Pianist Sonya Lifschitz (photo) starts this weekend’s concert series at Bargemusic on Friday evening, December 16 at 7:30, playing works by Tchaikovsky and Crumb (George, not R.). On Saturday evening, December 17 at 7:30, and on Sunday afternoon, December 18 at 4:00, the Borromeo String Quartet will perform works by Mozart, Russell Platt, and Beethoven. […]
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Tree Lighting Wednesday Evening
The tree is up, and lighted at night, but the official lighting of the Brooklyn Heights Holiday Tree, sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Garden Club, will take place this Wednesday evening, December 14, at 5:30. Thanks to the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange we have this message from former Heights resident and Exchange volunteer Liz Tedford, now […]
Coming at Brooklyn Historical Society
This Tuesday evening, December 13, at 7:00, food historian Sarah Lohman will be at the Brooklyn Historical Society to discuss “How Immigrant Cooks Shape American Food”. Joining her will be Jonathan Wu of Fung Tu and Mario Carbone of Carbone. Admission is $10, or $5 for BHS or Green-Wood members; purchase tickets here. Criminologist Michael […]
Heads Up, Straphangers: Clark Street Tunnel To Close On Weekends
The MTA has announced that in order to make Sandy-related repairs on the 2/3 line, service to the neighborhood will be suspended on weekends beginning this spring, through 2018. The MTA expects the work to take 56 weekends. “The Clark St project is the next phase in what is the most extensive reconstruction and fortification effort […]
Congratulations to the Brooklyn Cat Cafe!
These kittens are more than just pretty faces: they’re also award winners! Congratulations to the Brooklyn Cat Café on Atlantic Avenue, winner of this year’s Atlantic Avenue LDC Annual Holiday Window Design contest. Windows on Atlantic Avenue between Hicks Street and Fourth Avenue were eligible, and these cool cats netted a $500 prize for the […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
Just like the past two weekends, from 11:45 p.m. Friday, December 9 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, December 12, and again late nights (11:45 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.) the following week (Monday, December 12 to Friday, December 16) there will be no service in either direction at Court Street or on the R/N platforms at Jay […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
On Friday evening, December 9 at 8:00. Bargemusic presents pianist Olga Vinokur playing works by Scarlatti, Schumann, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Liszt. On Saturday evening, December 10 at 8:00, Julian Schwarz on cello and Marika Bournaki, “the Celine Dion of classical” (HuffPo) on piano (photo), will perform works by Debussy, Schubert, Danzi, Strauss, Popper, Bloch, […]
We’re Losing BookCourt, but Relief May be in Sight
The news that BookCourt, a superb independent bookstore on Court Street between Pacific and Dean, will, as reported by Gothamist, close on December 31, hit me with a gut punch equivalent to that I suffered with the closing of Capulet’s on Montague in the mid 1980s. I’ve spent many a happy hour browsing in BookCourt, […]
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