It’s a busy weekend at Brooklyn Bridge Park with lots of free activities. The Swedish circus performers Magmanus (photo) will give shows on the Harbor View Lawn, Pier 1 at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27 and on Sunday, June 28. On Saturday there will be two activities appealing to kids and their […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
On Saturday, June 20, starting at 10:00 a.m., as part of its “Hidden Brooklyn” series of tours, the Brooklyn Historical Society presents a tour of Good Eggs [photo], Brooklyn’s beloved home delivery grocery service, is redefining how local foods travel from the farm to your kitchen. Come tour their Bushwick foodhub, enjoy a local snack, […]
Opera at Brooklyn Bridge Park Tonight
Metropolitan Opera stars soprano Janai Brugger, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, and baritone Nathan Gunn (photo), joined by pianist Dan Saunders, will give a free performance of arias and duets this evening (Wednesday, June 17) on the Harbor View Lawn, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. More details here.
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
If you missed seeing Theater 2020’s THE Real MERRY HouseWIVES OF WINDSOR Connecticut at St. Charles Borromeo Church–your correspondent saw it, and enjoyed it enormously–you can see it for free this weekend. We get our own Shakespeare in the Park, with performances on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 12-14, all starting at 7:00 p.m., at […]
Again With the Fireworks, Tomorrow Night
Addendum: There will also be fireworks Friday evening, June 12, off Liberty Island; these are sponsored by Boston Consulting Group. There will be a fireworks display tomorrow night (Thursday, June 11) at 10:40 p.m., off Ellis Island. This will be visible from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and other local vantage points. Pet […]
Fireworks Tonight
There will be a fireworks display tonight (Saturday, June 6) at 10:15 p.m., off Ellis Island. This will be visible from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and other local vantage points. Pet owners take note.
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The Brooklyn Women’s Exchange (photo), 55 Pierrepont Street, will be open tomorrow (Friday, June 5) and Saturday, June 6, but will then close for the summer, re-opening in September. Come in to enjoy end-of-season sale prices on many items. Store hours are 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday. […]
Jeppe Hein’s “Please Touch The Art” at Brooklyn Bridge Park
If you haven’t been down to Brooklyn Bridge Park in the last two weeks, you should go and experience Danish artist Jeppe Hein’s “Please Touch the Art”; an exhibit that will remain in place at locations throughout the Park until next April. There are many variations of his “modified social benches,” which invite sitting in […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
On Saturday, May 30, Brooklyn Bridge Park, in conjunction with the World Science Festival will present two space-themed events. From 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., near the main entrance to Pier 1 from Old Fulton Street, there will be an ongoing program on the History of Spacewalking with NASA. Representatives of NASA will be present; […]
84th Precinct Captain Not Optimistic About Getting More Cops for Brooklyn Bridge Park
The Eagle reports that, at last Tuesday’s 84th Precinct Community Council meeting, Capt. Sergio Centa was “not as optimistic” as he had been at the previous Council meeting about his ability to get more officers assigned to patrol Brooklyn Bridge Park in response to his request that followed the
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