This Sunday, September 22 is the Brooklyn Book Festival (photo; video after the jump), “the largest free literary event in New York City.” It will take place at Borough Hall and the adjacent plaza from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., rain or shine. Possible thunderstorms are forecast, but with luck they’ll stay away, and plenty […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
This Saturday, September 14, promises to be a good deal cooler (high 71), and such a change in weather promises some breezes, so it should be a good day for the Kite Festival, to be held from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. For those interested in more down to […]
The Heights Players Take on Horton Foote’s Dividing the Estate
Horton Foote’s Dividing the Estate has its Brooklyn Premiere with The Heights Players tonight; the run lasts through September 22nd. As with many of Foote’s plays, Dividing the Estate is set in the fictional town of Harrison, Texas in 1987. This prize-winning play focuses on the Gordon clan, led by octogenarian Stella Gordon. In the […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Start the weekend this evening (Thursday, September 5) with your last chance this season for stargazing on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 esplanade with members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York and their telescopes. The forecast is for clear skies, and the observing goes from 8:30 to 10:30. Also this evening, starting at […]
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