Repast Baroque will return this Saturday afternoon, starting at 3:00, to the McKinney Chapel of the First Unitarian Congregational Society, Brooklyn, 121 Pierrepont Street, to continue their 2024-25 season, which has the theme “Feast Days.” Saturday’s concert will celebrate the Feast of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. It will feature Repast’s regular members Sarah Abigael Stone on cello, Stephanie […]
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Repast Baroque Returns to Brooklyn Heights Saturday Celebrating St. Cecilia
Delights of the 2024 Brooklyn Music Festival
The 2024 Brooklyn Folk Festival, presented by the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, drew large crowds to St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Friday evening through Sunday evening. It also created its share of excitement, as shown by the audience members up and dancing in the photo above, to the sound of Shiva Lakhan (at center on stage) and friends […]
Brooklyn Folk Festival at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church This Coming Weekend
The Brooklyn Folk Festival returns to St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets, this coming Friday evening, November 8, with performances continuing through Saturday and Sunday. There’s a complete schedule here. Among the performers will be long time Folk Festival favorites Nora Brown (photo above by C. Scales for BHB), The Down Hill Strugglers, Feral Foster, and Jerron Paxton. Among […]
Open Streets Montague Presents “Spooktacular” Sunday, October 27
The last Open Streets Montague of 2024, this Sunday, October 27 from 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM, will, appropriate to the impending Halloween, feature a “Spooktacular” presented by Montague Diner, which will be serving warm drinks and Halloween treats all day long. Among the activities will be a dog costume contest, face and pumpkin painting, a […]
Fall Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park Tomorrow
Tomorrow (Saturday, October 19) the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, along with In The Raw, will present “Sound & Color! Autumn in New York,” a fall festival that will feature “live musical performances, food vendors, kids activities, arts and crafts, field games and more—including our signature pumpkin patch [photo].” It will take place on Pier Six; enter from […]
Open Streets Montague Features “Bindlestiff Cirkus,” Bikes, Compost, and Other Attractions
This Sunday’s (October 20) Open Streets Montague will include several attractions arranged by City Council Member Lincoln Restler. Starting at 1:00 PM between Clinton and Henry streets, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will present a free “Flatbed Follies” (see photo) performance, featuring “acrobats, jugglers, clowns, and contortionists” as well as a “singing ring-mistress.” From noon until 3:00 PM between Henry and […]
Get in Shape and Stay Well at Open Streets Montague Sunday
This Sunday, October 13, Open Streets Montague will feature many opportunities for exercise to get and stay in shape and therapy for restoration or preservation of wellness, offered by local providers. It’s all free, but you must reserve times in advance. There’s a full schedule and make reservations here. Starting at 3:oo, under the tent […]
Chopin Festival at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church This Week
Frédéric Chopin (portrait above at age 25 by his fiancée, Maria Wodzińska, 1835) was, over the course of his 39 year life, a prolific composer of music, much of it for solo piano. This week, Thursday, October 3 through Sunday, October 6, the Ocean Music Foundation will present a Chopin Festival at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity […]
Big Weekend Coming: Atlantic Antic, Brooklyn Book Festival, and Open Streets Montague
This year’s Atlantic Antic (photo above from a previous year) will take place on Atlantic Avenue between Hicks Street and Fourth Avenue this coming Sunday, September 29, from noon until 6:00 p.m., rain or shine. Local merchants will be represented, with special deals for the occasion, along with food, music, dancers, visual artists, clothing vendors, and fun […]
Repast Baroque Ensemble Presents “Harvest Festival” Saturday Afternoon
The Repast Baroque Ensemble will return this Saturday afternoon, starting at 3:00, to the McKinney Chapel of the First Unitarian Congregational Society, Brooklyn, 121 Pierrepont Street, to open their 2024-25 season, which has the theme “Feast Days.” Saturday’s concert will celebrate the Harvest Festival. It will feature Repast’s regular members; Natalie Rose Kress on violin, Sarah Abigael Stone on cello, Stephanie Corwin on bassoon, and Gabe […]
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