On my customary morning stroll around Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, I found actors rehearsing Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew for Random Access Theatre’s free performances of that classic comedy at the Granite Prospect on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings (July 18, 19, and 20) starting at 7:00. More information here. Also at Brooklyn Bridge [...]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
We get our own Shakespeare in the Park this coming weekend (Friday, June 13 through Sunday, June 15) as Theater 2020 continues their critically praised production of King Lear with three free performances at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings starting at 7:00. It’s slated to be perfect walking weather on [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
PS 8′s annual Paddlewheeler Block Party is this Saturday, June 7, from noon to 4:00 p.m. on Poplar Street between Henry and Hicks streets. It’s your, and your kids’, chance to meet Elsa the Snow Queen and Anna from Frozen. There will be a bouncy castle, a magic show, face and hair painting, an obstacle [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Besides the not-to-be-missed Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour, there are several events of note in the neighborhood this weekend. Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (photo), Henry and Remsen Streets, will have its annual Lebanese Festival on Saturday, May 31 from noon to 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 1 from noon to 6:00 p.m. The festival [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
In town for the holiday weekend? It’s your last chance to see the Heights Players’ final production of their 2013-14 season, West Side Story. Performances are on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00, and Sunday afternoon at 2:00. There’s more information here. This weekend also offers your first chance to see Theater 2020′s production of [...]
Theater 2020 Presents King Lear
Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional stage company, will present Shakespeare’s King Lear starting next weekend (video after the jump). There will be performances on Friday, May 23 and Saturday, May 24 starting at 8:00 p.m. and on Sunday, May 25 starting at 3:00 p.m. The play will run through the following two weekends (May [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
It’s spring, really spring, so you may feel like getting outside and doing a little gardening. The Poplar Street Community Garden is having their first Workday of the season this Saturday, April 12, from noon to 3:00 p.m. The Garden is located at Poplar and Hicks streets. Bring your own pruning shears, or use theirs. [...]
Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Shaw’s “Overruled” Saturday
Theater 2020, the Heights’ own professional theater company, will present a free reading of George Bernard Shaw’s one act play Overruled this coming Saturday afternoon, April 12, in the first floor auditorium of the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West. The reading will begin at 2:00; doors open at [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Smorgasburg is back this Sunday, April 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Pier 5 uplands, Brooklyn Bridge Park. It will continue each Sunday through November 2. This (Friday, March 4) evening, starting at 7:00, Bargemusic has an interesting “Bargemix” concert featuring works by Hindemith, Yoed Nir, Jimi Hendrix, and Rachmaninov, performed by [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The Heights Players will open their three weekend production of Yentl, by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer, a play about “the divine androgeny of the soul,” this weekend, with performances on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon at 2:00. Make reservations here. Looking ahead, the Players will resume their Theater for [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This (Friday, March 14) evening, starting at 7:00, Bargemusic will present a “Here and Now” concert of piano works by composer David Del Tredici {photo}, whom Aareon Copland called “a creator with a truly original gift,” performed by Mr. Del Tredici and by Marc Peloquin. On Saturday evening at 7:00 there will be a “Masterworks” [...]
Gettysburg: One Woman’s War at St. Francis College This Wednesday
Saturday was International Women’s Day and, as a fitting follow-up, St. Francis College will present Gettysburg: One Woman’s War, a one woman play starring Michéle LaRue (photo from her performance in Someone Must Wash the Dishes) as a woman resident of Gettysburg during and after the great Civil War battle. According to the Eagle: The [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The Brooklyn Heights Cinema is showing two new films starting this weekend: The Great Beauty, by Paolo Sorrentino and starring Toni Servillo, winner of this year’s Oscar for Best Foreign Film; and ten time Oscar nominated American Hustle. More information and showtimes are here. Don’t forget the Cinema’s campaign to raise funds to buy digital [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend the Heights Players are premiering their new production of Douglas Carter Beane’s As Bees in Honey Drown, described by The New York Times as “a delicious soufflé of satire.” Performances are at 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Make reservations here. The Brooklyn Heights Cinema, which is trying to [...]
Theater 2020′s Candide Dazzles
Theater 2020′s production of Candide (Photo by LAB Photography of cast members Ryan Farnsworth as Candide, Lorinne Lampert as the Old Lady, and Ellie Bensinger as Cunegonde; a video follows the jump) continues its run at St. Charles Borromeo Church this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, February 28 to March 2, and the following weekend, March [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Bargemusic returns from a mid-winter break this weekend, with a full schedule of “Masterworks” concerts: one on Friday evening, February 21 at 7:00 featuring works by Joseph Joachim, György Ligeti, Toru Takemitsu, and Ernest Bloch performed by Nicholas Cords on viola and Jeewon Park on piano; another on Saturday evening, February 22 at 7:00 featuring [...]
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TRO Issued on Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Towers
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Where Was the 84th Precinct While Vandals Devastated North Brooklyn Heights and Beyond
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Open Thread Wednesday 7/16/14
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Twitter to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse: Thanks for Blocking Our View
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Disco Food Cart on Columbia Heights
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Brooklyn Beep Adams on Brooklyn Bridge White Flags: I’m Not Laughing; Offers Reward for the Capture of the Vandals
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Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s a Teardown Option?
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WSJ Writer Samples Life as a Brooklyn Heights Bottle and Can Scavenger
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HVAC Miseries Point to BPL’s Fateful Decision Regarding Brooklyn Heights Library Branch
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Forget the Clark Street Station Elevators This Little Fella is in a Hurry
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Is S.S. United States Coming to Brooklyn?
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If Someone Could Climb to the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge and Change the Flag, What’s Next
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Gabba Gabba Hey: Brooklyn Heights’ Marky Ramone Eats at Sociale, Snaps Photo With Clark Street Residents
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Montague Street BID Sponsors Photo Contest
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Car Jumps Curb on Remsen Street
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Emily Gould is Sorry for Upsetting Lena Dunham or Mailer and Vidal Did It Better
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Smell Something? Say Something.
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Willow Street Sign Don’t Need No Stinkin’ “R” to Tell You When to Park
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Jack Antonoff of fun. Talks About His Brooklyn Heights Apartment with Lena Dunham
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Street Milling and Paving in Brooklyn Heights Next Week
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Open Thread Wednesday 7/23/14
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Ducks Deluxe in Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Tonight’s Brooklyn Heights Fireworks Courtesy Of..
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Car Jumps Curb on Remsen Street
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Apple Tree Pruning Time at Poplar Street Community Garden
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How the Pranksters Duped NYPD in Brooklyn Bridge Flag Swap Attack
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Brooklyn Beep Adams on Brooklyn Bridge White Flags: I’m Not Laughing; Offers Reward for the Capture of the Vandals
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If Someone Could Climb to the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge and Change the Flag, What’s Next
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Emily Gould is Sorry for Upsetting Lena Dunham or Mailer and Vidal Did It Better
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ReBar Owner Jason Stevens Can’t Escape Long Bar of the Law
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This French Rapper Freestyling at Brooklyn Bridge Park is… Something
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Disco Food Cart on Columbia Heights
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Forget the Clark Street Station Elevators This Little Fella is in a Hurry
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Is S.S. United States Coming to Brooklyn?
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WSJ Writer Samples Life as a Brooklyn Heights Bottle and Can Scavenger
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Smell Something? Say Something.
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TRO Issued on Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Towers
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Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s a Teardown Option?
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Where Was the 84th Precinct While Vandals Devastated North Brooklyn Heights and Beyond
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Street Milling and Paving in Brooklyn Heights Next Week
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