The Real Deal reports that an investment group led by two prominent Manhattan property owners and developers, Jared Kushner and Aby Rosen, are said to have agreed to purchase the Watchtower headquarters complex at 25-30 Columbia Heights, along with a site on Jay Street in DUMBO that has substantial development rights, for $700 million. No […]
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NYFEST 2016 Soccer Tournament at Brooklyn Bridge Park Saturday
All day this Saturday, April 16, NYFEST 2016, a charity soccer tournament, will take place on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5. The action starts at 8:00 a.m. when the first round of the Industry tournaments kicks off; these continue until 6:00 p.m. A Youth Soccer Showcase goes from 9:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. Starting at […]
Brooklyn Historical Society Salutes Manischewitz Wine Tuesday Evening
If, like your correspondent, you’re–as they say–getting long in the tooth, you may remember a jingle, “Oh man oh Manischewitz, what a wine!” The ads are long gone, but the wine is still made. It’s no longer made in Brooklyn, as it was back in the day, but in Canandaigua, a pretty town at the […]
Silhouette Artist at Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Next Weekend
Silhouette artist Deborah O’Connor will be at the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, 55 Pierrepont Street (between Henry and Hicks) this coming Friday, April 15; Saturday, April 16; and Sunday, April 17, during regular store hours. Her silhouette portraits of children or pets are priced at $35 each, with duplicates available for $15 each. The silhouettes are […]
Mark Baker, Brooklyn Heights Resident, Elected Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Chairman
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy has announced the election of Brooklyn Heights resident Mark Baker as chairman of the Conservancy’s Board of Directors. He succeeds Nancy Bowe, another Heights resident, who has served for the past five years. Baker was for some years a member of the Dewey Ballantine law firm, where he practiced corporate […]
Repast Baroque Ensemble at First Unitarian Friday Evening
This is a big weekend for music in Brooklyn Heights. On Friday evening, April 8, at 8:00 (a pre-concert talk will begin at 7:15) at the McKinney Chapel of the First Unitarian Church, 116 Pierrepont Street (between Monroe Place and Clinton), the Repast Baroque Ensemble (photo) will present “Capriccio Stravagante/A Musical Portrait of the Exuberant […]
Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble at Congregation Mount Sinai Sunday Afternoon
This Sunday afternoon, April 10 at 4:00, Congregation Mount Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West, at Tillary Street, will present “Making the Music Our Own”, a concert by Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble. The Ensemble has been described as “an imaginative and tight quintet that melds the melodic & rhythmic commonalities among Jazz, Hebraic, Afro-Caribbean & Brazilian […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
This Friday evening, April 8, at 8:00 Bargemusic will present a “Here and Now” concert, featuring pianist Geoffrey Burleson (photo) performing works by Saint-Saëns, Yehudi Wyner, James Primosch, David Rakowski, Missy Mazzoli, and his own composition. On Saturday evening, April 9 at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon, April 10, at 4:00, violinist Mark Peskanov, violist Kazuhide […]
A Sad Anniversary
A year ago, I had just arrived home from my day job when the phone rang. It was Heather Quinlan, fellow BHB staffer. “Did you hear about John?” I knew it wasn’t some ghastly April Fools’ gag. My first thought was of Tracy, his wife, and of Gracie, his daughter whom I had last seen […]
Heights Players’ Production of All the King’s Men Premieres This Weekend: Children’s Theater to Return
The Heights Players contnue their Diamond Anniversary season with their production of All the King’s Men, by Robert Penn Warren, directed by Ed Healy, which opens this weekend. Performances will be at 8:00 p.m. Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2, and a Sunday, April 3, 2:00 p.m. matinee, at the playhouse, 26 Willow Place. […]
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