text and a video after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Heights Cinema to Have Space in New Building, But Must Seek Temporary Home

By Claude Scales on February 21, 2012 12:17 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Landmark Preservation, movies, News

The Heights Cinema will have a home in the new building to be constructed on its site:

The Brooklyn Paper: Landlord Tom Caruana says he will save space for the beloved movie house on Henry Street when he tears down the old-timey theater and constructs a new apartment building at the site — succumbing to community pressure to keep the neighborhood icon around.

“The theater has been saved!” said proprietor Kenn Lowy, a local musician who bought the tumbledown picture palace last summer. “Now we can move forward.” Continue Reading →

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The Brooklyn Bugle’s <em>Knishes</em> Preview at Brooklyn Heights Cinema a Success

The Brooklyn Bugle’s Knishes Preview at Brooklyn Heights Cinema a Success

By Claude Scales on February 10, 2012 1:45 am in Arts and Entertainment, Celebrity Residents, Events, movies

Accordion music, knishes, and egg creams, along with our Heather Quinlan, greeted upwards of 100 guests at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema this evening to see a preview of Heather’s work-in-progress film If These Knishes Could Talk. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was on hand to give a short talk on the Brooklyn accent, which he, naturally, considers the true American speech (never mind those people who say the real McCoy is found in Buffalo). He also described how one of the best kosher delis in Brooklyn has passed from Jewish to Italian to Egyptian Muslim hands, while remaining kosher. Marty was treated to a birthday knish with candles. Continue Reading →

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TONIGHT! Preview of Heather Quinlan’s If These Knishes Could Talk

By Chuck Taylor on February 9, 2012 5:36 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Events, Food, Fun, movies

Don’t forget: Tonight, February 9, The Brooklyn Bugle/Brooklyn Heights Blog is presenting a special preview of BHB contributor/filmmaker Heather Quinlan’s If These Knishes Could Talk, “The Story of the New York Accent,” at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema from 6:45 to 8:00 p.m. Knishes and egg creams will be served. (buy tickets here).

Quinlan will host a Q&A before the screening of this special 25-minute version of her work-in-progress. All ticket sale proceeds will go to the completion of the full-length film.

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Reminder: Knishes Film Preview at Brooklyn Heights Cinema February 9

By Claude Scales on January 27, 2012 12:28 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Food, Fun, movies

As we previously announced, Brooklyn Heights Cinema will present a preview of our Heather Quinlan’s work-in-progress, If These Knishes Could Talk, on Thursday evening, February 9 from 6:45 to 8:00. Knishes and egg creams will be served. Proceeds will help to fund completion of the film. You can buy tickets here. We hope to see you there.

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Will Someone Buy the Heights Cinema Building to Preserve It?

By Claude Scales on January 23, 2012 11:38 pm in Architecture, Development, Landmark Preservation, movies

Kate Briquelet’s Brooklyn Paper story quotes Brooklyn Heights Cinema owner Kenn Lowy as saying he has “received e-mails from people interested in buying the building.”

The Brooklyn Paper: “There are a lot of people who want to keep it around,” said Lowy, who hopes to find a new home for the theater if the building can’t be saved. “It makes it easier to move forward knowing we have all this support.” Continue Reading →

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Spike Lee’s “Red Hook Summer” Sinks At Sundance

By Chuck Taylor on January 23, 2012 10:32 am in movies, Red Hook

Spike Lee’s new Brooklyn-based film “Red Hook Summer,” which had its first public screening at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, Sunday, January 22, garnered pretty chilly reviews, at best. The coming-of-age flick about a boy from Atlanta who lands in Brooklyn to spend the summer with his unknown grandfather, was produced by Fort Greene, Brooklyn-based 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks. Lee shot it for $1 million in 19 days. Continue Reading →

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Update on Cinema: Plans for Site Uncertain; BHA Weighs In

By Claude Scales on January 20, 2012 12:21 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Development, movies, News

Brooklyn Heights Cinema owner Kenn Lowy tells us he has heard that landlord Tom Caruana and his architect, who have withdrawn their appication for a hearing at the upcoming Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting, are evaluating options for the site. Mr. Lowy also said that the Brooklyn Heights Association has taken a strong stand against demolition of the building that houses the Cinema.

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Brooklyn Heights Cinema and Knish Fundraiser on News 12

By Heather Quinlan on January 16, 2012 11:27 am in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Events, movies, News, Video

News 12 did a feature from the Brooklyn Heights Cinema, where they interviewed me about “If These Knishes Could Talk”, and a few lucky matinee customers about the New York accent. They also put in a plug for the upcoming Knish/New York accent film fundraiser. (Glad my mascara held, it was quite a windy day.) Hope you like the segment and hope to see you all there February 9th! With news of the possible closing of the Brooklyn Heights Cinema, it’ll be good to rally the troops and show the theater some love. Video after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn Heights Cinema Endangered?

By Claude Scales on January 12, 2012 12:09 am in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Development, Landmark Preservation, movies, News

According to Kate Briquelet’s story, the beloved Brooklyn Heights Cinema, recently rescued and revitalized by BHB Ten honoree Kenn Lowy, may be demolished to make way for (what else?) a five story residential building.

Brooklyn Paper: Next Wednesday, building owner Tom Caruana will present plans for a new structure at 70 Henry St. at Community Board 2’s Landmarks Committee — an early step in gaining city permission to demolish an edifice in the landmarked neighborhood, according to District Manager Rob Perris. Continue Reading →

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