The Danish Seamen's Church, 102 Willow Street (between Clark and Pierrepont) is having its annual Christmas Fair this evening and tomorrow. From 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. today, at the Church, you can enjoy a hot dog or Danish meatballs and potato salad, and get a start on your holiday shopping. Various Danish specialties will be […]
Archive | November, 2007
Who is the New Mailer
The passing of Norman Mailer marks the death of consensus over who is the most famous resident of Brooklyn Heights. There are many "notable" neighbors here, but their fame is totally dependent on your perspective. We have many actors, writers, pundits and moguls among us but who has managed to cut through the clutter of […]
Neighbors on Mailer
This week's Brooklyn Paper has a nice round up of the Brooklyn Heights Glitterati's memories of Norman Mailer:
Instaputz, Family Win Fists
Ninety five American dollars may not be a lot of money to Giselle Bundchen, but to nabe blogger Instaputz and his newly found rag tag family "Rosen Rosen" it's the price of victory in Homer Fink's Family Fists of Fury at Magnetic Field. The EJCJ family finished second. BHB contributor Claude Scales and his "family" […]
From Law to Lighting
The New York Times features the work of Brooklyn Heights resident/lighting designer Michael McHale on its website today: A former entertainment lawyer who grew up in Detroit and got his graduate degree at Oxford, Mr. McHale, 41, got into design by happenstance: shopping for a chandelier for his Brooklyn Heights apartment, he could find nothing […]
Open Thread Wednesday 11/14/07
Lots of stuff to talk about this week… but first… Come on out tonight for Homer Fink's Family Fists of Fury at Magnetic Field [97 Atlantic Avenue]. Bring your "family" or we can find one for you! Live game show fun!! Sign ups start at 7, game starts at 8pm. Topics: Should Jessica move […]
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Should Jessica Move into Hotel St. George?
We found this blog post from "jessica jill" on Live Journal today. She's wondering if the Hotel St. George will work for her as housing next year when she starts at Hunter College: Live Journal: Are they really as nice as they seem, most importantly, the St George location in Brooklyn Heights? I can't exactly […]
Mailer Remembered
Brooklyn Heights neighbor/author Norman Mailer will be laid to rest in Provincetown, where he spent the majority of his final years, this week. New Orleans based writer Tom Piazza befriended Mailer in the early 80s. Whenever he would visit New York City, they'd lunch at Fortune House on Henry Street. The photo on the left […]
Nabe’s Subway Cyrano Story, Now with More Fishy-ness
Gawker continues their coverage of the nabe's Subway Cyrano Patrick Moberg today. As we previously discussed this story is getting really fishy, especially after Moberg swore on his website to NOT EVER talk about his "found" lady love ever again. That is, until ABC's Good Morning America came a-knockin'. Moberg says it was all HER […]
Calling All Jane Austen Fans.
Theater 1010, under the artistic direction of Heights resident Judith Jarosz, will present Innocent Diversions, a Christmas Entertainment with Jane Austen and Friends, beginning with a preview performance this Friday evening, November 16, and continuing through Sunday, December 16 (the photo above shows a scene from the 1998 production of this play). A complete performance […]
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