Saturday offers two big events: the Occupy Sandy benefit concert at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity, featuring Vampire Weekend (photo courtesy The Guardian) along with other indie groups and musicians (update: the Eventbrite website now says the concert is sold out), and the Danish Christmas Fair, which continues on Sunday. Your last chance to […]
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Nice Weather This Weekend; Anything to Do?
The weather forecast is encouraging, but with so many institutions, like Bargemisic, which is in good physical shape but still lacks Con Ed power, coping with the aftermath of the Sandy/nor’easter one-two punch, what is there to do if you’re in town? There’s the penultimate Smorgasburg of the season this Sunday, November 11 from 11:00 […]
So, What’s On This Weekend?
Brooklyn Bridge Park is closed until further notice. Update: It appears it may be open Saturday. The Brooklyn Historical Society will be closed through Tuesday, November 6. Fortunately, Bargemusic didn’t sustain any serious damage, but repairs to an outside sprinkler pipe will keep it closed through this weekend. However, Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street […]
Brooklyn Heights Cinema Offers Reprieve From Superstorm
The Brooklyn Heights Cinema continues to provide refuge from the storm, as owner Kenn Lowy discusses in a profile in today’s New York Observer. He tells the newspaper, “We all live in the area, I’m 10 minutes away, so why not.” Lowy says he wasn’t about to let Hurricane Sandy shut him down: “We were […]
Brooklyn Heights Cinema Open Monday, with Special Matinee
While many, if not most, local businesses will be closed tomorrow (Monday, October 29), Brooklyn Heights Cinema owner Kenn Lowy tells us the shows will go on at the Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange). He’s adding a special 3:00 p.m. matinee. The Master will be showing at 3:00, 5:15, and 8:00; The Other […]
Brooklyn Heights Cinema Screens NYC West Indies Film Festival Flicks
The non-profit caribBeing is hosting the third-annual Flatbush Film Festival: West Indies Edition, through November 12, which comprises 11 films over seven nights, featuring classic & contemporary films from Trinidad, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Mauritania and the U.K. Based in Flatbush, Brooklyn and founded in 1999, caribBeing is the brainchild of Caribbean-American (Trinidadian) Shelley Vidia […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
The Junior Committee of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy is holding its third annual All Hallows Eve Bash this Friday, October 27, from 8:00 p.m. to midnight, at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, 360 Furman Street (between Joralemon Street and Atlantic Avenue). More details are here, and you can buy tickets here. Don’t forget the Halloween […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Brooklyn Bridge Park will have its annual Harvest Festival this Saturday, October 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Pier 6, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue. There will be lots of activities and entertainment for kids and adults. Sponsors SUNY Downstate at LICH will provide health screenings, and Brownstone Pediatric Dentistry will have […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
This is another big weekend for furry friends. You can adopt a kitty at the BBAWC event in front of Pet’s Emporium, 105 Montague (between Hicks and Henry) between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Then you can take it, or your already long-standing pet, to St. Ann & the Holy Trinity […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
There are several free activities and events this weekend. The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) is offering free museum admission both Saturday and Sunday from noon until 5:00 p.m., and free tours of its historic building (see photo of library) starting at 3:00 p.m. both days. There are a few tickets […]
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