Tomorrow (Thursday, May 17) starting at 7;00 p.m. there will be a Brazilian dance party at Pier 1 (enter at foot of Old Fulton Street), Brooklyn Bridge Park, featuring Nation Beat (see video after the jump), Maracatu New York, and DJ Greg Caz. Admission to the party is free; food and drinks will be available from vendors. More details are here.
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Karl Grooves on Booker T. Jones
Our Mr. J. and his cam were on hand at Pier 1 yesterday evening for the opening event in the Dance Party series co-sponsored by BRIC Arts Media and Brooklyn Bridge Park. As you can see, Karl got right into the funk groove. Don’t forget, next Thursday it’s Brazilian. Video after the jump. Continue Reading →
BBP Dance Parties Start This Thursday With Booker T. Jones
BRIC Arts Media Bklyn, in partnership with Brooklyn Bridge Park, is presenting a series of free dance parties at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park the next three Thursday evenings starting at 7:00. The opening event, this Thursday, May 10, features legendary funk keyboardist Booker T. Jones, whose group, Booker T. and the M.G.’s, provided the backbone for Stax Records’ classic Memphis soul sound. Also on the bill is DJ Rich Medina. Continue Reading →
Gabriel Kahane’s ‘February House’ Personifies 7 Middagh Street’s 1940s’ ‘Bohemian Commune’
Burgeoning eclectic classical composer & performer Gabriel Kahane is featured in a lengthy profile in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine, titled “Gabriel Kahane Is a One-Man Cultural Cuisinart.” The 30-year-old resident of Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, composed music & lyrics for “February House” (see previous BHB post here), based on the true story of the Brooklyn Heights mansion at 7 Middagh Street, where W.H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Carson McCullers and Gypsy Rose Lee, among others, lived in the 1940s. The musical opens May 22 at New York’s Public Theater at 425 Lafayette Street. Continue Reading →
Reminder: Downtown’s Dekalb Market Is Mad Fun
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 →
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
The forecast for this weekend is for temperatures reaching the 70s and little, if any, chance of showers, so it should be a very good time to see spring blossoms and foliage in Brooklyn Bridge Park (photo), in gardens well tended by Jonathan Landsman and crew beside the Promenade, or in window boxes and gardens along the streets of Brooklyn Heights.
On Sunday, April 15 (you get an extra day two days–thank you, Karl, and the District of Columbia’s Emancipation Day holiday–to file tax returns this year) the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra will present a concert at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets (enter from Clinton) starting at 3:00 p.m. The program includes Mussorgsky’s “Songs and Dances of Death”, featuring bass-baritone Mark Peters; Greenhoe’s “Sojourn”; and Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony Number Two in e-minor”. Admission is free, but with a suggested donation of $15.
Image Of The Day: Saxy Serenade
He may have been playing “A Sunday Kind Of Love,” but tenor sax aficionado “Anthony” serenaded passersby this Thursday afternoon in front of St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church on Montague Street near Clinton Street. One sweet-sounding song. (Photo: Chuck Taylor) 
Wednesday, April 4: Mil’s Trills Invites Parents & Their Toddlers
On Wednesday, April 4, Mil’s Trills—an interactive series of live performances for grown-ups with babies & toddlers ages 0-4—will host Ray Belli on the Tabla (a traditional Indian drum) at Vineapple, 71 Pineapple Street (between Henry and Hicks streets). Time is 10 a.m., with $15 admission for adults. Your hosts invite attendees to participate by bringing shakers, blankets and instruments of choice.
Led by Amelia Robinson—who plays original, quirky and whimsical songs on her electric ukulele and hosts a rotating cast of musical guests— Mil’s Trills’ shows highlight a new, often rare, instrument and a hand-selected book brought to life through an improvised soundtrack. Continue Reading →
Last Minute Weekend Reminders
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Spring Fling will be held tomorrow (Saturday, March 31) from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the vicinity of Jane’s Carousel. Admission is free; there will be lots of activities for kids and parents, live band performances, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Bunny.
On Sunday, April 1, starting at 2:00 p.m., Colm Tóibín and Mick Moloney will discuss Irish fiction and fact at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton). Admission is free for BHS members, $6 for adults; $4 for seniors over 62, students over 12 (college students must show ID) and teachers; and free for children under 12.
