These days, it seems, almost everyone who does Shakespeare wants to do it in a non-traditional setting; something that makes it more relevant to our contemporary world than to sixteenth century England. Many of these are successful. Among them were Theater 2020’s 2011 production of Romeo and Juliet, and their The Real Merry House Wives […]
Archive | May, 2017
Have You Seen Rosie? [Update: Found!]
“Rosie,” a grey tabby with a pinkish blaze on her nose (photo) escaped while being taken in to the Brooklyn Heights Veterinary Hospital, at the corner of Hicks and Cranberry streets. If you find her, please call the hospital at 718-624-1200. From Brooklyn Heights Vet Hospital this morning: “Someone found her last night at 1am […]
Gardening Party Saturday, June 3
The Poplar Street Community Garden (photo by C. Scales), located at the northwest corner of Poplar and Hicks streets, will hold a “gardening party”, to which all–adults and children–are invited, this coming Saturday, June 3 from noon to 3:00 p.m. There will be refreshments, show-&-tells, some light get-your-hands-dirty gardening fun, not to mention the beauty […]
Violent Robbery of Court Street Jeweler
Your correspondent apologizes for the delay in posting this, but violence came to Court Street during rush hour on Thursday when robbers hit Court Jeweler at 60 Court St., reports the Brooklyn Eagle. A group of four men made off with cash, jewelry, and gold reportedly valued at half a million dollars and attacked the […]
Loud Noise From Pier 15 Assaulting Heights, Again
If you’ve noticed a loud, rhythmic noise coming from the direction of the East River today, it appears to be a repeat of a problem we had last Labor Day weekend. As best I could determine, the source is the same: Pier 15 (my photo was taken this evening, and shows a large crowd there). […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
The apparently never-ending post-Sandy repair work continues in the 4/5 tunnels connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan all this long Memorial Day weekend, so there will be no service in either direction on the 4/5 platforms at Borough Hall from 11:45 PM Friday, May 26 to 5:00 AM Tuesday, May 30. Fortunately, barring unforeseen circumstances, A and […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock or visiting North Korea for a while, this is the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper. To celebrate, this Friday evening, May 26 at 8:00, Bargemusic will present pianist Jed Distler playing pieces by himself, Lois V Vierk, William Schimmel, Friedrich Gulda, and Frederic Rzewski, […]
Karl Celebrates Brooklyn Bridge’s 134th Anniversary
Our friend Karl Junkersfeld contacted me to alert me to today’s being the 134th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. He kindly sent me the video he made seven years ago, for the 127th anniversary. Video after the jump (click on “Read full story”); enjoy!
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