Bargemusic is back from its winter break. Tomorrow evening (Thursday, February 26) starting at 8:00 there will be a “Here and Now” concert featuring works by composers Charles Wuorinen, Earle Brown, Ben Weber, Morton Feldman, and Elliott Carter, performed by Michael Nicolas on cello and Aleck Karis on piano. Friday evening, February 27, at 8:00 […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
On Friday evening, February 20 starting at 7:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society will host a performance by the Brooklyn Art Song Society of works by the French composer Francis Poulenc (photo) (1899-1963), whose compositions are known for “bright colors, strong, clear rhythms, and gorgeous and novel diatonic harmonies” and who was part of Les Six, […]
Purim Carnival at Congregation Mount Sinai Sunday, March 1
On Sunday, March 1, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Congregation Mount Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West, will have a Purim Carnival featuring rides, games, prizes, and food (including hamantaschen). All are invited (as the bread ads say…). Wear your costumes. Tickets will be sold at the door. For more information email info@congregationmountsinai.org or call 718-875-9124. […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend the Heights Players premiere their production of Neil Simon’s Fools. Performances are Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7 at 8:00 p.m., and a Sunday matinee, February 8 at 2:00 p.m., at the Playhouse, 26 Willow Place. The play will continue through the succeeding two weekends on the same schedule. You may make […]
Grace Church Winterfair Next Saturday
This coming Saturday, February 7, Grace Church, 254 Hicks Street (corner of Hicks and Grace Court) will hold its annual Winterfair. From 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., you may shop for children’s clothes and toys (there will also be a kids’ cafe), men’s and women’s clothing, books, CDs and DVDs, sports equipment, flowers and plants, […]
Brooklyn Historical Society Announces Free Saturday Family Programs
The Brooklyn Historical Society will present a new series of free family programs each Saturday, starting at 11:00 a.m. The first of these will be tomorrow (January 17), and will be a “Handmade History” event in which “families will pick their favorite portrait in the We the People exhibit and return to the art studio […]
Seasonsky Greetingskys from Deansky Davidsky Yassky
Pace Law School Dean/former NYC Councilmember/former NYC TLC honcho David Yassky and his staff are wishing everyone Season’s Greetings – according to a photo posted by Daily News reporter Celeste Katz.
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This Saturday evening, December 20, at 8:00, and Sunday afternoon at 4:00, Bargemusic will present works by Bach (image), Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, and Mozart performed by Mark Peskanov on violin, Andrew Gonzalez on viola, Coleman Itzkoff on cello, and Michael Kimmelman on piano. Looking ahead to Wednesday evening, December 24, starting at 7:30 Bargemusic will […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Having gone through Black Friday and Cyber Monday and all the seasonal commercial hype that now doesn’t even have the decency to wait until after Thanksgiving to start, you may want to settle back and enjoy a classic tale that gets to the heart of the matter, no matter what holiday, if any, you’re celebrating. […]
Downtown for the Holidays on Montague Street This Weekend
This Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6, the Montague Street Business Improvement District (“BID”) will present the first annual Downtown for the Holidays on Montague Street event. According to the BID: The two-day event kicks off with caroling, a holiday concert, warm refreshments and tasty treats, a photo with Santa, dozens of store promotions, […]
The Brooklyn Bugle
- I Officially Give Up and do that whole Band/Letters in Your Name thing, creating an excuse to talk about Impaled Nazarene and Weinstein Dorm.
- Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Headmaster’s Wife” A Novel by Thomas Christopher Greene
- Episode 10: On Weaponizing Heteronormativity and How No One Knows How to Do Relationships
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