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In Town for the Weekend? Some Last-Minute Suggestions

By on February 18, 2011 10:40 am in Arts and Entertainment, Events, History, Music, Sports

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 Cerri will be the guest conductor. Admission is a $15 suggested donation. Continue Reading →

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BHS Presents Dodger Film Festival

By on February 15, 2011 11:53 am in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Sports

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 for seniors, children over 12 (under 12 are free) and teachers, and free for BHS members. A schedule, and descriptions of the films, follows the jump. Continue Reading →

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Rally for St. Francis Water Polo Team Today

Rally for St. Francis Water Polo Team Today

By on November 29, 2010 10:43 am in Sports

This dispatch just in from St. Francis College. Did someone say FINAL FOUR!!! How’s about a bracket.

Coming off their Eastern Championship victory, the St. Francis College Men’s Water Polo prepares for the NCAA Final Four December 4 and 5. A rally to support the team will be held today at St. Francis College at 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY at 12:00pm. Among the special guests are Serbian National Team Coach and Olympic Bronze Medal Winner Dejan Udovicic.

The St. Francis Men’s team is composed of players from five countries; the United States, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia and Sweden. Besides coming together to form one of the best teams in the country, this melting pot of players also boasts the highest G.P.A. of all Water Polo teams two years in a row. Continue Reading →

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2010 NYC Marathon

By on November 7, 2010 3:45 pm in Sports, Video

I shot some footage of this morning’s marathon. I didn’t see the Chilean miner, but I did see a runner dressed as Gene Simmons. Have a look!

2010 NYC Marathon from Heather Quinlan on Vimeo.

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Amateur Boxing Tonight at Gleason’s

By on October 30, 2010 11:53 am in DUMBO, Events, Sports

If you’re like me and you love both boxing and Halloween, come by Gleason’s Gym tonight for Amateur Boxing with costumes. No word on whether the fighters will be dressed up, but there will be prizes for best costume. (Perhaps this is what makes you a prizefighter?) I’ll be there and so will Mike Tyson, not someone dressed as him. Weigh-in starts at 4; fights start at 6.

Gleason’s Gym
77 Front St. 2nd Fl.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 797-2872

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A Visit to Gleason’s Gym

By on October 27, 2010 8:11 am in DUMBO, Fun, Profiles, Sports, Video

Gleason’s Gym in Dumbo was one of those places I’d always wanted to visit, but never quite checked off my list. A couple months ago I finally got the opportunity when I covered the De La Hoya press conference, and I was completely hooked. Oscar De La Hoya, Paulie Malignaggi, AND I scored an interview with the great Bert Sugar. I had to go back!

Owner Bruce Silverglade and his staff were terrific, and I was allowed to stay as long as I liked, which took me by surprise, as I’m used to being shooed away after a couple minutes—I got so much footage my battery nearly exploded. So come take a tour of the gym, lead by a trainer called Country.

At Gleason’s Gym from Heather Quinlan on Vimeo.

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Oscar De La Hoya: Boxing’s Back In Town!

By on September 29, 2010 4:43 pm in DUMBO, Events, Sports

A swarm of media descended on Dumbo yesterday to cover an Oscar De La Hoya-hosted boxing clinic for young superstars at Gleason’s Gym. This gave the middleweight with movie-star looks some photo ops with tomorrow’s bruisers, but the real scoop came with the announcement that Bad Boy Paulie Malignaggi would now be repped by De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions. Proving he was not down for the count, Malignaggi told the crowd, “I still have some more left in me.”

De La Hoya then took the podium to bring the news full circle, reiterating that his deal with Bruce Ratner (specifically, 12 shows per year for three years) will bring boxing back to Brooklyn. (Video after the jump.) Continue Reading →

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Roebling Inn Hosts Liverpool FC

By on August 23, 2010 1:52 pm in Events, Fun, Sports, Video

Roebling Inn recently became the official Brooklyn outpost of the Liverpool Supporter’s Club. To find out why, I spoke with BHB Soccer Correspondent Ed Winnick, as well as Roebling’s Jason Furlani and a host of Liverpool fans. Roebling’s will be airing all the Liverpool matches, so here’s a handy schedule. Video below, with help from Pink Floyd and their homage to Liverpool FC, “Fearless.”

Liverpool FC at Roebling Inn from Heather Quinlan on Vimeo.

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Atlantic Avenue Set to Be Football…Err…Soccer Row

By on August 10, 2010 10:01 am in Sports

With the announcement last week that the Roebling Inn [97 Atlantic Avenue] has been made an official Liverpool FCNY outpost, Premier League fans now have 3 bars to choose from to watch soccer matches from the UK on Atlantic Avenue.

