Photoville, “NYC’s premier photo destination,” is here for its eighth year, with galleries occupying repurposed shipping containers located in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, on Water Street just below the Brooklyn Bridge and in the Fulton Ferry Historic District. This year’s Photoville includes over eighty exhibitions, all accessible. In addition to exhibitions in and […]
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Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic’s weekend begins Friday evening, September 13 at 7:00, when pianist Jeewon Park (photo) plays works of Schumann and Brahms. On Saturday evening, September 14 at 6:00, and again on Sunday afternoon, September 15 at 4:00 Ms. Park returns, joined by violinist and Bargemusic Artistic Director Mark Peskanov and cellist Edward Arron, to perform works […]
Montague BID “Sunday Social” Happening On Sept 15th
Now in it’s third year, the Sunday Social is a FREE family-friendly day of entertainment, music and activities. The Kids Zone, curated by Brooklyn Bridge Parents, will host more than 25 free hands on activities including STEM, crafts, sports, Bey Blade tournaments, bouncy house, soccer, face painting, music and two free puppet shows. Restaurants and […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
It’s an all piano weekend at Bargemusic. The weekend begins Friday evening, September 6 at 7:00, when pianist and composer Timo Andres (photo, by Michael Wilson) will perform a concert, “Moving Études,” beginning with a 2017 composition by himself with that title, followed by six pieces that alternate between classical (Schubert) and contemporary (Philip Glass). […]
Bargemusic This Labor Day Weekend
In town this long weekend? Bargemusic will have a “Here and Now Labor Day Festival” featuring works by contemporary composers, most of which will be world premiere performances, with the others being New York premieres. The concert Friday evening, August 30 at 7:00 will include the world premiere of “Brooklyn Menu”, composed and played on […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
On Saturday evening, August 17 at 6:00, and again at 8:00 (no Friday concert this week), Bargemusic will present the St. Petersburg String Quartet (photo), joined by pianist Tao Lin performing works by Glazunov and Schumann. On Sunday afternoon, August 18 at 2:00, pianist Steven Beck will play an all Bach concert, including several selections […]
Brooklyn Heights: Home of the (Literary) Stars
It’s pretty well known that Brooklyn Heights has had more than its share of great writers as residents, but in response to a question from Heights resident “Lauren” the Eagle has interviewed another Heights resident, former Borough Historian John Manbeck, about the neighborhood’s literary history. We all (or most of us, I presume) know about […]
Montague Street Is Crowned “Greenest Commercial Block in Brooklyn”
Mary Frost of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports that the Montague Street Business Improvement District was once again named the Greenest Block in Brooklyn, commercial category, in the annual borough-wide contest sponsored by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. In its 25th year, the “friendly but fierce” competition drew 160 blocks across 30 neighborhoods vying for the greenest title in […]
Theater 2020 Present s Two Free Readings of Short Comedies Saturday Afternoon
This Saturday afternoon at 2:00 (doors open at 1:30) at the Brooklyn Heights branch of Brooklyn Public Library, 109 Remsen Street, Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own award winning professional theater company, will present readings of two one act comedies – “The Surprising Measure of Buried Treasure” and “Getting Grandma’s Goat” – by Theater 2020 board […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic’s weekend begins Friday evening, August 9 at 7:00 when pianist Francine Kay (photo; princeton.edu) plays works of Suk, Kaprálová, Chopin, and Debussy. On Saturday evening, August 10 at 6:00, and again at 8:00 the Amernet String Quartet will perform works by Beethoven, Daniel Asia, and Dvorak. Cellist (and philosopher) Jeffrey Solow will, on Sunday […]
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