The ninth annual Brooklyn Folk Festival will be at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church (Clinton and Montague streets) from Friday evening, April 28 through Sunday evening, April 30. Your correspondent has attended the last two festivals–see here and here and enjoyed them enormously. This year’s promises to be even better, given the superb […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend the Heights Players premiere their production of Neil Simon’s Fools. Performances are Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7 at 8:00 p.m., and a Sunday matinee, February 8 at 2:00 p.m., at the Playhouse, 26 Willow Place. The play will continue through the succeeding two weekends on the same schedule. You may make […]
Brooklyn Historical Society Announces Free Saturday Family Programs
The Brooklyn Historical Society will present a new series of free family programs each Saturday, starting at 11:00 a.m. The first of these will be tomorrow (January 17), and will be a “Handmade History” event in which “families will pick their favorite portrait in the We the People exhibit and return to the art studio […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Bargemusic is having a four concert “Here and Now” event, featuring the works of contemporary composers, beginning tomorrow (Thursday, January 2) evening at 7:00, and continuing Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:00 and Sunday afternoon at 4:00. Details and buy tickets here. Saturday afternoon at 3:00 there will be a free, family oriented “Music in […]
BHS Family Sing-along Series Starts Saturday with Deedle Deedle Dees
This coming Saturday, January 4, starting at 3:00 p.m., the Brooklyn Historical Society will present the first in a series of musical events for children from five to ten years of age and their parents, “Sing Back, Brooklyn! with Lloyd H. Miller.” This Saturday, Miller will be joined by the other members of the Deedle […]
Harvest Festival at Pier 6 Next Saturday
On Saturday, October 23, one week from tomorrow, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and Brooklyn Bridge Park will host a Harvest Festival at Pier 6. This from the Conservancy: This event will feature a Halloween parade, musical guests, face painting, storytelling, art activities, and pumpkin decorating sponsored by Securitas. […]
Deedle Deedle Dees Swing at BHA Picnic
As part of its continuing 100th anniversary celebration, the Brooklyn Heights Association today hosted a Promenade Picnic for parents and kids, with free cupcakes from Crumbs, and music by the Deedle Deedle Dees, shown above doing a song about a bear in Alaska. More videos and text after the jump.
BHA Presents Historic Church Tour Saturday; Promenade Picnic on 19th
This coming Saturday, June 12, the Brooklyn Heights Association will present a walking tour of historic churches in Brooklyn Heights, guided by Alex Herrera of the New York Landmarks Conservancy. From the BHA: Brooklyn Heights boasts an astonishing collection of architecturally stunning churches — in fact, it is a veritable outdoor gallery of 19th-century ecclesiastical […]
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