Tonight (Thursday, March 21) and tomorrow night, (Friday, March 22), starting at 8:00, Bargemusic will present Sylvia, an opera by contemporary composer Julia Adolphe (photo). On Saturday evening, also at 8:00, there will be a “Masterworks” concert featuring works by Brahms, Mahler, Liszt, and Spohr. On Sunday afternoon at 2:00 there will be a performance […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Stand Up Comedy at Brooklyn Heights Cinema Tomorrow Evening
Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange) will present a stand up comedy night hosted by Shelly Colman tomorrow (Wednesday, March 20) starting at 9:00 p.m. Comedians on the bill are Angela Cobb, Chloe Hilliard, Dean Masello, and Sarah Maywalt.
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange) will be showing Emperor, starring Matthew Fox as Japan expert General Bonner Fellers and Tommy Lee Jones (Oscar nominee for his role in Lincoln) as General Douglas MacArthur, the two of whom, in the wake of victory, decide the fate of Emperor Hirohito. The Cinema is […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Grover’s Corners beckons! The Heights Players will open Thornton Wilder’s classic Our Town Friday evening at 8:00 at 26 Willow Place; there will also be performances at 8:00 p.m. Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Sunday. The show will run through the following two weekends, with the final performance Sunday, March 17. More details are here. The […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Those of you who, like me, are fans of Peter Schickele (photo), who have delighted in his compositions (as P.D.Q. Bach) Concerto for Horn and Hardart, Iphegenia in Brooklyn, and Oedipus Tex, will be delighted to know that his Piano Trio will be part of the program for a “Masterworks” concert at Bargemusic on Saturday […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
On Friday, Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange) will begin showing Stand Up Guys, starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin as a group of aging mobsters who get together for one last job. Throwaway factoid: Arkin was once a member, along with Erik Darling and Bob Carey, of the 1950s […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
This will be another musical weekend, with Mozart’s birthday coming on Sunday, January 27. You can celebrate that afternoon by attending the Grace & Spiritus Chorale concert at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, featuring Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” along with two more contemporary masses. There will also be performances Friday and Saturday evenings at […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Much music, as well as live theater, cinema, architecture, and history, is on offer this weekend. Bargemusic, at Fulton Ferry Pier, foot of Old Fulton Street, has a full program of concerts, starting Friday evening at 8:00 with one in the Here and Now series, presenting works by contemporary composers performed by the Dorian Wind […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Bargemusic, at the Fulton Ferry Pier, foot of Old Fulton Street, has a full schedule of concerts over the next four days. Tomorrow (Thursday, January 3) and Friday, January 4, starting at 8:00 p.m., are two concerts in the “Here and Now” series, featuring works by contemporary composers. On Saturday, January 5 starting at 8:00 […]
To Demo Or Not? Landmarks Debates Fate Of Brooklyn Heights Cinema
Developers and preservation advocates are playing tug of war as the Landmarks Preservation Committee debates whether to allow Brooklyn Heights Cinema owner Kenn Lowy to hold onto the landmarked 1895 building—or whether to replace it with a planned five-story condo. DNAInfo.com reports that six votes are outstanding with the Landmarks Commission to approve or deny […]
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