Archive | February, 2008

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Henry’s End Gets WABC-TV Shout Out

7online.com: Eyewitness News reporter Lauren Glassberg has a taste of some wild game. More and more people are acquiring a taste for game, and one restaurant has made it a featured attraction for years. We're heading to Henry's End, located at 44 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. You might not even notice Henry's End, at […]

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Brooklyn Symphony at St. Ann This Sunday

The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, under the artistic direction of Nicholas Armstrong, will present a concert this Sunday, February 17, beginning at 3:00 p.m., at St Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague Streets.  The program will consist of Les Animaux Modeles by Francis Poulenc, Piano Concerto in A Minor by Robert Schumann (featuring […]

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Heights Couple Walk on the Wilde Side

Theater 1010, under the artistic direction of Montague Street resident Judith Jarosz, with set design by her husband, David Fuller, who also plays a leading role, will present Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, described as "a trivial comedy for serious people", beginning tonight and continuing through Sunday, March 9.  A complete performance schedule […]

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Red Shoe, Hicks Street 8am

BHB Photo Club pic by fkuffel Which gets us thinking about:

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166 Montague: Superfantastic?

Admit it, you're lusting after the comingsoon "impeccably renovated" condos coming to 166 Montague Street.  After picking up some slightly overpriced groceries at Garden of Eden you've looked up and got a little dewy over the promised ALL VIKING kitchens splashed on the scaffold signs surrounding the historic Franklin Trust building. Brownstoner tells us that […]

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Krogius: The Long and Winding Road of BBP

Henrik Krogius has a great blow-by-blow retrospective on Brooklyn Bridge Park in the Brooklyn Eagle. Just reading it requires some carbo-loading and light training, but it looks like we might just have a park in our lifetime:

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Game Show Tonight

Brooklyn's Kingpin of all trivia, Mr. Dick Swizzle, returns to Magnetic Field [97 Atlantic Avenue] tonight for his Sudden Death Game Show starting at 8pm. Think you have what it takes to beat former champs Homer, Qfwfq, Claude Scales and MARCUS? Play the game and prove it!

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Open Thread Wednesday 2/6/08

  Everyone seems to be talking about parking and Trader Joe's but how about: 73 Pineapple…what's next?  Kid Squadron hires help.. does he have a prayer against Marty's Machine?  Brooklyn Heights Cinema expansion… no?  …and whatever else is on your mind! Comment away.  Flickr photo by Pix Picks

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Fink: Lottery Guy is Creepy

In his first "column" written exclusively for BHB, publisher Homer Fink discusses the new "spokesperson" for the NYS Lottery's Take 5 game: In the TV ads and the very disturbing subway placards, a tiny balding man with huge eyeglasses let's us know that he's all we need to win the lottery.  The flaw here is […]

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Little Bit O’ Creepy

You've seen the ads and you've had the nightmares. That "Little Bit o' Luck" guy from the latest ad campaign for New York State Lottery's Take 5 game.  In the TV ads and the very disturbing subway placards, a tiny balding man with huge eyeglasses let's us know that he's all we need to win […]

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