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Brass Bands Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park Saturday

This coming Saturday afternoon, May 14 from 2:00 to 6:00 don’t be surprised if you hear some sounds that make you think you’ve wandered into a revival of The Music Man. Brooklyn Bridge Park will be having its second annual Brass Bands Festival. Performances will range from Pier Six to Pier Three, all just below, […]

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Grace Chorale of Brooklyn Presents “The Constitution” at St. Ann’s Church This Weekend

This coming weekend Grace Chorale of Brooklyn will present two performances, on Saturday, May 14 at 7:00 PM and on Sunday, May 15 at 3:00 PM, both at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets (enter at Clinton) of Benjamin Yarmolinsky’s secular oratorio, accompanied by chamber orchestra, “The Constitution.” Aside from […]

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String Orchestra of Brooklyn Presents Haydn, Bologne, and Stravinsky at St. Ann’s Church Saturday

The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, which delights in its acronym, will have a concert at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Montague and Clinton streets (enter from Clinton) on Saturday, May 7 at 8:00 PM. It will feature works by Haydn (Symphony No. 44, “Trauer”), Bologne (Symphony No. 2), and Stravinsky (Concerto in d […]

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Celebrate May Day with a DJ Party at Cadman Park Sunday

This Sunday afternoon, May 1 from 1:00 to 4:00 the Cadman Park Conservancy will present djFRITZo providing sounds for a party in front of the Brooklyn War Memorial (photo). The CPC says, “Bring your family, friends, blanket, and a picnic!”

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Open Streets Montague Returns in May

It was previously noted here before, on Open Thread Wednesday for March 12 by — who else? — Andrew Porter, that Open Streets Montague, co-sponsored by the Montague Street BID and by the Brooklyn Heights Association, would be back this year for Saturdays in May. On these days Montague will be closed to traffic, except […]

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Repast Baroque Ensemble Presents “Fantasia” at First Unitarian Wednesday

The Repast Baroque Ensemble returns to the First Unitarian Church, McKinney Chapel, 121 Pierrepont Street (between Monroe Place and Clinton Street) this Wednesday evening, March 16 starting at 7:30 PM. This concert, “Fantasia”, will take us [f]rom lush seventeenth-century instrumental works by Biber, Schmelzer, and Louis Couperin to later contrapuntal experiments by Bach and Telemann, […]

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Promenade Tree Lighting Wednesday; Celebrate After at Brooklyn Women’s Exchange

The annual lighting of the tree at the Montague Street entrance to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade will be at 5:30 PM tomorrow, Wednesday, December 15. Carolers from the Grace Chorale of Brooklyn will be there to provide holiday spirit. Afterwards, the carolers will proceed to the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, at 55 Pierrepont Street (between Hicks […]

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Grace Chorale Holiday Concert This Sunday At St. Ann’s Church

If you’re feeling suitably festive this weekend, or would like to get in the mood, the Grace Chorale of Brooklyn will be putting on a holiday concert live and in person at St. Ann and Holy Trinity Church, this Sunday, December 12th, at 3pm. Special guests include Mimi and the Podd Brothers, “JChris” Chris Urquiaga, […]

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Brooklyn Folk Festival Returns This Coming Weekend

The Brooklyn Folk Festival will return to live performance format at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets. There will be live musical performances on the Main Stage in the Sanctuary Friday evening, November 12, starting at 8:00. On Saturday, November 13, there will be afternoon performances on the Main Stage […]

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St. Ann’s Church Presents “Mozart for Munchkins” Saturday Morning and “Classical Halloween” Saturday Evening

This coming Saturday, October 30, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church will present “Mozart for Munchkins,” a “Spooktacular Kids Show” performed by the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra directed by Philip Nuzzo. The concert will take place in the garden on the north side of the church, facing Clinton Street. […]

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