Brooklyn Bridge Park: Spring Fling & 5K Race 3/31
Brooklyn Bridge Park has two events coming up on Saturday, March 31: Its family-oriented Spring Fling and the annual Eileen C. Dugan Memorial 5K race.
First up: Spring Fling takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Empire Fulton Ferry section of the park. Admission is free, and includes egg decorating, music, dancing, yoga, face painting, storytelling and an egg roll. The Wiyos will perform at 10:30 a.m., and Audrarox at noon. Continue Reading →
Rag on the Organ? Scott Joplin Concert at St. Ann’s Tomorrow
Scott Joplin was known as the “King of Ragtime.” His music is typically played on piano, but tomorrow (Saturday, March 10) afternoon, starting at 2:00, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present a “Lecture-Demonstration by Gregory Eaton” at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague Streets (enter on Clinton) in which Mr. Eaton will play works by Joplin on the church’s landmark 1925 Skinner organ. Admission is $10, but free for AGO members.
New York Mag Björk Feature Offers Glimpse Inside Her Heights Home
New York magazine offers an exhaustive (if not exhaustingly long) feature on Björk’s new album “Biophilia,” including some revealing details about the Icelandic singer’s Henry Street home in Brooklyn Heights.
The Feb. 26 piece by Nitsuh Abebe shares that “Björk lives in a bright, orderly penthouse in Brooklyn Heights, at least during the third of the year when she’s not in Reykjavík or on tour. I manage to meet Björk in the most unmagical way possible: while exiting a typically narrow Brooklyn-apartment bathroom that she’s paused in front of.” Continue Reading →
That’s Our Girl: Neighbor Björk Performs In Queens To Support “Biophilia”
Brooklyn Heights resident Björk has launched a combination concert & performance art event in support of her new album “Biophilia,” at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. If you missed her opening set Friday, she will encore Monday 2/6, Thursday 2/9, Sunday 2/12 and Wednesday 2/15. Continue Reading →
Heights Neighbor Björk Releases “App Album” “Biophilia”
Warbling Icelandic recording artist and Brooklyn Heights neighbor Björk, who bought a pad on Henry Street with filmmaker hubby Matthew Barney in 2009, has released new album “Brooklynphilia.” No, wait, that’s not right: It’s “Biophilia.” She appeared on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” January 31 to rap about the project and perform tracks.
According to USA Today, the recording is—historically—the “first app album,” in collaboration with Apple. Continue Reading →
How a Brooklyn Heights Kid Discovered The Who #Backintheday
Homer’s pal/Brooklyn Heights native/The Who’s #1 fan Binky Phillips writes in his HuffPo column today about how he discovered his favorite band while growing up in here in the 60s: Continue Reading →
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Brooklyn Bugle
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- Brooklyn Daily Eagle Tries to Create Controversy Where There Is None
- Open Thread: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
- Stabbing At Brooklyn Heights Library
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- June 14: Annual Montague Street District Mgmt Assn Meeting
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NYC Bike Share Program Includes Multiple Locations Across Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Downtown
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Open Thread: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle Tries to Create Controversy Where There Is None
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Stabbing At Brooklyn Heights Library
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SOLD! Historic Bossert: Plan In Place To Convert Back To Hotel
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Let’s Make It Happen: Rename Squibb Park to Adam Yauch Park
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Century 21 Department Store Commits To Fulton Mall: Opening In 2015
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Quote Of The Day: 1966 Heights Was ‘Brought Back From Slum Death By Influx’ Of Gays
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Karl Goes Foraging with Tony of Noodle Pudding
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30 Henry Street Reaps $500K Above Asking Price
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Reminder: Brazilian Dance Party Tomorrow on Pier 1
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84th Precinct Community Council Meets Tuesday Evening
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Let’s Make It Happen: Rename Squibb Park to Adam Yauch Park
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Squadron (Figuratively) Pours One Out for Beastie Boy, Brooklyn Heights Native Adam Yauch in NYS Senate
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Temporary ‘Photoville’ Village Coming To BBP Pier 3 This Summer
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle Tries to Create Controversy Where There Is None
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Open Thread: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Stabbing At Brooklyn Heights Library
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30 Henry Street Reaps $500K Above Asking Price
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June 14: Annual Montague Street District Mgmt Assn Meeting
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