Fun, Food & Wine at Brooklyn Heights’ Willowtown Fair

By Claude Scales on May 21, 2012 12:07 am in Events, Food, Fun, Kids

A kids’ sack race was one of many activities at Saturday’s Willowtown fair, which was blessed by perfect weather. Video, photos, and more text after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Reminder: Brazilian Dance Party Thursday (5/17) on Pier 1

By Claude Scales on May 16, 2012 11:00 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Dance, Events, Food, Fun, Music

Thursday, May 17 starting at 7;00 p.m. there will be a Brazilian dance party at Pier 1 (enter at foot of Old Fulton Street), Brooklyn Bridge Park, featuring Nation Beat (see video after the jump), Maracatu New York, and DJ Greg Caz. Admission to the party is free; food and drinks will be available from vendors. More details are here.

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Willowtown Fair This Saturday

By Claude Scales on May 15, 2012 9:37 am in Events, Food, Fun

This year’s Willowtown Fair, part of a growing tradition, will celebrate the lives of two women who made great contributions to the life of that community, and will feature a wine tasting, foood from Iris Cafe, bluegrass music, and fun for kids. Ben Bankson, President of the Willowtown Association, gives us the following:

The dedication of trees in memory of two longtime neighborhood residents and a wine tasting are among the features of the Willowtown Association’s annual Spring Fair to take place this Saturday, May 19, from noon to 5 p.m. the full length of Willow Place. Continue Reading →

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Karl Grooves on Booker T. Jones

By Claude Scales on May 11, 2012 3:40 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Dance, Events, Fun, Music, Video

Our Mr. J. and his cam were on hand at Pier 1 yesterday evening for the opening event in the Dance Party series co-sponsored by BRIC Arts Media and Brooklyn Bridge Park. As you can see, Karl got right into the funk groove. Don’t forget, next Thursday it’s Brazilian. Video after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions

By Claude Scales on May 11, 2012 11:18 am in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Environment, Events, Fun, Gardening, Theater, Transportation

The House Tour. The House Tour. The House Tour! More info at the Brooklyn Heights Association website.

There are several activities at Brooklyn Bridge Park this weekend. The Green Team meets tomorrow (Saturday, May 12) from 10:00 a.m. until noon. At the same time, there will be a MillionTreesNYC community tree giveaway on Pier 6, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue. Continue Reading →

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BBP Dance Parties Start This Thursday With Booker T. Jones

By Claude Scales on May 7, 2012 3:43 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Dance, Events, Food, Fun, Music

BRIC Arts Media Bklyn, in partnership with Brooklyn Bridge Park, is presenting a series of free dance parties at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park the next three Thursday evenings starting at 7:00. The opening event, this Thursday, May 10, features legendary funk keyboardist Booker T. Jones, whose group, Booker T. and the M.G.’s, provided the backbone for Stax Records’ classic Memphis soul sound. Also on the bill is DJ Rich Medina. Continue Reading →

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Vintage Image: Key Food Market, 1976

By Chuck Taylor on May 4, 2012 8:30 am in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Fun, Photography, Shopping, Streets

The 1976 Montague Street Revitalization project offered grand plans for the ailing Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, and included numerous photographs of everyday life. Of course, some 36 years later, these casual B&W shots offer a cool triptych to a time gone by: the fashion, hairstyles and simply the way folks gathered back in the day.

We’re featuring Key Food here—nothing overtly dramatic, but entertaining for those very reasons. And below, the view at 106 Montague Street today. Who knows, a few decades from now, we’ll probably be smiling over how “vintage” these millennial images are. Continue Reading →

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Annual St. Ann’s Puppet Parade Gambols Down Montague Street

By Chuck Taylor on April 30, 2012 7:57 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Education, Events, Fun, schools

The annual St. Ann’s Puppet Parade—Brooklyn Heights’ own version of a kiddie Mardis Gras—made its way down Montague Street to the Promenade at 1 p.m. Monday, filling the streets with clowns, jugglers, 10-foot-tall marionette puppets and the rat-a-tat of percussion, accompanied by hundreds of pre-school, primary, middle and high school students.

Puppets were created in classes led by St. Ann’s teacher Ronnie Asbell at the private school located at 129 Pierrepont Street. (See a cavalcade of photos below.) Continue Reading →

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Brooklyn Heights Cinema Showcases ‘Rumur Films’ Thursdays In May

By Chuck Taylor on April 26, 2012 10:13 pm in Fun, movies

The Brooklyn Heights Cinema will showcase the “Rumur Films Retrospective” each Thursday evening in May, featuring five flicks by Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley, the pair behind Brooklyn-based production studio Rumur.

