Those of you who, like me, are fans of Peter Schickele (photo), who have delighted in his compositions (as P.D.Q. Bach) Concerto for Horn and Hardart, Iphegenia in Brooklyn, and Oedipus Tex, will be delighted to know that his Piano Trio will be part of the program for a “Masterworks” concert at Bargemusic on Saturday […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
This weekend is your last chance to see the Heights Players’ production of Ray Cooney’s play Run For Your Wife, a comedy about a London cabbie whose perfect double life is on the verge of being undone by his good deed. Showtimes are 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Sunday at 26 Willow […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Bargemusic wants to get you into the Valentine spirit this Saturday evening, February 9, with a “Shakespeare in Love” concert, starting at 8:00 p.m. The program will feature “songs from the plays along with Renaissance, 19th, 20th and 21st century settings of Shakespeare’s lyrics and sonnets.” Music will be by vocal sextet The Western Wind. […]
Two Members of the Central Park Five Visit Packer Collegiate
On Wednesday at the Packer Collegiate Institute, students and faculty listened raptly as two members of the Central Park Five shared their stories of being arrested, convicted, and jailed for the infamous 1989 Central Park jogger assault—a crime they didn’t commit. Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam spoke to members of the Packer community for two […]
Heights Resident Matthew O’Neill Nominated For ‘Doc Short’ Oscar
Brooklyn Heights continues to be a hotbed for stirring artistic creativity. Just ask Matthew O’Neill and his wife Ksenia O’Neill, who moved to the neighborhood last summer. The (already much-lauded) mister has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short category for “Redemption,” which explores a phenomenon that’s certainly familiar to locals: “jobless […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
On Friday, Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange) will begin showing Stand Up Guys, starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin as a group of aging mobsters who get together for one last job. Throwaway factoid: Arkin was once a member, along with Erik Darling and Bob Carey, of the 1950s […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
This will be another musical weekend, with Mozart’s birthday coming on Sunday, January 27. You can celebrate that afternoon by attending the Grace & Spiritus Chorale concert at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, featuring Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” along with two more contemporary masses. There will also be performances Friday and Saturday evenings at […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Much music, as well as live theater, cinema, architecture, and history, is on offer this weekend. Bargemusic, at Fulton Ferry Pier, foot of Old Fulton Street, has a full program of concerts, starting Friday evening at 8:00 with one in the Here and Now series, presenting works by contemporary composers performed by the Dorian Wind […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
This is a pretty quiet weekend for events locally, following the busy holiday season. Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange) is showing Promised Land, a Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) film, starring Matt Damon, about the fracking controversy that’s a hot topic in Albany right now. Also at the Cinema […]
Transit Museum To Host Trivia Night
The New York Transit Museum, located in a no longer active subway station with its entrance at Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, will host its first Trivia Night on Thursday, January 17 from 7:00 to 9:00. It will be a pub style event with refreshments provided by Brooklyn Brewery. Emcees Stuart Post and Chris Kelley […]
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