Among all the other super fantastic activities happening this weekend, two tag sales (that we’ve noticed let us know if there are more!) are happening Saturday in Brooklyn Heights. The first will be held at the Mansion House (145 Hicks Street) from 9am – 5pm. Sure our headline about the addy’s celebrity resident is linkbaity […]
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Iris Cafe Celebrates 4th Anniversary with “Willowtown Bazaar” Saturday
This Saturday, September 28, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Iris Cafe will celebrate its fourth anniversary with a “Willowtown Bazaar” on closed off Columbia Place. “In appreciation, come join us for food, drinks and games for all ages,” says the announcement flyer. The food, drinks, and games are all free.
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The DUMBO Arts Festival, “a three day [Friday, September 27 through Sunday, September 29] celebration of art, music & performance,” is this weekend. A preview, in the form of Michael Clyde Johnson’s “Untitled Benches, Tables (Cube for Children)” (2013), a work that “invites interaction” (as in the photo), has been in the Brooklyn Bridge Park […]
Cranberry Street Fair Announced For October 5 In Brooklyn Heights
It’s on! The 40th (plus) annual Cranberry Street Fair, happening this year on October 5 starting at 11:00 a.m. It’s fun for the whole family – including a performance by nabe jazzman Eric Loffswold who has jammed with, among others, the King of all Italian-Americans Danny Aiello. Here’s the official proclamation: The Cranberry Street Fair […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This Sunday, September 22 is the Brooklyn Book Festival (photo; video after the jump), “the largest free literary event in New York City.” It will take place at Borough Hall and the adjacent plaza from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., rain or shine. Possible thunderstorms are forecast, but with luck they’ll stay away, and plenty […]
Brooklyn Heights Ass’n Launches “BHA Social”
The Brooklyn Heights Association is starting “BHA Social,” the “fun, casual side of our operation that will organize social events at local establishments.” The first BHA Social event will be the Dog Show to be held this coming Sunday, September 22 at the Montague Street BID’s SummerSpace. The next event will be a Business Networking […]
Kite Festival on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park
On Saturday, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy sponsored a Kite Festival on Pier 1. Based on the weather forecast as of Thursday, I predicted that there would be a good breeze blowing for the event. When I arrived, the air was almost dead calm. More photos and text after the jump. People were trying hard […]
SummerSpace on Montague This Sunday and Next
This Sunday, September 15 and the following Sunday, September 22, from noon to 5:00 p.m., the Montague Street BID will present its fifth annual SummerSpace event. The street will be closed to traffic between Clinton and Henry streets and between Henry and Hicks, to accommodate a number of free outdoor events (see more info here). […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
This Saturday, September 14, promises to be a good deal cooler (high 71), and such a change in weather promises some breezes, so it should be a good day for the Kite Festival, to be held from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. For those interested in more down to […]
Happy New Year to Our Jewish Readers
Rabbi Aaron Raskin of Brooklyn Heights’ Congregation B’nai Avraham sounded the shofar yesterday at Brooklyn Bridge Park (see photo and text here) at a Tashlich ceremony to welcome the New Year.
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