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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

The weekend starts early at Brooklyn Heights Cinema, with two special events tonight (Thursday, October 24). There will be a sneak preview at 9:15 p.m. of Robert Redford’s new solo turn, All is Lost. Before that, starting at 7:30 p.m. there will be a unique artistic event, Now Playing, I and II: Light artists Gibson […]

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BHS Hosts 9/11 Program

The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton), in conjunction with the Brooklyn Community Foundation, will mark the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks this Sunday, September 11, starting at 2:00 p.m., with a program on the topic “Doing Good in a Post 9/11 World”. The Foundation has supplied these details: […]

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Brooklyn Heights’ Brad Smith “Do-Gooder” Finalist

Willowtown resident Brad Smith has been chosen a finalist in the community development category of the “Brooklyn Do-Gooders” campaign, sponsored by the Brooklyn Community Foundation. Smith is recognized for his work as a Big Apple Greeter, in which he gives tourists free guided tours of Brooklyn neighborhoods. As the BCF website notes:

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