Galinsky & Hawley have been making innovative social documentaries for two decades, including 2011’s “Battle for Brooklyn” (showing at BHC May 31), a 93-minute doc that, according to New York magazine, shows “how Atlantic Yards used the pretense of democracy to enrich the powerful, but also energized actual citizens to fight the good fight.” Continue Reading →

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Reminder: Downtown’s Dekalb Market Is Mad Fun

By Chuck Taylor on April 18, 2012 9:33 am in Downtown Brooklyn, Events, Food, Fun, Gardening, movies, Music

If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out the wonderfully novel Dekalb Market yet, the weekend is coming! This new community destination in Downtown Brooklyn—which was voted Best New York Architecture in 2011 by the New York Observer—is uniquely housed in a collection of salvaged shipping containers, and includes an incubator farm, weekend events, performances and a collection of 60+ eateries and work-sell spaces.

Coming up Saturday April 21 is Spring Cleaning Day, with such specialties as shaves, nails and Eco Living workshops. Sunday April 22 offers an Earth Day Seed & Garden Market and Urban Chicken Workshops. The Dekalb Market, which is open seven days a week through the summer, is located at 138 Willoughby Street and Flatbush Ave in 11201. Much more info is here. Continue Reading →

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Next Homer Fink ‘Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour’: April 21

By Chuck Taylor on April 15, 2012 7:41 am in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn History, Education, Events, Fun

The next jocular, wonderfully educational Homer Fink’s Hidden Walking Tour takes place this coming Saturday, April 21, at 11 a.m. Learn about the odd, weird, controversial and amusing history of America’s First Suburb over a sprawling 90 minutes of fun, led by the faithful kingpin of the Brooklyn Heights Blog, Cobble Hill Blog and Brooklyn Bugle. More info Continue Reading →

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Saturday’s Spring Egg Hunt A Smash Success!

By Chuck Taylor on April 8, 2012 11:13 am in Brooklyn Heights, Events, Fun, Kids, Video

The Spring Egg Hunt on Saturday drew a crowd of parents and kids that started lining up to the entrance of the Pierrepont Playground by 9:30 a.m. for the 10 a.m. event. Within 15 minutes, the line extended past 2 Montague Terrace all the way to Remsen Street. See Karl Junkersfeld’s action-packed video after the jump! Continue Reading →

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Reminder: Spring Egg Hunt Saturday

By Claude Scales on April 6, 2012 4:26 pm in Events, Fun, Kids

The Spring Egg Hunt at Pierrepont Playground takes place Saturday, April 7 at 10 a.m. sharp. From my experience (my apartment has a view of the playground) it’s best to get there early, as the line to get in grows rapidly.

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FASCINATING: Just-Released 1940 Census Data Reveals Who Lived In Your Digs

By Chuck Taylor on April 4, 2012 2:05 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Fun, History, Seniors

Ever wondered who was cooking pot roast on your antique stove in 1940? Who hid that stamp beneath the floorboards when you were gutting your Willow Street coop bedroom? How much that Middagh Street apartment cost to rent 70 years ago? Now’s your chance to find out. In partnership with Archives.com, the U.S. National Archives released Census records from 1940 online on April 2—comprising 3.8 million images scanned from some 4,000 rolls of microfilm.

The website offers access to maps and hand-written info about every known address in all 48 states in the Union, allowing you to find census maps and descriptions to locate an enumeration district, browse census images to locate any household interviewed in the 1940 Census and then save and/or download images. Continue Reading →

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Wednesday, April 4: Mil’s Trills Invites Parents & Their Toddlers

By Chuck Taylor on April 3, 2012 9:25 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Fun, Kids, Music, Parents

On Wednesday, April 4, Mil’s Trills—an interactive series of live performances for grown-ups with babies & toddlers ages 0-4—will host Ray Belli on the Tabla (a traditional Indian drum) at Vineapple, 71 Pineapple Street (between Henry and Hicks streets). Time is 10 a.m., with $15 admission for adults. Your hosts invite attendees to participate by bringing shakers, blankets and instruments of choice.

Led by Amelia Robinson—who plays original, quirky and whimsical songs on her electric ukulele and hosts a rotating cast of musical guests— Mil’s Trills’ shows highlight a new, often rare, instrument and a hand-selected book brought to life through an improvised soundtrack. Continue Reading →

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