Archive | August, 2019

Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away! Photo by Martha Foley: six foot long deli sandwich unattended on fence top on Pierrepont Street. We hope someone enjoyed it!

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Karl Junkersfeld Reminds Me: The Dude is at Movies With a View Thursday

Karl Junkersfeld, whom those who have been following BHB for years may remember for his videos, has reminded us that Movies With A View will be showing The Big Lebowski this Thursday evening, August 8, and that this will be the second time around for this 1998 classic. Karl has provided us with a link […]

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Brooklyn Historical Society Presents Free Screening of Watched

On Thursday evening, August 15, beginning at 6:30 (doors open at 6:00), the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a free screening of Watched: Coming of Age Under Surveillance, a documentary by Katie Mitchell that focuses on a group of Muslim women students at Brooklyn College who found that they were under NYPD surveillance. The screening […]

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Is Brooklyn Heights Cool?

Not “cool” in the sense of “hip”, though we may be a little of that (at least Montague Street gets name-checked in a Bob Dylan song), but in terms of ambient temperature. Right now, as I write this, that’s 81 degrees Fahrenheit; not quite as bad as it’s been lately. According to Curbed NY, citing […]

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Get Your Free Mustard Ice Cream in Brooklyn Heights Tomorrow!

Gothamist reports that, in celebration of National Mustard Day, which comes on Saturday, mustard maker French’s and L.A. based ice cream makers Coolhaus have joined forces to make a “surprisingly delicious” (yes) mustard ice cream. Tomorrow – Friday, August 2 – a truck bearing the French’s logo will visit Brooklyn Heights – the time (and […]

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

Once again this weekend, from 11:30 PM Friday, August 2 to 5:00 AM Monday, August 5 there will be no 3 train service, though 2 trains should be running normally. To get to or from 3 train stops between Franklin Avenue and New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn, take the 4 train, which will make these […]

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Bargemusic This Weekend

Bargemusic’s weekend begins on Friday evening, August 2 at 7:00 when pianist Asiya Korepanova will play two of your correspondent’s favorite pieces: Beethoven’s “Eroica Variations” and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” On Saturday svening, August 3 at 6:00, violinist Mark Peskanov, cellist Evan Drachman, and pianist Doris Stevenson will play works by Shostakovich and Beethoven. […]

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