The Music House, Henry and State streets, will present its Annual Fourth Window Concert tomorrow (Sunday, May 18) starting at 4:00 p.m. As you can see from the photo, at last year’s concert, seating was provided, but if you get there late, it’s SRO. According to TMH “your favorite rock songs” will be on the […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This will be the annual Sacred Sites Open House weekend presented by the New York Landmarks Conservancy and the participating religious institutions. It will give you the opportunity to visit and receive architectural and historical information about several local houses of worship, including the newly restored interior of Grace Church (photo). The local participating institutions, […]
Willowtown Spring Fair Coming Saturday, May 17
We have word from Ben Bankson (in striped shirt in photo, at last year’s Fair) that this year’s Willowtown Spring Fair will be Saturday, May 17 from noon to 5:00 p.m., on Willow Place (between Joralemon and State streets). This year’s Fair will feature a pet parade. Participants and pets should assemble in Adam Yauch […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions; Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The highlight of the weekend is the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual Landmark House and Garden Tour, to be held this Saturday, May 10 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.. Houses on display this year range from an 1820s vintage Federal style frame house (photo; by Judith Angel) to a condo in a recently converted parking garage. […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies with a View 2014 Schedule Announced
Hail Freedonia!!
It’s the 15th year for Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies with a View which will kick off with the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup on July 10 on the Harbor View Lawn.
Full sked after the jump.
Balkan Beat Box Kicks Off Brooklyn Bridge Park Dance Parties Thursday
This year’s series of Celebrate Brooklyn! Bridge Dance Parties, held at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, begins this Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. with a Gypsy Punk Dance Party featuring Balkan Beat Box (photo) and DJ Joro-Boro. The parties continue on the two subsequent Thursdays. On May 15, there will be an Electro-Jamzz Dance […]
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival May 7-11
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival returns for a week of “Brooklyn‐born, Brooklyn-based and Brooklyn-centric films,” with many screened at Brooklyn Heights Cinema and St Francis College’s Founder’s Hall. Highlights include Bodies in Irreversible Detriment, starring Breaking Bad‘s Mark Margolis, and New York Dolls’ David Johansen; Balance, starring Stephen Baldwin; and Spoke: A Short Film […]
Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Hosts Exchange Federation Meeting
Over the next three days–Sunday, May 4 through Tuesday, May 6, the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, 55 Pierrepont Street, will play host to the annual meeting of the Federation of Woman’s Exchanges, an organization that …follows in the footsteps of women in the 19th century who began Exchanges to help other women who had fallen on […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Grace & Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn will present two performances of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, a cantata composed in 1935-36, based on medieval poems, that has become one of the world’s most recognized pieces of “classical” music, and has been covered by, among many others, the Swedish metal group Therion and by Nas and Puff […]
BHA Calling for House Tour Volunteers; Bakers
The Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual Landmark House and Garden Tour is on Saturday, May 10 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. The BHA has sent us the following notice: Our house captains are calling for more volunteers so that every house has a full complement of staff. If you have 2 ¾ hours to contribute, please […]
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