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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on July 25, 2014 5:23 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Food, Fun, Kids, Maritime, movies, Music

Today (Friday, July 25) the Brooklyn Heights Cinema will have its premiere showings of A Most Wanted Man, starring the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman and based on a novel by spy fiction master John le Carré. It will continue to show through the weekend and the following week, along with Chef. On Saturday evening at [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on July 17, 2014 2:22 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Food, Fun, Kids, movies, Music, Theater

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

By on July 11, 2014 3:12 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Dance, Events, Food, Fun, Kids, movies, Music

Tomorrow (Saturday, July 12) is City of Water Day, and Brooklyn Bridge Park is participating with kayaking and with Seining the River Wild. The Park’s Pier Kids series presents The Art of Stepping on Pier 1 Sunday from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. All of these events are free. Also on Sunday Smorgasburg will be [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on July 4, 2014 2:09 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Events, Fireworks, Food, Fun, Kids, movies, Music

Update:On Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. the Brooklyn Heights Association will have a social event at the new Chocolate Works on Montague. Details here. Tonight’s Fireworks take top billing for events this weekend, but the Brooklyn Heights Cinema again has new offerings. Late tomorrow (Saturday) night, July 5, starting at 11:45, there will be [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on June 26, 2014 12:41 am in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Events, Food, Fun, Kids, movies, Music

The Brooklyn Heights Cinema will have its premiere showing of They Came Together, starring Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd tomorrow (Friday, June 27). The Cinema will also be showing Ida and Words and Pictures. On Sunday, June 29 at 7:00 p.m. there will be a special showing of “Cartoon Cryptozoologist” Tom Stathes’ Cartoons on Film. [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on June 19, 2014 5:48 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Comedy, Events, Food, Fun, Gardening, Kids, movies, Music, Sports

This Saturday, June 21, the Atlantic Avenue BID, in conjunction with Make Music New York, is having its first ever Summer Celebration from noon until 9:00 p.m. The festivities will span the length of Atlantic from the East River to Flatbush Avenue, and will include live music from 36 performers and groups at 12 venues, [...]

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Wondering What To Do This Weekend? Karl’s Video of Governor’s Island Makes The Decision Easy

By on June 18, 2014 7:32 am in Fun

There are many great weekends ahead this summer on Governor’s Island, so having a “I don’t know what do you want to do Marty” problem every weekend is totally avoidable. Check out the island’s schedule here. And watch Karl’s video after the jump!

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Poplar Street Garden Party Saturday

By on June 17, 2014 10:30 am in Brooklyn Heights, Events, Fun, Gardening

This coming Saturday, June 21 is the date of the summer solstice, and to celebrate, the gardeners of Poplar Street Community Garden, northwest corner of Poplar and Hicks streets, have invited all to their Fourth Annual Summer Solstice Garden Party. From the gardeners: Please join us this coming Saturday for our annual celebration of the [...]

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Brooklyn Historical Society Presents “Tales From the Vault” and Beer Garden Thursday

By on June 16, 2014 11:54 pm in Brooklyn History, Events, Fun

This Thursday evening, June 19, starting at 6:00, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present “Tales From the Vault! 19th Century Brooklyn: Snapshots of Change” followed by the season’s first Beer Garden. According to BHS: Join BHS archivist John Zarrillo for a peek at the beguiling and quirky Brooklyn Corporation Counsel collection of records, and discover [...]

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Chocolate Works Opens on Montague; Karl is There With Cam

By on June 12, 2014 11:01 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Food, Fun, Kids, News, Parents

The Chocolate Works store on Montague had its grand opening today, and our man with cam, Karl Junkersfeld, was there. Was Charlie any more delighted to get into the Chocolate Factory? Video after the jump.

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on June 12, 2014 10:35 am in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Events, Food, Fun, Kids, movies, Music, Parents, Photography, Theater

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 [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on May 30, 2014 12:07 am in Arts and Entertainment, Astronomy, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Dance, Events, Food, Fun, Kids, movies, Music, Theater, Visual Arts

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 [...]

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Comet “Lands” at Brooklyn Bridge Park

By on May 29, 2014 12:36 am in Astronomy, brooklyn bridge park, Events, Fun

What you see in the photo is a 1/1,000 scale replica of the head of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (there will be a quiz) that sits at the northwest corner of Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, through this coming weekend. Comet C-G (yes, there’s a cheat version) is the target of the European Space Agency’s probe Rosetta, [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on May 22, 2014 6:12 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Comedy, Events, Food, Fun, Health, History, movies, Music, Seniors, Theater

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 [...]

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Window Concert Tomorrow Afternoon at Henry and State Streets

By on May 17, 2014 6:06 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Fun, Music

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

By on May 16, 2014 12:32 am in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Events, Food, Fun, Gardening, Kids, movies, Music, Other Brooklyn, Religion

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, [...]

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