This is out of the nabe, but it’s such a worthy cause we have to support it. CHIPS is a Park Slope based charity that provides a soup kitchen for needy people and shelter for homeless prenatal women and women with children. Their building recently suffered extensive damage, and some guests were injured, when a […]
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Scenes From a Saturday Stroll
On Saturday morning, Jonathan Landsman and his crew were busy planting by the Clark Street entrance to the Promenade. More photos and text after the jump.
Heights Players Present Benefit for Cancer-Stricken Couple
Sometimes, tragedy strikes in ways that seem unimaginable, as in the instance of a young couple, parents of a 20 month old daughter, both diagnosed with potentially fatal cancers within days of each other. The Brooklyn Paper: The Heights Players will hold a performance of the company’s current — and very well-reviewed — show, plus […]
Grace Church Sponsors Walk for Honduran Kids Sunday
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights has a long standing commitment to assist in the support of El Hogar de Amor y Esperanza (“The Home of Love and Hope”), which provides a home and school for homeless, destitute children in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. This Sunday, May 15, Grace is holding a fund-raising walk-a-thon for El Hogar. The walk […]
One World Symphony Presents Concert for Japan
One World Symphony, which has performed at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity, will present a benefit concert for relief of earthquake, tsunami and radiation stricken Japan on Sunday, April 3, starting at 8:00 p.m., at Holy Apostles Church, 296 Ninth Avenue at West 28th Street, Manhattan. Under the direction of artistic director and conductor […]
P.S. 8 Appeals for Community Help
State and City budgets for education have been slashed across the board, which means less money for our local elementary school, P.S. 8, the Robert Fulton School. Whether you have a child in P.S. 8, or one who may go there, or not, this school is a tremendously valuable asset to Brooklyn Heights as a […]
Heights and Hills: “We Need Pies; Servers”
This in from Heights & Hills Community Council, and the Brooklyn Heights Association: Heights and Hills’ annual Thanksgiving Dinner will be held at Grace Church on Thanksgiving Day, serving older adults in our community. Heights and Hills also delivers meals to about 75 neighborhood seniors who are too frail to get out and join the […]
Donate School Supplies to Benefit Homeless Children
It’s that time of year again– New York children everywhere will soon be back to school. But did you know that there are 15,000 homeless boys and girls in New York who don’t have the school supplies they need to succeed? The Coalition for the Homeless started a project three years ago to help those […]
Final Week for Matching PS 8 Donations
This week is the last chance to donate to PS 8’s new fundraising campaign challenge, where your donation could either be doubled or tripled. A parent has agreed to make a $20,000 contribution, with one catch: the amount must first be matched by other donors. Most contributions will be matched 2-to-1, but for first time […]
Grace Church Presents Haiti Relief Concert Friday
This Friday, March 19, beginning at 7:00 p.m., Grace Church will present a concert for Haiti relief. It will be …[a]n eclectic evening of music to include Broadway tunes, Opera, Traditional African Songs with percussion, as well as a Haitian Classic – arranged by a Haitian composer who will also be there performing. Grace Church […]
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