Journalist/Brooklyn Heights resident Virginia Heffernan published an essay Thursday for Yahoo! News entitled “Why I’m a Creationist”. Thoughtful? Sure. Troll bait? You bet. It also proved to be great fodder for the folks at Gawker. Hamilton Nolan, no stranger to online ribbing himself, releases the hounds in his counterpoint, “Yes Viginia, There Is A Darwin”: […]
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Brooklyn Heights Bliss: ‘Girls’ Star Adam Driver Marries Joanne Tucker
‘Girls’ actor Adam Driver and girlfriend Joanne Tucker, who live in Brooklyn Heights, were married last weekend according to reports. Co-star and fellow BHer Lena Dunham tweeted:
Move Over Paula Deen And Sandra Lee, Here’s Brooklyn Heights Resident And Cooking Channel Star Kelsey Nixon
The NY Post profiles Cooking Channel personality Kelsey Nixon, who lives in Brooklyn Heights. Her show, ‘Kelsey’s Essentials‘, enters its third season next month. NY Post: “The main reason they didn’t think I was a good fit for ‘Food Network Star’ is because I was too young,” says Nixon. “When they created Cooking Channel and […]
Paul Giamatti Joins Downton Abbey Cast
Brooklyn Heights resident/actor Paul Giamatti will be joining the cast of Downton Abbey, the Wrap reports. He will play the “playboy brother” of Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern) for fourth season of the drama aired here on PBS.
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
On Saturday (June 22) from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a book launch and talk by Philip F. Napoli, author of Bringing It All Back Home: An Oral History of New York City’s Vietnam Veterans. In BHS’s words: Join us for a discussion from the author and a remarkable group […]
Actor Fisher Stevens Loves Jack The Horse, Henry’s End In Brooklyn Heights
DUMBO resident/actor/80s icon Fisher Stevens is featured in a DNAInfo article today. In it, he reveals that he’ll be moving out of the neighborhood soon.
He says about the area, “To be honest, some of it’s better and some of it’s worse. I love Citi Bikes, but they seem to be on every corner in DUMBO now and Bloomberg is kind of — he’s just made one of the main thoroughfares a two-way, so it’s opened up a lot of traffic. It’s packed. When I moved there, it was just beginning to get crowded, but now it’s pretty packed.”
Stevens says he spends a lot of time in Brooklyn Heights:
Reader Report: Someone Stole A Photo From The Shrine At Adam Yauch Park
BHB reader/Instagram user “condimented” sends us this dispatch and photo regarding Adam Yauch Park:
[Someone stole stuff] from the Adam Yauch memorial in the playground. weirdly, they took the photo and the candle glass, but left the frame and the wax.
The memorial was added the weekend of the park’s dedication to the Beastie Boy, who grew up in Brooklyn Heights. He died of cancer in 2012. The shrine included a 1995 photo of Yauch, a devout Buddhist, and the Dalai Lama taken in Boston:
Too Cute Comes To Brooklyn Heights
When Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition took in a pregnant cat who appeared after Hurricane Sandy, the organization had no idea that she would become a TV star. Juno gave birth to three of her own kittens, and then the magnanimous mom also adopted an orphan kitten, nursing her along with her own babies, who […]
Lena Dunham’s Memorial Day Tweet “Outrages” Michelle Malkin, Other Right Wingers
Ah! Memorial Day! A day where we reflect on those who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom by BBQing, arguing over bike share programs and other first world activities. Brooklyn Heights resident (and possible short-timer) Lena Dunham tweeted a relatively flip comment today and sparked the OUTRAGE of neocon Michelle Malkin who probably has a book or something coming out soon.
Read all about it after the jump. Then take a Silkwood shower.
Comedy Troupe Dinner For One Hosting Theater Workshop—With Paul Giamatti’s Assistance
Pithy comedy troupe Dinner For One—which readers may recall in January filmed a “Girls” robot parody on the Promenade—is hosting a Brooklyn TV Teen Workshop this summer at PS 261 in Boerum Hill, looking to involve some 45 area teens interested in theater. The group is in the midst of raising funds via Mobcaster.com for […]
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