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Shirky Gives the Word at BHA Annual Meeting: the Internet Will Not Destroy Culture

A lot went on at Thursday night’s Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting, much of which is touched on in our “Tale of the Tweets” coverage. I have a few points about the business side of the meeting to expand on. In addition to the awards for “best diner” to Clark Restaurant and to Patricia and […]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

Bargemusic returns from a mid-winter break this weekend, with a full schedule of “Masterworks” concerts: one on Friday evening, February 21 at 7:00 featuring works by Joseph Joachim, György Ligeti, Toru Takemitsu, and Ernest Bloch performed by Nicholas Cords on viola and Jeewon Park on piano; another on Saturday evening, February 22 at 7:00 featuring […]

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Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting Set For February 27, Digital Thought Leader Clay Shirky To Speak

The Brooklyn Heights Association will hold its annual meeting on February 27. The featured speaker will be author/digital thought leader/NYU professor/Brooklyn Heights area resident Clay Shirky. Here’s an omnibus of the mad knowledge Shirky throws down in TED Talks and the like: Please join us for the BHA’s Annual Meeting scheduled for Thursday, February 27, […]

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