This is really last minute. This (Thursday, December 12) evening the Brooklyn Historical Society is presenting “Book Talk: Sarah Zorn and Brooklyn Chef’s Table,” in the Society’s Great Hall, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton), starting at 6:30 p.m. A fantastic panel of chefs/restaurateurs profiled by Brooklyn food writer Sarah Zorn discuss the borough’s deliciously [...]
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BHA, Brooklyn Heights Cinema Present Movie Night Thursday
The next BHA Social event, co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Cinema and the Brooklyn Heights Association will be this coming Thursday evening, December 12, at the Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange). Come at 7:30 to socialize with BHA representatives and neighbors while enjoying red wine donated by Montague Wine & Spirits. The movie, [...]
Brooklyn Holiday Events Galore This Weekend and Next
Besides the tree lighting and caroling on Wednesday, December 18, there are other local seasonal events coming up. If you know of anything not listed here, please add a comment. Today (Friday, December 6) until 3:00 p.m. Plymouth Church School is having its Holiday Bazaar, with lots of gifts for sale. Enter through the Beecher [...]
Update on Tree Lighting, Caroling December 18; Now With Free Cookies!
As we noted earlier, this year’s Promenade Christmas tree lighting will be the Wednesday after next, December 18, at 5:30 p.m. at the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade. Following the lighting ceremony (Marty Markowitz has been a faithful attendee; will Beep-to-Be Eric Adams be there this year?) the Grace & Spiritus Chorale will lead [...]
Theater 2020 Presents Two Holiday Events
They were a great success the past two years, so our Brooklyn Heights neighbors, David Fuller and Judith Jarosz of Theater 2020, are presenting holiday events (video after the jump) on two weekends this month. Both will be happening at St. Charles Borromeo, 21 Sidney Place. The first, on this coming Sunday, December 8, starting [...]
‘Tis the Season for Lights
The lights on the menorah at the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade, sponsored by Chabad of Brooklyn Heights, are already shining. Tomorrow (Monday, December 2) at 5:30 p.m. there will be a ceremonial lighting of the giant menorah, also sponsored by Chabad, in Columbus Park in front of the Supreme Court building. Also tomorrow [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
On Friday evening, November 22, starting at 7:00, Bargemusic will present a piano recital by Randall Hodgkinson featuring works by Schubert and by Roger Sessions, and dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy. On Saturday evening at 7:00 there will be a Lillian Fuchs tribute concert, featuring her compositions [...]
BHA Social! Presents Wine and Cognac Tasting at Heights Chateau Friday
The next Brooklyn Heights Association “BHA Social!” event will be a tasting of wines and Cognacs that would complement Thanksgiving dinners, and will be held at Heights Chateau, 123 Atalntic Avenue (between Henry and Clinton) from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22. All are invited, and the store is offering discounts on featured [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Gregory Eaton, Musical Director at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, has brought melody forth from the Church’s 1925 vintage Skinner pipe organ for the past twenty years. On Sunday evening, November 17, starting at 7:00, he will present a concert at St. Ann, located at the corner of Clinton and Montague (enter from [...]
Danish Christmas Fair Coming November 23-24
This year’s Danish Christmas Fair, presented by the Danish Seamen’s Church, will be on Saturday, November 23 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday, November 24 from noon until 3:00 p.m. At the Church, 102 Willow Street (just south of Clark) you can shop for gifts, decorations, candles, festive foodstuffs, Danish clogs, and [...]
Willowtown Association Potluck Dinner Wednesday
On this Wednesday evening, November 13, starting at 7:00 with a “happy hour”, the Willowtown Association will host its annual Potluck Dinner at the A.T. White Community Center on Willow Place. There will be a program following the dinner featuring the presentation of its 2013 “Alfred” (for A.T. White) award to Peter and Camilla Flemming, [...]
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Karl on Heather’s TV Interview
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