As was noted at the Community Advisory Committee meeting on Monday, March 9, much work remains to be done on the design of the proposed new Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. (The image is of a preliminary rendering of the new library’s exterior, and will not necessarily be the final design.) This […]
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Heights Author Elizabeth Gaffney at Brooklyn Heights Library Tuesday Evening
This coming Tuesday evening, March 17, from 6:30 to 8:00, Brooklyn Heights resident author Elizabeth Gaffney will have a book talk about her novel, When the World Was Young, the story of a young woman growing up in the Heights in the middle of the twentieth century. The event will take place in the Brooklyn […]
Brooklyn Heights Library Plans to be Discussed Monday Evening
The Community Advisory Council for the Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library will meet on Monday evening, March 9, at 6:30, in the Library’s auditorium, 280 Cadman Plaza West. All are invited to attend. From the Brooklyn Heights Association: We’re expecting to hear project status updates regarding the proposed development, as well as […]
Had Enough Christmas? Theater 2020 Says “No”; Offers Jane Austen as Temptation
This is a tough sell. With the Christmas season, and New Year’s, just behind, even the most Tiny Timmish of us might be ready to say, “Bah, humbug!” Nevertheless Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional stage company, will boldly go against conventional wisdom and present a reading of Innocent Diversions, a Christmas Entertainment with Jane […]
Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Shaw’s “Overruled” Saturday
Theater 2020, the Heights’ own professional theater company, will present a free reading of George Bernard Shaw’s one act play Overruled this coming Saturday afternoon, April 12, in the first floor auditorium of the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West. The reading will begin at 2:00; doors open at […]
Theater 2020 Presents Two Free Short Play Readings Saturday Next
Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional stage company, will present a free reading of two short one-act comedies on Saturday, September 21 starting at 1:30 p.m. (doors open at 1:00) in the first floor auditorium of the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West. The plays are The Thrice Three […]
City Issues RFP for Brooklyn Heights Library Site
Brownstoner reports that the City has issued a Request for Proposals to develop the site now occupied by the Brooklyn Heights Branch of Brooklyn Public Library at 280 Cadman Plaza West. The RFP provides that the developer’s plan “must incorporate a brand new, 20,000 square foot library branch (“New Library”) for the Brooklyn Heights community.” […]
“Kids for Libraries” Rally Saturday
This Saturday, June 15, from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. at the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Heights Branch, 280 Cadman Plaza West, there will be a “Kids for Libraries” rally. The event will feature: Raging Grannies and Reverend Billy’s Church of the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, balloons and buttons for the kids, Justine the Juggler […]
Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Romantic French Comedy Saturday
Our neighbors at Theater 2020 will present, as part of their Hearthside reading series, a free dramatic reading (not a staged play; the actors will be seated throughout) of Pierre Marivaux’s The Triumph of Love, an 18th century French romantic comedy, adapted and translated by Rod McLucas. The reading will be at the Brooklyn Public […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Theater 2020 will present a free reading of Oscar Wilde’s (photo) renowned romantic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest in the first floor auditorium of the endangered Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West (at Tillary Street) on Saturday afternoon (March 30) starting at 1:30 p.m. Wilde, it seems, was […]
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