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Karl Catches the Action at Pier 6

Our man with cam scopes out the scene at the newly-opened section of Pier 6 yesterday, and your correspondent also visited and got some stills, including the volleyball action above. Video and another photo after the jump.

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Smells Like Teen Spirit: Packer Senior Runs Like the Wind

In a week where delinquents are stealing headlines, it’s great to see a story about a Brooklyn Heights based teen who is “on the positive tip” (as we believe is the vernacular). Packer Collegiate senior Eddie Owens gets some ink today in the NY Daily News:

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Take the Dodgers Back!

Homer wants to bring the Dodgers back to Brooklyn. Find out why and discuss it at The Brooklyn Bugle.

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BHS Events This Week

Tomorrow evening (Thursday, April 14), from 7:00 to 8:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will present a talk by Bob McGee, author of The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field and the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Admission is a suggested donation of $5.

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions

Don’t forget Homer’s Hidden Heights Walking Tour at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, and the Theater 2020 Gala starting at 3:00 the same afternoon (you can do both!). Tomorrow (Friday, March 25), starting at 7:30 p.m., Music at First, at the First Presbyterian Church, 124 Henry Street (between Clark Street and Love Lane), will present singer Mellissa […]

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Brooklyn’s Blackbirds Invited to the Dance

While Brooklyn Heights’ own St. Francis Terriers, coming off a disappointing 15-15 season,

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions

Tomorrow (Saturday, March 5) starting at 2:00 p.m., soprano Marilyn Oliver (photo) will present a program of classical and spiritual songs, with guest baritone Raymond Mendez and accompanist Thomas Siklos, in the first floor auditorium of the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West (at Tilllary Street). Admission is free.

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BHS Presents Sports Talk Tomorrow Evening

Jeffrey A. Kroessler, author of The Greater New York Sports Chronology, will speak at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) tomorrow evening, Wednesday, March 2, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is a suggested donation of $5.

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In Town for the Weekend? Some Last-Minute Suggestions

The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra will present an all-Russian program this Sunday afternoon, February 20, starting at 3:00, at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets. The concert will feature Mikhail Glinlka’s Overture to “Ruslan and Ludmilla”, Reinhold Glière’s Horn Concerto (featuring soloist Marshall Sealy), and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. Marc […]

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BHS Presents Dodger Film Festival

For the next three Sundays, February 20 and 27, and March 6, starting at 2:00 p.m., the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will present films about the long departed and (by some of us, still) lamented Brooklyn Dodgers. The screenings are free with museum admission, which is $6 for adults, $4 […]

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