More details on The Brooklyn Book Festival, which reaches its finale Sunday, September 23, at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall & Plaza, with 280+ authors and poets participating amid 104+ panels. More than four dozen “bookend” events will also take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Among highlights: A conversation between Borough Prez Marty Markowitz & […]
Archive | September, 2012
Controversy Continues Over Brooklyn Bridge Park Fieldhouse
Design for the 115,000-square-foot cycling & recreational Fieldhouse planned near Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 has been tweaked, with additional space for sports other than cycling and fewer spectator seats for cycling events, but critics still want to apply the brakes to the controversial project. Greg Brooks, executive director of New York City Fieldhouse Inc., […]
A Bonanza Of Film Shoots In Brooklyn Heights Friday
Leonardo DiCaprio was suited up for an overnight film shoot in Brooklyn Heights for upcoming crime drama “The Wolf of Wall Street” on Friday. Just Jared reports that the 37-year-old actor filmed scenes with co-star Margot Robbie. The movie—about a New York stockbroker that refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corporate […]
Theater 2020’s ‘Lady Susan’ Hosts New Reading On Sidney Place Oct. 4
Playwright Lynn Marie Macy’s “Lady Susan Or The Captive Heart, a Jane Austen Bodice Ripper,” has been moving forward with workshops in Brooklyn Heights throughout 2012. (BHB correspondent Claude Scales previously reported on February and July stagings). Theater 2020 now presents another semi-staged reading of the new play Thursday, October 4, at 7 p.m. at […]
Montague Street’s ‘Summer Space’ 2012 Part II Is This Sunday, 9/23
Along with so many weekend goodies below, Sunday marks the Montague Street Business Improvement District’s second Summer Space event, following Part 1 on September 9. If the weather is as beautiful this weekend, enjoy activities from noon-5 p.m. that include: craft-making demos with Etsy New York; chess tables from New York Chess & Games (courtesy […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
There’s a lot going on this weekend. There’s the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Third Annual Dog Show Sunday, starting at 1:00 p.m., on Montague Street between Henry and Hicks. Then there’s the Brooklyn Book Festival, which is already underway, but continues through Sunday. It’s also a foodies’ delight, as The Brooklyn Local, an artisinal market to […]
Subway Service Alerts: Weekend and the Following Week
It’s virtually an instant replay of last weekend. One extra “treat”: there’s no C train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan, in either direction, on Saturday or Sunday. Brooklyn bound A trains will be running as normal, but Manhattan bound A trains, just like last weekend, will be taking the F route from Jay Street-Metro Tech […]
Open Thread Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Good Wednesday and Happy Open Thread Day. What’s got your fingers ready to roar across the keys? Comment away. (BHB Photo Club/Flickr: Quartley)
City Modern Brooklyn Home Tour Sweeps Through Heights Sunday, 10/7
New York magazine and design periodical Dwell are co-sponsoring the City Modern Brooklyn Home Tour, with five renovated homes in Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill, on Sunday, October 7. The starting point is Heights’ modular design retailer Module R, 141 Atlantic Avenue (between Clinton and Henry). Architects will be on hand during the tour to […]
City Chemist Welcomes Estee Lauder With Ribbon Cutting & Champagne, 10/5
Brooklyn Heights beauty and wellness boutique City Chemist, at 129 Montague Street and Henry, is launching inclusion of the Estee Lauder brand in its store with the tagline: “Classic Neighborhood, Classic Beauty.” That has a nice ring to it. The retailer will celebrate the brand’s arrival with a Pink Ribbon cutting ceremony & champagne on […]
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