State Senator Daniel Squadron has notified us of a rally to save the much loved Pop-Up Pool (photo) in Brooklyn Bridge Park tomorrow (Thursday, August 18) starting at noon, on the Pier 2 uplands next to the pool. The rally is organized by Senator Squadron, “Love Our Pool: Families United For A Pool in Brooklyn […]
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Historian on Emotional Roots of American Revolution at Brooklyn Historical Society Thursday
Nicole Eustace, Professor of History at New York University and author of Passion is the Gale: Emotion, Power, and the Coming of the American Revolution will speak at the Brooklyn Historical Society this Thursday evening, August 18 on “1776: Revolution and Emotion”. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. This event is presented in connection with […]
Coming at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Tomorrow (Monday, August 15) evening at 7:00, at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, in partnership with BookCourt will present Eowyn Ivey reading from her latest novel, To the Bright Edge of the World. The event is free; books will be available for purchase and signing. Perhaps this Alaskan writer can bring […]
Two Montague Buildings Nominated for Landmarking
Two buildings on Montague Street between Clinton and Court, 181-183 Montague and 185 Montague (left and right in the photo), have, the Eagle reports, been nominated for landmark status. Last November we reported that, during a discussion between preservationist Anthony Wood and architectural historian Francis Morrone at the Brooklyn Historical Society, it was mentioned that […]
Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale at Brooklyn Bridge Park This Weekend
The New York Classical Theater will perform Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Winter’s Tale at the Harbor View Lawn on Pier One, Brooklyn Bridge Park at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, August 12; Saturday, August 13, and Sunday, August 14. Admission is free. More information here. Performances may be cancelled in event of “extreme weather conditions”.
Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic begins its weekend series of concerts with one on Friday evening, August 12 at 8:00 that features music from the baroque, romantic, modern, and contemporary canons, including works by Bach, Arvo Pärt, Hindemith, Dvořák, and Mendelssohn, performed by cellist Edward Arron and his wife, pianist Jeewon Park (photo of both by Hak-Soo Kim). On […]
St. Ann’s School Makes Post’s Page Six: Door Closed for Matt Damon’s Kids
Page Six of the New York Post, your local source for all things Kardashian and their ilk, reports that St. Ann’s School is “too exclusive” for the children of actor Matt Damon, who is moving from L.A. to New York. Reading through the short piece, it becomes evident that this wasn’t an incident of snobbishness […]
The Long, Sad Story of the Selling of LICH
Thanks to Mary Frost, of the Brooklyn Eagle, we now have a detailed chronology, with links to Eagle stories giving further information about each incident, of the steps leading to and following the sale of Long Island College Hospital. Despite the money SUNY received from the sale of LICH, SUNY Downstate continued to have financial […]
Coming at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Tomorrow (Saturday, August 6) from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Pebble Beach near the Main Street (DUMBO) entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park, Aeilushi Mistry will lead a performance of the Hindu lamp ceremony Aarti, in which lamps are set afloat to “bring peace and harmony to our shoreline.” More information here. On Sunday, August […]
Watchtower Headquarters Complex Sold; Office Development Planned
The Eagle reports that a joint venture, including Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s company and two others, has closed on the purchase of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ headquarters complex, for a reported sum of $340 million. The buyers intend to “turn it into an office campus.”
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