The premier event this weekend is the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual House Tour, to be held on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00. More information is here. The photo is by Heights resident and interior designer Judith Angel. On Sunday afternoon, starting at 1:00, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a lecture and book signing […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Saturday is Derby Day. So, if the thunder of hoofbeats quickens your pulse, and if you’re not attending a friend’s party or hosting your own, you may want to go to a local TV-equipped bar to enjoy the race. According to ProspectHeightsPatch, Floyd, 131 Atlantic Avenue (between Clinton and Henry), will be serving beer cheese, […]
Last Minute Weekend Ideas: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
On Sunday evening, April 28 from 6:00 to 8:00 the Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (at Orange) will celebrate “40 years of films being shown at the same location” with an evening of comedy, featuring NPR’s Ophira Eisenberg, along with Shelly Colman and Sean Donnelly, and surprise guests, followed by wine and snacks at […]
Last Minute Weekend Ideas: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend is your last chance to see the Heights Players’ production of Steel Magnolias, which will be playing Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon at 2:00, at 26 Willow Place. On Saturday at noon, at the same location, Heights Players Theater for Children will present The Wizard of Oz, a “participation […]
Last Minute Weekend Ideas: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange) this weekend will be showing The Place Beyond the Pines, starring Ryan Gosling as a motorcycle stunt rider who turns to robbery to support his lover (Eva Mendes) and their child, and Bradley Cooper as the ambitious detective who pursues him. The Cinema is also continuing […]
Last Minute Weekend Ideas: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
Baseball is on again, and the Brooklyn Historical Society is hosting a celebration of the centenary of the opening of Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, this Saturday, April 6, starting at 2:00 p.m. A little ahead of the weekend, tomorrow evening (Thursday, April 4) starting at 7:00, BHS will present a lecture by […]
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 […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
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 […]
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 […]
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