Welcome to Football Row, if you will.

But is that going to cause some fisticuffs? Soccer brawls? Hooligan invasion? Courier Life reports: Continue Reading →

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Philly Phanatic a Brooklyn Heights Native

By on June 16, 2010 3:38 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Celebrity Residents, Sports

jsw_phiWith the Yankees embroiled in a three game series with the Mets’ divisional rivals, the Phillies, and this Amazins fan uncharacteristically rooting for the Bronx Bombers, I was surprised to learn that the Philly Phanatic, the Phillies’ mascot (who, I will admit, has a lot more panache than Mr. Met), was created by Acme Mascots, a company owned by Bonnie and Wayde Erickson, and run from their Brooklyn Heights apartment. You can read all about it here (and–thanks to reader “Philly” for the link–here).

The success of the Phanatic led Great George Himself to commission Acme to design a mascot for the Yanks. They came up with a pinstriped character called “Dandy” (as in “I’m a Yankee doodle …”), who was about to make his debut when my Tampa homeboy, and then Yankee, Sweet Lou, had a run-in with the San Diego chicken, causing Steinbrenner to declare ex cathedra that mascots had no place in major league baseball. You can read the sad story of Dandy in Gothamist.

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Dodger Exhibit at BHS Opens Thursday

By on June 1, 2010 9:18 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Sports

jsw_ebbetsThe Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will celebrate the opening of “Home Base”, its exhibit on the Brooklyn Dodgers, this Thursday evening, June 3, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are invited. From the BHS:

Join the Brooklyn Historical Society this Thursday for the opening of our new exhibition Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Through archives, photos and oral histories, the exhibition explores the connection between Ebbets Field, the Dodgers and the Brooklyn community. The exhibit highlights the history of the team and its fans by featuring BHS’ rich Dodgers collection that includes baseball cards, photographs of the field, ticket stubs, uniforms, seats from Ebbets Field, autographed baseballs, scorebooks from the 19th century, team photos and the famous Dodgers Banner from their 1955 World Series win. The exhibition is curated by students in Exhibition Laboratory, BHS’ after-school museum studies program. This event is free and open to the public.

Be the first to visit this fantastic exhibit and meet the student curators on Thursday, June 3!

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Running the Heights!

By on May 26, 2010 5:18 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Fun, Health, Nature, open thread, Sports

cadman-track1With the nice weather finally upon us, it’s prime time to explore the beauty of Brooklyn Heights and squeeze in a workout at the same time: go for a run! As a BHB contributor and avid runner, I pose to my fellow pavement pounders a thread to share routes short and long, intense and easy, at sunrise or sunset. Sick of the crowds on the Brooklyn Bridge? Ready to throw a tourist over the Promenade railing? Share your hidden gem of a trail!
To begin, here’s one of mine: Julie’s 4-miler

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BHS Coming Attractions: Dolls and Dodgers

By on May 18, 2010 11:06 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Fun, History, Kids, Sports

The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) has these forthcoming events:

This Sunday, May 23, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., there will be a doll-making workshop for children. Under the guidance of author and illustrator Timothy D. Bellavia, participants will make dolls modeled on figures from Brooklyn history. There is a $5 suggested materials fee.

On Thursday, June 3, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., there will be an opening reception for “Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field”:

Through archives, photos and oral histories, the exhibition explores the connection between Ebbets Field, the Dodgers and the Brooklyn community. The exhibit features the history of the team and its fans by digging into BHS’ rich Dodger collection that includes baseball cards, photographs of the field, ticket stubs, uniforms, seats from Ebbets Field, autographed baseballs, scorebooks from the 19th century, team photos and the famous Dodger Banner from their 1955 World Series win.

The exhibit will be on view from June 3 through April 24, 2011.

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Fascati’s Goes Yankee Crazy

By on November 5, 2009 12:11 pm in Sports

Greg "TwoFones" Clayman photo


Nabe resident Greg “TwoFones” Clayman snapped this photo of Yankee-mania at Fascati’s Pizza on Henry Street.

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Cadman Plaza Park Soccer – Pretty Mellow

By on May 25, 2009 11:50 am in Downtown Brooklyn, Sports
Photo by Mrs. Fink

Photo by Mrs. Fink

Saturday morning, we checked out the controversial soccer players at Cadman Plaza Park. Overall the group of players, mostly men and over 30, seemed downright mellow. While they did take up most of the turf field, there didn’t seem to be much competition for using it. One family played frisbee on the turf while the game was being played. And the only casualty there seemed to be the little boy’s interest in frisbee — seems like he caught “futbol fever” after seeing a goal scored.

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