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Brooklyn Holiday Events Galore This Weekend and Next

By on December 6, 2013 12:48 pm in Brooklyn Heights, charity, Cobble Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Events, Food, Fun, Kids, Parents, Shopping

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 [...]

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Atlantic Avenue Children’s Story Reading Series

By on December 4, 2013 11:06 am in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Kids, Parents

Winners of the Atlantic Avenue Children’s Literature Contest will read original stories along with selections from their favorite picture books. Judging panel includes Brooklyn-native Bruce Degan, illustrator of The Magic School Bus series. Kids will decide the Kids Choice Award by voting for their favorite story. Free hot chocolate provided by Sahadi’s along with bookmarks [...]

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Theater 2020 Presents Two Holiday Events

By on December 1, 2013 11:44 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Fun, Kids, Music, Parents, Theater

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 [...]

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Brooklyn Heights Resident Diane Ravitch: Five Things Mayor de Blasio Should Do About Education

By on November 9, 2013 2:14 pm in Celebrity Residents, Government, Kids, Parents

The election of Bill de Blasio as mayor of New York is a “major setback” for the polices of Mike Bloomberg and George W. Bush says author/Brooklyn Heights resident Diane Ravitch in a new blog post. Saying that, de Blasio “understands the failure of the Bloomberg education policies,” she outlines 5 things the new mayor [...]

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Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Holiday Preview Party Thursday Evening

By on November 5, 2013 6:19 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Crafts, Events, Fun, Kids, Shopping, Visual Arts

The Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, 55 Pierrepont Street (between Henry and Hicks) will have a Holiday Preview Party this Thursday evening, November 7, from 6:00 to 8:00. All are welcome to see the Exchange’s collection of holiday goods, talk with the staff, and enjoy refreshments. On Friday, November 8 (11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.), Saturday, November [...]

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Mommy Poppins Finds 35 Things To Do With Your Kids In Brooklyn Heights

By on November 3, 2013 12:47 pm in Kids, Parents

Now that Toddler Fink is old enough to know that “fun” doesn’t mean watching “Uncle” Max Keiser or BBC mysteries on TV all the time, Mommy Poppins’ list of 35 things to do with kids in Brooklyn Heights is a sight for sore eyes. Long time Heights resident won’t find any major revelations here, but [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on October 31, 2013 2:25 pm in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, Astronomy, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Celebrity Residents, Downtown Brooklyn, Events, Food, Fun, Kids, Landmark Preservation, movies, Music, Other Brooklyn, Pets, Shopping, Theater

The Heights Players’ production of Twelve Angry Men premieres this weekend at the Players’ playhouse, 26 Willow Place, with performances on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon at 12:00. This now classic drama began life as a television show in the 1950s, was made into a movie (12 Angry Men) by Henry [...]

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Watch The Fun From Saturday’s Brooklyn Heights Halloween Parade

By on October 27, 2013 7:59 am in Halloween, Kids

The very “scary” Karl Junkersfeld files a video report about all the cool kids and their costumes at the annual Brooklyn Heights Halloween Parade. Video after the jump.

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on October 24, 2013 12:55 am in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Events, Fun, Halloween, Kids, movies, Music, Parents, Pets

The weekend starts early at Brooklyn Heights Cinema, with two special events tonight (Thursday, October 24). There will be a sneak preview at 9:15 p.m. of Robert Redford’s new solo turn, All is Lost. Before that, starting at 7:30 p.m. there will be a unique artistic event, Now Playing, I and II: Light artists Gibson [...]

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Annual Brooklyn Heights Kids’ Halloween Parade Next Saturday

By on October 20, 2013 11:56 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Events, Fun, Halloween, Kids, Parents

The Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee will have its annual Halloween Parade for kids and parents next Saturday, October 26 (rain date Sunday the 27th). The action begins at Pierrepont Playground at 10:00 a.m. In conjunction with the parade there will be a bake sale to raise funds for the Playground Committee, which helps to keep [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on October 17, 2013 12:46 pm in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Comedy, Events, Fun, Kids, movies, Music, Theater

It’s fall, and time for the Harvest Festival at Pier 6 (near the foot of Atlantic Avenue) in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Festival will take place this Saturday, October 19, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Come in costume to enjoy a pumpkin patch, face painting, volleyball, mask making, storytelling and more! Musical guests including [...]

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