It’s not everyday that you come across a book featuring an Afro-Latina time traveler who lands in Brooklyn Heights circa 1863. In author Zetta Elliot’s A Wish After Midnight, Crown Heights teen Genna is transported back in time to her neighborhood in the Civil War era, a wish granted after tossing a coin into the fountain […]
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Some Things Don’t Change
It’s not news that significant parts of the 1988 film Moonstruck were filmed in BH and environs. Most everyone knows the house at Cranberry and Willow, (recently sold and currently under renovation) which served as the focal point of the Castorini household, and the focal point of the film, and that the Cammareri bakery was […]
Listen to the New Homer Fink Show
Listen to today’s maiden voyage of The NEW Homer Fink Show. Hear Councilman Yassky’s Blogger Breakfast (thanks to Michael DD White) and Homer vamp all by himself with no co-hosts. Subscribe to RSS Listen after the jump.
Meet at the Telectroscope
Facebook is buzzing with a Brooklyn-London meetup at the Telectroscope this Saturday.
Telectroscope: The View from London
Folks in London are going nuts over the Telectroscope, a magical tunnel connecting that city with Brooklyn. The Telectroscope London’s View on New York [Telegraph] A Window on a Different World – Or Is It? [Scotsman] Flick photo by cluttergeoff The artist, Paul St. George and the view from London in various YouTube videos after […]
FYI: Community Board Meeting Today
For those who are interested, Community Board 2, which serves Brooklyn Heights (and a few other neighborhoods), will have their monthly meeting at 6pm today. It will be in the basement cafeteria of the Muhlenberg Residence, a 201-unit dwelling for low income, homeless, housing needy, and community people, at 510 Atlantic Avenue (GMAP). Call (718)-596-5410 […]
Hey Man, Let’s Buy Magnetic Field
If we believed it was really easy to execute the doubling pennies theory then Qfwfq, Claude Scales, Norman E-mailer, EJ and I would be lugging tons of pennies into the Commerce Bank on Court Street and buying Magnetic Field. But until that day comes, it’s still up for grabs according to a new posting on […]
Montague Street Goes Green
It’s April 22 and it’s Earth Day! Our pals at Montague Business Improvement District are out in force today hanging a solar powered light installation in some of the trees on Montague Street. Update: The installation should be up until Memorial Day, assuming the solar cells keep working. And now the full press release for […]
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