Archive | June, 2017

Author of Novel About Vanishing New York at Brooklyn Heights Branch Library Thursday

This Thursday evening at 6:15 the Friends of the Brooklyn Heights Branch Library will present John Freeman Gill, author of The Gargoyle Hunters, “one of Booklist’s picks for Best New Adult Fiction of 2017,” to discuss and sign his novel at the Brooklyn Heights Branch Library’s temporary quarters, 109 Remsen Street. The novel is based […]

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Brooklyn Heights Man Dies in Bike/Bus Crash in Manhattan

The New York Post reports that Columbia Heights resident Dan Hanegby, 36, died this morning when he lost balance and fell while riding a bike, then was struck by a bus. Mr. Hanegby, who was married with two children, was a director in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse Group. A native of Tel […]

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BHS Events Examine NYC Fiscal and World Beer Histories

Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 13) evening at 6:30 the Brooklyn Historical Society will be host to NYU historian Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Fear City: New York City’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics. Professor Phillips-Fein will discuss “the fiscal policies that led the city to the brink of bankruptcy, the scare tactics used by […]

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Theater 2020’s Macbeth Returns, Outdoors

If you missed Theater 2020’s production of Macbeth, set in the South Pacific, at the McKinney Chapel of the First Unitarian Congregational Society, or if you just want to see it again, for free, in an outdoor setting, there will be two performances this coming Saturday, June 17 and Sunday, June 18, starting at 6:00 […]

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BHA States Case on Pier Six Towers in Court Hearing

The Brookyn Paper reports that, at a hearing in Judge Lucy Billings’ Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday, counsel for the Brooklyn Heights Association stated their case against the proposed two high rise residential buildings in Brooklyn Bridge Park, on the landward side of Pier Six, near the park’s Atlantic Avenue entrance. Counsel argued that construction of […]

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Women’s Exchange End of Season Sale

After tomorrow (Saturday, June 10) the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, 55 Pierrepont Street (between Hicks and Henry) will close for the summer, re-opening on September 9. For the rest of today, until closing at 6:00 PM, and tomorrow from 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM, they are having their end-of-season sale. This is an opportunity to get […]

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity

This Saturday, June 10 promises to be challenging for Heights subway riders. Once again, starting at 11:45 PM on Friday, June 9, there will be no service in either direction on the 4/5 line at Borough Hall, or on the A/C line at High Street. 4 trains (5 trains don’t serve Brooklyn on weekends) are […]

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Bargemusic This Weekend

On Friday evening, June 9 at 8:00 Bargemusic will present violinist Rolf Schulte (photo, by Christian Steiner) and pianist James Winn, who will play works by Hanns Eisler, Webern, Schönberg, Donald Martino, and Busoni. On Saturday evening, June 10 at 8:00, and again on Sunday afternoon, June 11 at 4:00, members of the Manhattan Symphonie, […]

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Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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Meow! Sexy Soiree at the Brooklyn Cat Cafe

This Thursday, June 8, join the felines at Brooklyn Cat Cafe for an evening with Babeland and Marina Vorona of Simply Great Relationship. The event will include dessert, drinks, sex tips and tricks and individual reltionship consultations. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased here; proceeds benefit the adoptable cats at the Cafe and the rescue […]

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